Hero and Leander (poem)

For the Leigh Hunt poem, see Hero and Leander (1819 poem).

Hero and Leander by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1604

Hero and Leander is a poem by Christopher Marlowe that retells the Greek myth of Hero and Leander. After Marlowe's untimely death, it was completed by George Chapman. The minor poet Henry Petowe published an alternative completion to the poem. The poem was first published five years after Marlowe's demise.