Leander Quiz

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1. From which city did Leander originate?

   1. Abydos
   2. Corinth
   3. Troy
   4. Sestos
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   Answer: Abydos

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2. Hero was a priestess of which goddess?

   1. Artemis
   2. Athena
   3. Hera
   4. Aphrodite
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   Answer: Aphrodite

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3. What body of water separated Leander and Hero?

   1. The Strait of Messina
   2. The Aegean Sea
   3. The Bosporus
   4. The Hellespont
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   Answer: The Hellespont

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4. In which city did Hero live?

   1. Abydos
   2. Sestos
   3. Troy
   4. Miletus
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   Answer: Sestos

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5. Which ancient poet is credited with the most complete telling of the Hero and Leander story?

   1. Hesiod
   2. Apollonius of Rhodes
   3. Callimachus
   4. Musaeus
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   Answer: Musaeus

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6. What guided Leander across the Hellespont each night in Musaeus?

   1. A dolphin sent by Poseidon
   2. The moon's reflection on the water
   3. The North Star
   4. A light in Hero's tower
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   Answer: A light in Hero's tower

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7. Which later English poet was inspired by the myth of Hero and Leander?

   1. Edmund Spenser
   2. John Milton
   3. Ben Jonson
   4. Christopher Marlowe
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   Answer: Christopher Marlowe

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8. Which Roman poet gives Hero and Leander a voice in letters written to each other?

   1. Ovid
   2. Virgil
   3. Musaeus
   4. Strabo
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   Answer: Ovid

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