Hero and Leander

Hero (Greek Ἡρώ ) and Leander ( Λέανδρος ) are two figures in Greek mythology. Hero was a Aphroditepriesterin in Sestos on the Hellespont Strait, to her lover Leander from Abydos swam every night to be reunited with her. When the lamp that Hero had set up as a guide, went out in a storm, he lost his way in the sea and drowned. The next morning Hero saw his corpse and threw himself off a cliff to his death.

Edits

In the ancient literature to find references to this legend already in Virgil ( Georgics 3.258 ), Ovid ( Heroides 18:19 ) and Statius ( Thebaid 5.535 ).

The most detailed the saga in the resultant by 500 Epyllion Τὰ καθ̓ Ἡρὼ καὶ Λέανδρον of the late Greek poet Musaeus appears.

In modern times, the poem of Musaeus Christopher Marlowe served as a template for an epic poem. George Frideric Handel composed in Rome in 1707 an Italian solo cantata Ero e Leandro (HWV 150). Later u created a

• A ballad by Friedrich Schiller,
• A tragedy of Franz Grillparzer ( The Sea and the Love waves)
• An ode by Lord Byron ( The Bride of Abydos ),
• A madrigal by John Wilbye ( Weep, weep, mine eyes )

And one each opera by Giovanni Bottesini and Günter Bialas. Even the folk song There were two royal children refers to. Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty and Daniel Schiebeler travestized the ancient fabric in her poems, which carried the converted title Leander and Hero. Even in modern times, this announcement is used, for example by Milorad Pavić in his novel The inward side of the wind, or The Novel of Hero and Leander as a guide.

In a poem by Heinz Erhardt the story of Hero and Leander is told humorously. Also, the cast and crew of " Fliegende Blatter " Otto Sommerstorff has written a speech playful, ironic poem about the fabric.

Furthermore, the announcement comes as an important element in the novel in The Night in Lisbon by Erich Maria Remarque.

Trivia

In this legend, the European designation of the Leander Tower in Istanbul goes back, which is in Turkish Kiz kulesi, " Maiden Tower ", named.