Note 134 — Chapter VII · MYTHS OF THE GREAT DIVINITIES OF HEAVEN (continued 2)
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The poetical passages are from Marlowe's Hero and Leander, First Sestiad. Marlowe's narrative was completed by Chapman. See Musæus of Alexandria, De Amore Herois et Leandri; Virg. Georg. 3, 258; Ovid, Her. 18, 19; Stat. Theb. 6, 770.