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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... naught but of a Serpent sped , That in his bosom flew and stung him dead . And this by fate into her mind was sent , Not wrought by mere instinct of her intent . At the scarf's other end her hand did frame , Near the fork'd point of the ...
... naught but of a Serpent sped , That in his bosom flew and stung him dead . And this by fate into her mind was sent , Not wrought by mere instinct of her intent . At the scarf's other end her hand did frame , Near the fork'd point of the ...
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... naught To leave gods in profession and in thought , Than in her love and life ; for therein lies Most of her duties and their dignities ; And , rail the brain - bald world at what it will , That's the grand Atheism that reigns in it ...
... naught To leave gods in profession and in thought , Than in her love and life ; for therein lies Most of her duties and their dignities ; And , rail the brain - bald world at what it will , That's the grand Atheism that reigns in it ...
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... naught but sight and hearing , nor could breed Hope of requital , the grand prize of love ; Nor could he hear or see , but he must prove How his rare beauty's music would agree With maids in consort ; therefore robbed he His chin of ...
... naught but sight and hearing , nor could breed Hope of requital , the grand prize of love ; Nor could he hear or see , but he must prove How his rare beauty's music would agree With maids in consort ; therefore robbed he His chin of ...
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... naught in middle left To reunite each part from other reft ; And five they hold in most especial prize , Since ' tis the first odd number that doth rise From the two foremost numbers ' unity , That odd and even are ; which are two and ...
... naught in middle left To reunite each part from other reft ; And five they hold in most especial prize , Since ' tis the first odd number that doth rise From the two foremost numbers ' unity , That odd and even are ; which are two and ...
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... Naught but news common to the common'st mates.- This told , strange Teras touch'd her lute , and sung This ditty , that the Torchy evening sprung . Epithalamion Teratos . Come , come , dear Night ! Love's Mart of kisses , Sweet close of ...
... Naught but news common to the common'st mates.- This told , strange Teras touch'd her lute , and sung This ditty , that the Torchy evening sprung . Epithalamion Teratos . Come , come , dear Night ! Love's Mart of kisses , Sweet close of ...
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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