Leandros (English spelling)

Japanese: レアンドロス - れあんどろす(英語表記)Leandros
Leandros (English spelling)

The protagonist of an ancient Greek tale. Leander, who lives in the town of Abydos on the Asian side of the Hellespont Strait, falls in love with Hero, a priestess who serves Aphrodite in the town of Sestos on the opposite shore. Every night, he swims across the strait, following the light that she lights in her tower, and meets his lover in secret. But one night, a storm causes the light to go out, and Leander, who has lost his way, runs out of strength and drowns. When Hero finds out, he also throws himself into the sea.

The story first appears in Hellenistic papyri, and is sung in Ovid's Letter of the Lady, Musaeus' Hero and Leander, and in modern times in Schiller's Ballade of the same name and Grillparzer's play Sea Waves, Love Waves.

[Tetsuro Nakatsuka]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

古代ギリシアの物語の主人公。ヘレスポントス海峡を挟んでアジア側の町アビドスに住むレアンドロスは、対岸の町セストスでアフロディテに仕える巫女(みこ)ヘーローに恋をする。彼は、夜ごと彼女が塔にともす明かりを目標に海峡を泳ぎ渡り、恋人との人目を忍ぶ逢瀬(おうせ)を重ねる。しかしある夜嵐のために明かりが消えたため、方向を失ったレアンドロスは力尽きて溺(おぼ)れ死ぬ。これを知ったヘーローも海に身を投じる。

 この物語は、文献的にはヘレニズム期のパピルスに初めてみえ、オウィディウスの『名婦の書簡』や、ムサイオスの『ヘーローとレアンドロス』などに歌われている。また近代では、シラーの同名のバラーデ、グリルパルツァーの戯曲『海の波恋の波』などがある。

[中務哲郎]

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