HERO, in fabulous hiſtory, a famous prieſteſs of Venus, lived at Abydos, in a tower ſituated on the banks of the Helleſpont. She being beloved by Leander, who lived at Saliſ on the other ſide of the ſtrait, he every night ſwam over to viſit her, being directed by a light fixed on the tower. But the light being put out in a ſtormy night, the youth miſſed his way and was drowned; on which Hero threw herſelf into the ſea, and periiſhed.