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Leander:(Gr. myth.) youth of Abydos who nightlyswam the Hellespont to visit Hero of Sestos （希腊神话）利安德，阿比多斯的一个青年，每晚从亚洲这边游过赫勒斯滂海峡，到欧洲那边的塞斯托斯去会爱人。
△Gent. 1. 1. 22: “Howyoung Leander crossed the Hellespont.”年轻的利安德如何游过赫勒斯滂海峡。
△Ado. 5. 2. 30:“Leander the goodswimmer，”那善游泳的利安德。
Leander and Hero: Hero was a priestess at Sestos.Leander,her lover,lived at Abydos on the other sideof the Hellespont. To visit her,Leander swam acrossthe Hellespont each night,but on one of these jour-neys he was drowned. Marlowe wrote a poem Heroand Leander” to describe their story利安德与希罗。希罗是塞斯托斯的女祭司。她的情人利安德住在赫勒斯滂海峡对岸的阿比多斯，每夜游过海峡与她相会，后在一次游海中淹死。马洛写有《希罗与利安德》一诗描述他们的故事，
△As. 4. 1. 103(100): “Leander,he would have lived many a fairyear though Hero had turned nun,if it had not beenfor a hot midsummer night；”假如不是为了一个炎热的仲夏之夜，即使希罗当了尼姑，利安德大可以多活许多美好的年头。 |