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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... beauty her bereft : Therefore , in sign her treasure suffer'd wrack , Since Hero's time hath half the world been black . Amorous Leander , beautiful and young , ( Whose tragedy divine Musaeus sung , ) Dwelt at Abydos ; since him dwelt ...
... beauty her bereft : Therefore , in sign her treasure suffer'd wrack , Since Hero's time hath half the world been black . Amorous Leander , beautiful and young , ( Whose tragedy divine Musaeus sung , ) Dwelt at Abydos ; since him dwelt ...
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... beauty had he been ; His presence made the rudest peasant melt , That in the vast uplandish country dwelt ; The barbarous Thracian soldier , mov'd with nought , Was mov'd with him , and for his favour sought . Some swore he was a maid ...
... beauty had he been ; His presence made the rudest peasant melt , That in the vast uplandish country dwelt ; The barbarous Thracian soldier , mov'd with nought , Was mov'd with him , and for his favour sought . Some swore he was a maid ...
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... beauty to the standers by ; Nor that night - wandering , pale , and watery star ( When yawning dragons draw her thirling car From Latmus ' mount up to the gloomy sky , Where crown'd with blazing light and majesty , She proudly sits ) ...
... beauty to the standers by ; Nor that night - wandering , pale , and watery star ( When yawning dragons draw her thirling car From Latmus ' mount up to the gloomy sky , Where crown'd with blazing light and majesty , She proudly sits ) ...
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... beauty dost exceed Love's mother . Nor heaven , nor thou , were made to gaze upon : As heaven preserves all things , so save thou one . A stately builded ship , well rigg'd and tall , The ocean maketh more majestical : Why vow'st thou ...
... beauty dost exceed Love's mother . Nor heaven , nor thou , were made to gaze upon : As heaven preserves all things , so save thou one . A stately builded ship , well rigg'd and tall , The ocean maketh more majestical : Why vow'st thou ...
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... Beauty alone is lost , too warily kept . These arguments he us'd , and many more ; Wherewith she yielded , that was won before . Hero's looks yielded , but her words made war , Women are won when they begin to jar . Thus , having ...
... Beauty alone is lost , too warily kept . These arguments he us'd , and many more ; Wherewith she yielded , that was won before . Hero's looks yielded , but her words made war , Women are won when they begin to jar . Thus , having ...
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Hero and Leander Professor George Chapman,Christopher Marlowe,Charles S Ricketts Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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