Leander a Hero, 1580 print In an oval, the myth of Leander and Hero is depicted here. Leander, a boy from Abydus, had fallen in love with Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite, who lived in Sestus (a city on the European side of the Hellespont). Every night he swam the sea-long to visit his beloved Hero in Sestus. During a stormy night, the torch that Hero always put on a turret of her house to lead her loved one. As a result, Leander did not find the coast and drowned. When Hero saw the corpse of Leander at the foot of the tower the next morning, she threw herself into the sea. Goltzius has depicted
Leander a Hero, 1580 print In an oval, the myth of Leander and Hero is depicted here. Leander, a boy from Abydus, had fallen in love with Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite, who lived in Sestus (a city on the European side of the Hellespont). Every night he swam the sea-long to visit his beloved Hero in Sestus. During a stormy night, the torch that Hero always put on a turret of her house to lead her loved one. As a result, Leander did not find the coast and drowned. When Hero saw the corpse of Leander at the foot of the tower the next morning, she threw herself into the sea. Goltzius has depicted different moments from the story in one engraving. Probably belongs to an oval representation of the history of Pyramus and Thisbe; Perhaps this is a medallion that is engraved on two sides. paper engraving (story of) Hero and Leander
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