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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... ground beneath : Her veil was artificial flowers and leaves , Whose workmanship both man and beast deceives : Many would praise the sweet smell as she past , When ' twas the odour which her breath forth cast ; And there for honey , Bees ...
... ground beneath : Her veil was artificial flowers and leaves , Whose workmanship both man and beast deceives : Many would praise the sweet smell as she past , When ' twas the odour which her breath forth cast ; And there for honey , Bees ...
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... ground , veiling her eyelids close , And modestly they open'd as she rose : Thence flew Love's arrow with the golden head , And thus Leander was enamoured . Stone still he stood , and evermore he gazed , Till with the fire that from his ...
... ground , veiling her eyelids close , And modestly they open'd as she rose : Thence flew Love's arrow with the golden head , And thus Leander was enamoured . Stone still he stood , and evermore he gazed , Till with the fire that from his ...
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... ground he laid , And , tumbling in the grass , he often stray'd Beyond the bounds of shame , in being bold To eye those parts which no eye should behold . And , like an insolent commanding lover , Boasting his parentage , would needs ...
... ground he laid , And , tumbling in the grass , he often stray'd Beyond the bounds of shame , in being bold To eye those parts which no eye should behold . And , like an insolent commanding lover , Boasting his parentage , would needs ...
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... ground ; so he that loves , The more he is restrain'd , the worse he fares ; What is it now but mad Leander dares ? " O Hero , Hero ! " thus he cried full oft ; And then he got him to a rock aloft , Where having spied her tower , long ...
... ground ; so he that loves , The more he is restrain'd , the worse he fares ; What is it now but mad Leander dares ? " O Hero , Hero ! " thus he cried full oft ; And then he got him to a rock aloft , Where having spied her tower , long ...
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... ground ; Which taking up , she every piece did lay Upon an Altar , where in youth of day She us'd t ' exhibit private Sacrifice : Those would she offer to the Deities Of her fair Goddess and her powerful son , As relics of her late ...
... ground ; Which taking up , she every piece did lay Upon an Altar , where in youth of day She us'd t ' exhibit private Sacrifice : Those would she offer to the Deities Of her fair Goddess and her powerful son , As relics of her late ...
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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