According to Greek legend, Leander was visited nightly by whom, who swam across the Hellespont?
Hero and Leander Hero and Leander Hero and Leander is the Greek myth relating the story of Hero (, "Hērṓ"; pron. like "hero" in English), a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelt in a tower in Sestos on the European side of the Hellespont (today's Dardanelles), and Leander (, "Léandros"), a young man from Abydos on the opposite side of the strait. Leander fell in love with Hero and would swim every night across the Hellespont to spend time with her. Hero would light a lamp at the top of her tower to guide his way. Succumbing to Leander's soft words and to his
The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas Best Story and the 2013 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize shortlist. The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas is a 2012 book by David Almond. It is about a boy, Stanley, who runs away from home and joins the circus. A "BookTrust" review of "The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas" wrote "Full of surreal, fairy-tale touches, this is an joyful and warm story of self-discovery, perfectly accompanied by the quirky illustrations by Oliver Jeffers." and "The Guardian" wrote "Almond has produced a circus ride of a story, with thrills and spills and all the fun of