<P> The legend of Tristan and Iseult (also known as Tristan and Isolde) is an influential romance and tragedy, retold in numerous sources with as many variations . The tragic story is of the adulterous love between the lovers . The narrative predates and most likely influenced the Arthurian romance of Lancelot and Guinevere, and has had a substantial impact on Western art and literature since it first appeared in the 12th century . While the details of the story differ from one author to another, the overall plot structure remains much the same . </P> <P> Pedro of Portugal and Inês de Castro shared a true and tragic love in the Portuguese 14th century . The dramatic circumstances of their relationship, forbidden by Peter's father, King Afonso IV, Inês' murder at the orders of Afonso, Peter's bloody revenge on her killers and the legend of the coronation of her exhumed corpse by Peter, have turned their story into a frequent subject of art, music, and drama through the ages . </P> <P> Hero and Leander is a Greek myth, relating the story of Hero (Greek: Ἡρώ), a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelt in a tower in Sestos, at the edge of the Hellespont, and Leander (Greek: Λέανδρος, Leandros), a young man from Abydos on the other side of the strait . Leander fell in love with Hero and would swim every night across the Hellespont to be with her . Hero would light a lamp at the top of her tower to guide his way . </P> <P> Pelléas and Mélisande (French: Pelléas et Mélisande) is a Symbolist play by Maurice Maeterlinck about the forbidden, doomed love of the title characters . A classical myth, was a common subject for art during the Renaissance and Baroque eras . </P>

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