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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... enter'd Hero's ears ; And yet at every word she turn'd aside , And always cut him off , as he replied ; At last , like to a bold sharp sophister , With cheerful hope thus he accosted her . " Fair creature , let me speak without offence ...
... enter'd Hero's ears ; And yet at every word she turn'd aside , And always cut him off , as he replied ; At last , like to a bold sharp sophister , With cheerful hope thus he accosted her . " Fair creature , let me speak without offence ...
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... Enter'd the orchard of th ' Hesperides ; Whose fruit none rightly can describe , but he That pulls or shakes it from the golden tree . And now she wish'd this night were never done , And sigh'd to think upon th ' approaching sun ; For ...
... Enter'd the orchard of th ' Hesperides ; Whose fruit none rightly can describe , but he That pulls or shakes it from the golden tree . And now she wish'd this night were never done , And sigh'd to think upon th ' approaching sun ; For ...
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... enter'd suddenly Admired Teras with the ebon thigh ; A nymph that haunted the green Sestian groves , And would consort soft virgins in their loves , At gaysome triumphs and on solemn days , Singing prophetic Elegies and Lays , And ...
... enter'd suddenly Admired Teras with the ebon thigh ; A nymph that haunted the green Sestian groves , And would consort soft virgins in their loves , At gaysome triumphs and on solemn days , Singing prophetic Elegies and Lays , And ...
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... enter'd , laden with silken chains , Stronger than iron , and bound the swelling veins And tired senses of these lawless swains . But when the virgin lights thus dimly burn'd , O , what a hell was heaven in ! how they mourn'd , And ...
... enter'd , laden with silken chains , Stronger than iron , and bound the swelling veins And tired senses of these lawless swains . But when the virgin lights thus dimly burn'd , O , what a hell was heaven in ! how they mourn'd , And ...
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... enter'd at the eye ; his sacred storm Rose from the hand , love's sweetest instrument : It stirr'd her blood's sea so , that high it went , And beat in bashful waves ' gainst the white shore Of her divided cheeks ; it rag'd the more ...
... enter'd at the eye ; his sacred storm Rose from the hand , love's sweetest instrument : It stirr'd her blood's sea so , that high it went , And beat in bashful waves ' gainst the white shore Of her divided cheeks ; it rag'd the more ...
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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 bride 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 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