person
Leander
also: the youth
The youth of Abydos who nightly swam the Hellespont to his beloved Hero, and drowned when the way was 'blind'; the lover would carry Corinna as boldly.
Reading notes
- The Loves §2.16 the youth
Leander of Abydos, who nightly swam the Hellespont to Hero and drowned when the way was 'blind.'
- The Art of Love §2.12 Leander
The lover of Sestos' shore who swam the Hellespont nightly to Hero, to prove his heart.
- The Heroides §18 The man of Abydos
Leander of Abydos, who nightly swims the Hellespont to his beloved Hero; storm-bound, he writes this letter. The speaker.
- The Heroides §19 Leander
The Abydene youth who swims the Hellespont to Hero; here storm-bound. The letter's addressee.
- Ibis §18 Abydene
The Hellespont at Abydos, where Leander drowned swimming to Hero.
- Sorrows §3.10 Leander
The youth who drowned swimming the Hellespont to Hero; had the strait frozen as the Danube does, 'your death would not be the crime of the narrow water.'