Hero and Leander'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. Marlowe's poem relates the Greek legend of Hero and Leander, young lovers living in cities on opposite sides of the Hellespont, a narrow stretch of the sea in what is now northwestern Turkey, and which separates Europe and Asia. Hero is a priestess or devotee of Venus (goddess of love and beauty) in Sestos, who lives in chastity despite being devoted to the goddess of love. At a festival in honor of her deity, Venus and Adonis, she is seen by Leander, a youth from Abydos on the opposite side of the Hellespont. Leander falls in love with her, and she reciprocates, although cautiously, as she has made a vow of chastity to Venus. |
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Christopher Marlowe. Table of Contents Cover Titlepage Text On Hellespont, guilty of true-love's blood, In view and opposite.
Christopher Marlowe. Table of Contents Cover Titlepage Text On Hellespont, guilty of true-love's blood, In view and opposite.
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On Hellespont, guilty of true-love's blood, In view and opposite two cities stood, Sea-borderers, disjoined by Neptune's might; The one Abydos, the other Sestos hight. At Sestos Hero dwelt; Hero the fair, Whom young Apollo courted for ...
On Hellespont, guilty of true-love's blood, In view and opposite two cities stood, Sea-borderers, disjoined by Neptune's might; The one Abydos, the other Sestos hight. At Sestos Hero dwelt; Hero the fair, Whom young Apollo courted for ...
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That runs along his back, but my rude pen Can hardly blazon forth the loves of men, Much less of powerful gods. ... That leaped into the water for a kiss Of his own shadow and, despising many, Died ere he could enjoy the love of any.
That runs along his back, but my rude pen Can hardly blazon forth the loves of men, Much less of powerful gods. ... That leaped into the water for a kiss Of his own shadow and, despising many, Died ere he could enjoy the love of any.
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He whom she favours lives, the other dies. There might you see one sigh, another rage; And some, (their violent passions to assuage) Compile sharp satires, but alas too late, For faithful love will ...
He whom she favours lives, the other dies. There might you see one sigh, another rage; And some, (their violent passions to assuage) Compile sharp satires, but alas too late, For faithful love will ...
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| Titel | Hero and Leander |
| Autor/in | Christopher Marlowe |
| Verlag | Good Press, 2019 |
| Länge | 114 Seiten |
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