Hēro
ūs, f.
I.
A priestess of Aphrodite, in Sestos, beloved by Leander of Abydos, who repeatedly swam to her across the Hellespont, but at length was drowned, Ov. H. 18 and 19; id. Am. 2, 16, 31.—
B.
Deriv.: Hērōus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hero: turres, Luc. 9, 955.—
II.
One of the Danaïdes, Hyg. Fab. 170.—
III.
A daughter of Priam, Hyg. Fab. 90.