leander

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Definition von leander im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

The lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned

A male given name, also of a Spanish sixth century saint

(Mitoloji) (Greek Mythology) A youth who loved Hero and drowned during one of his nightly swims across the Hellespont to be with her

{i} young person and lover of Hero who swam the Hellespont every night to visit Hero and who eventually drowns during one of his nightly swims (Greek Mythology); town in Texas (USA)

(Greek mythology) a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her

Relevante Übersetzungen

Hero and Leander

Lovers celebrated in Greek legend. Hero, a virgin priestess of Aphrodite, was seen by Leander of Abydos during a festival, and the two fell in love. He swam the Hellespont nightly to be with her, guided by a light from her tower. One stormy night the lamp was extinguished, and Leander drowned. When Hero saw his body on the shore, she threw herself from the tower into the sea. The story was told by Ovid and was treated by Christopher Marlowe in his play Hero and Leander and by Lord Byron in The Bride of Abydos

Sir Leander Starr Jameson

born Feb. 9, 1853, Edinburgh, Scot. died Nov. 26, 1917, London, Eng. British administrator in southern Africa. As Cecil Rhodes's representative, Jameson successfully negotiated mineral concessions in Matabeleland and Mashonaland (present-day Zimbabwe) before becoming the first administrator of the new colony of Rhodesia in 1893. In 1895 Rhodes and Jameson plotted with Uitlander (British) leaders in the Transvaal to overthrow the Boer government of Paul Kruger; the original plan was postponed, but Jameson carried out his own invasion and was quickly captured with all his men. After imprisonment in England, he returned to participate in South African politics

Silbentrennung

Le·an·der

Türkische aussprache

liändır

Aussprache

/lēˈandər/ /liːˈændɜr/

Etymologie

[ lE-'an-d&r ] (noun.) From Ancient Greek "lion" + "man".