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Hero and Leander tale and Manx island claim
The fragment recounts Hero a priestess of Aphrodite at Sestos who guides Leander by night and drowns with him after a storm extinguishes the beacon. It notes Isle of Man residents claim Britain and Ireland were once parts of the island and mentions Kit Carlson’s Taos house and burial site. It also mentions a US Signal Corps lens development.
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Hero
Aphrodite
Sestos
Greece
Leander
Hellespont
Isle of Man
Britain and
Ireland
Island