"Hero and Leander" is an enduring classic of English literature, a poem begun by Christopher Marlowe and completed by George Chapman. Based on the Greek legend, the poem tells the tragic love story of Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite, and Leander, a young man from Abydos. Their clandestine meetings are fraught with danger, as Leander must swim the Hellespont each night to be with his beloved.