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Labdakos to Lethe Leto to Lysizonos
The young man from the city of Abydos who was in love with the priestess of Aphrodite (goddess of Love), Hero.
Each night Leander would swim across the narrow waters of the Hellespont from Abydos to the city of Sestos and secretly meet with his beloved Hero; Leander used the city lights of Sestos to guide him as he swam but one cloudy night he lost his way and drowned before he could reach the shore; when Hero heard of Leander’s fate, she threw herself into the sea and joined her lover in his watery tomb.
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