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|lshtext=<b>Hēro</b>: ūs, f., = Ἡρώ.<br /><b>I</b> A [[priestess]] of [[Aphrodite]], in [[Sestos]], [[beloved]] by [[Leander]] of [[Abydos]], [[who]] [[repeatedly]] swam to her [[across]] the [[Hellespont]], [[but]] at [[length]] [[was]] drowned, Ov. H. 18 and 19; id. Am. 2, 16, 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Deriv.: Hērōus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Hero]]: turres, Luc. 9, 955.—<br /><b>II</b> One of the Danaïdes, Hyg. Fab. 170.—<br /><b>III</b> A [[daughter]] of [[Priam]], Hyg. Fab. 90.
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