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Hero (Greek mythological character)

LC control no.no2019047300
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Personal name headingHero (Greek mythological character)
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LocatedSestos (Extinct city)
Profession or occupationPriests
Found inMurdoch, Brian. The reception of the legend of Hero and Leander, 2019: ECIP title page (Hero)
Wikipedia, March 27, 2019: English Hero and Leander page (Hero; a priestess of Venus who dwelled in a tower in Sestos on the European side of teh Hellespont and was the lover of Leander, a young man from Abydos on the opposite side of the strait, who would swim every night across the Hellespont to spend time with her) (
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