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Leander

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Word	Definition
limandernoun	Archaic form of Leander. [(Greek mythology) The lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned.]
heronoun	Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds.
hellenoun	A female given name from Greek.
ledanoun	(Greek mythology) The wife of Tyndareus and mother of Helen, Clytemnestra and Castor and Pollux hatched from eggs as a result of a seduction by Zeus in the guise of a swan
helennoun	(Greek mythology) The daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.
alcmenenoun	(Greek mythology) Descendant of Perseus and Andromeda, the wife of Amphitryon, and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles/Hercules.
laocoönnoun	(Greek mythology) A Trojan priest of Poseidon (or Apollo, depending on the author), whose rules he had defied (or whom he had otherwise offended), who tried to warn his fellow citizens against the Trojan horse. He was killed for this, along with his two sons, by giant snakes sent by Minerva (or Poseidon, or Apollo).
hermaphroditusnoun	(Greek mythology) The son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged bodies with a naiad.
meleagernoun	(Ancient Greek mythology) A hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia, famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt, and mentioned as one of the Argonauts.
lethenoun	(Greek mythology) The river which flows through Hades from which the souls of the dead drank so that they would forget their time on Earth.
himerosnoun	(Greek mythology) The Greek god of uncontrollable desire, often depicted as a winged child attendant to Aphrodite.
heraclesnoun	(Greek mythology): Son of Zeus and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.
andromachenoun	(Greek mythology) the wife of Hector
alcmenanoun	Alternative form of Alcmene. [(Greek mythology) Descendant of Perseus and Andromeda, the wife of Amphitryon, and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles/Hercules.]
larissanoun	A city in north-central Greece, the capital of Thessaly.
polynoenoun	(Greek mythology) One of the nereids.
hesionenoun	(Greek mythology) Any of various women in Greek mythology, especially the Trojan princess who was the daughter of King Laomedon.
hyllusnoun	(Greek mythology) The son of Heracles and Deianira
diomedesnoun	(Greek mythology) a hero in Greek mythology, mostly known for his participation in the Trojan War
diomedenoun	Alternative form of Diomedes. [(Greek mythology) a hero in Greek mythology, mostly known for his participation in the Trojan War]