Hero and Leander

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Greek_mythology
mythological lovers
gptkbp:adaptedInto painting by Peter Paul Rubens
poem by Christopher Marlowe
poem by George Chapman
poem by Musaeus Grammaticus
gptkbp:Hero priestess of Aphrodite
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hero and Leander
gptkbp:influenced European art and literature
gptkbp:Leander young man from Abydos
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:superhero
gptkb:Leander
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:Ovid's_Heroides
gptkb:Byzantine_literature
gptkbp:motif devotion
forbidden love
death by drowning
gptkbp:narrativeStyle Hero commits suicide
Hero lights a lamp to guide Leander
Leander drowns
Leander swims across Hellespont
gptkbp:origin Ancient Greece
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Hellespont
gptkbp:symbolizes tragedy
gptkbp:theme tragic love
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Elizabethan_literature
gptkb:Myths_and_Hymns
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6