Leander

Lēander (Lēandrus, Mart. Spect. 25; voc. Leandre, Ov. H. 19, 1 al.), i, m., = Λείανδρος,

• a young man of Abydos, who, in order to visit Hero in Sestos, swam nightly across the Hellespont, until he was drowned in a storm, Ov. H. 18 and 19; id. Tr. 3, 10, 41; Mart. 14, 181 et saep.—
• II Hence,
• • A Lēandrĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leander, Leandrian: natatus, Fulg. Myth. 1 init.—
  • B Lēandrĭus, a, um, adj., of Leander, Leandrian: Leandrius Hellespontus, Sil. 8, 622.

Lēander u. Lēandrus, drī, m. (Λείανδρος), ein Jüngling zu Abydus, Geliebter der Hero in Sestus, der allnächtlich durch den Hellespont zu seiner Geliebten schwamm, aber dabei seinen Tod in den Wellen fand, Ov. her. 18 u. 19; trist. 3, 10, 41. Mart. 14, 181; spect. 15, 1 u. 3. – Dav.: a) Lēandricus, a, um, leandrisch, Fulg. myth. 1. p. 4 M. (= p. 4, 3 H.). – b) Lēandrius, a, um leandrisch, Sil. 8, 622.

Lēandĕr (14) (-drus), drī, m. (Λείανδρος), Léandre [amant dʼHéro] : Ov. H. 18 ; Tr. 3, 10, 41 ; Mart. 14, 181, 1 || -drĭus Sil. 8, 622 et -drĭcus, a, um, Fulg. Myth. 1, de Léandre.

Leander

(Λείανδρος), the famous youth of Abydos, who, from love of Hero, the priestess of Aphrodite, in Sestus, swam every night across the Hellespont, being guided by the light of the lighthouse of Sestus. Once during a very stormy night the light was extinguished, and he perished in the waves. On the next morning his corpse was washed on the coast of Sestus, and Hero, on seeing it, threw herself into the sea. This story is the subject of the epic poem of Musaeus, entitled De A more Herois et Leandri, and is also mentioned by Ovid (Ov. Ep. 18.19), Statius (Stat. Theb. 6.535), and Virgil (Georg. 3.258, &c.) [L.S]

Leander

or Lea'ndrius (Λέανσδρος or Λεάνδριος), of Miletus, seems to have been the author of a work on the history of his native city. A few quotations from it are still extant, but we have no means of determining the age at which Leander lived. (D. L. 1.28, 41; Clem. Alex. Protrept. p. 13, Strom. i. p. 129, vi. p. 267; Euseb. Praep. Ev. ii. p. 45; Theodoret. Therap. i. p. 700, viii. p. 909; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 2.706.) [L.S]

Leander

(Λέανδρος or Λείανδρος). A youth of Abydos, who was in love with Hero , the priestess of Aphrodité in Sestus, and swam every night across the Hellespont to visit her, and returned before daybreak. Once during a stormy night he perished in the waves. Next morning his corpse was washed on the coast of Sestus, whereupon Hero threw herself into the sea. This story was the subject of the poem of Musaeus (q.v.), entitled De Amore Heroïs et Leandri, and is also mentioned by Ovid (Her. xviii. 19) and Vergil (Georg. iii. 258). In modern times the story has been used by Marlowe, Schiller, Leigh Hunt, and Grillparzer.