Possible Clues:

• Lover who swam the Hellespont to Hero
• He used to swim a lot, and look around
• Editorial about northern youth who drowned
• O, he would have found a hero in the shrubbery
• Bank, for example, protecting a long-distance swimmer
• He swam for love, having learned somehow
• Greek who made nightly visits to his lover Hero
• Greek name in newspaper article
• Hero's lover; rowing club
• That's a skinny, ruddy back swimmer