Hero and Leander (poem)
Poem by Christopher Marlowe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hero and Leander is a poem by Christopher Marlowe that retells the Greek myth of Hero and Leander. After Marlowe's untimely death, it was completed by George Chapman. The minor poet Henry Petowe published an alternative completion to the poem. The poem was first published five years after Marlowe's demise.
For the Leigh Hunt poem, see Hero and Leander (1819 poem).