Hero and LeanderMaddox & Gray, 1927 - 82 Seiten Hero and Leander is a mythological short epic by the famous English writer and dramatist Christopher Marlowe. When Marlowe was killed after being accused of blasphemy, he left the poem unfinished to be later completed by George Chapman. The poem follows the love story between the two Greek mythological characters Hero and Leander which was first narrated in the works of the two ancient poets Musaeus Grammaticus and Ovid. Hero is a priestess of the goddess Venus to whom she has made a vow of chastity, yet she falls in love with Leander, a young man from Abydos on the opposite side of the narrow sea passage known as the Hellespont. Leander, who promises to cross the Hellespont every night to reach his beloved, gets in trouble with Neptune, the god of the seas. When he eventually comes at Hero's door, he has to make use of his guile and physical beauty to seduce his coy beloved. At this point starts Chapman's contribution to accompany the two lovers until Leander drowns in the sea on his way to Hero. Watching her lover's dead body from her high tower, the latter decides to throw herself and die by his side. |
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... Abydos , the other Sestos hight . At Sestos , Hero dwelt ; Hero the fair , Whom young Apollo courted for her hair , And offer'd as a dower his burning throne , Where she should sit , for men to gaze upon . The outside of her garments ...
... Abydos , the other Sestos hight . At Sestos , Hero dwelt ; Hero the fair , Whom young Apollo courted for her hair , And offer'd as a dower his burning throne , Where she should sit , for men to gaze upon . The outside of her garments ...
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... Abydos ; since him dwelt there none For whom succeeding times make greater moan . His dangling tresses , that were never shorn , Had they been cut , and unto Colchos borne , Would have allur'd the venturous youth of Greece To hazard ...
... Abydos ; since him dwelt there none For whom succeeding times make greater moan . His dangling tresses , that were never shorn , Had they been cut , and unto Colchos borne , Would have allur'd the venturous youth of Greece To hazard ...
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... Abydos , and returns :, Cold Neptune with his beauty burns ; Whose suit he shuns , and doth aspire Hero's fair tower and his desire . a THE SECOND SESTIAD By this , sad Hero , 20 HERO AND LEANDER THE SECOND SESTIAD ...
... Abydos , and returns :, Cold Neptune with his beauty burns ; Whose suit he shuns , and doth aspire Hero's fair tower and his desire . a THE SECOND SESTIAD By this , sad Hero , 20 HERO AND LEANDER THE SECOND SESTIAD ...
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... Abydos sooner blown Than he could sail ; for incorporeal Fame , Whose weight consists in nothing but her name , Is swifter than the wind , whose tardy plumes Are reeking water and dull earthly fumes . Home when he came , he seem'd not ...
... Abydos sooner blown Than he could sail ; for incorporeal Fame , Whose weight consists in nothing but her name , Is swifter than the wind , whose tardy plumes Are reeking water and dull earthly fumes . Home when he came , he seem'd not ...
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... Abydos ' strand . There leave we him , and with fresh wing pursue Astonish'd Hero , whose most wished view I thus long have forborne , because I left her So out of countenance , and her spirits bereft her 36 HERO AND LEANDER.
... Abydos ' strand . There leave we him , and with fresh wing pursue Astonish'd Hero , whose most wished view I thus long have forborne , because I left her So out of countenance , and her spirits bereft her 36 HERO AND LEANDER.
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Abydos Alcmane altar amorous arms beauty Beauty's bliss blood bosom breast bright call'd chaste cheeks CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE colours confits countenance Cupid Cyclops dear death deeds delight Destinies doth earth embrac'd enamour'd enter'd Eucharis eyes face Fates fear feast FIFTH SESTIAD figur'd fire flame flew FOURTH SESTIAD gainst gentle GEORGE CHAPMAN goddess gods golden grace grief hair hand haste hate hath heart heaven Hellespont HERO AND LEANDER holy fire honour Hymen Jove kiss kiss'd Leucote light limb lips live look look'd lov'd Love's lovers maid maidenhead Marlowe Morpheus Musaeus naked naught Neptune never night nuptial nymph poor Proteus rich rites robe rude sacred sacrifice SECOND SESTIAD SESTIAD The Argument Sestos shin'd shine sight soul spake star stay'd stood striv'd sweet swim Teras thee thence THIRD SESTIAD thou thought torch turn'd unto us'd Venus view'd virgin virtue vow'd vows waves Wherewith Winds wish'd wrought youth