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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... stay , The while upon a hillock down he lay , And sweetly on his pipe began to play , And with smooth speech her fancy to assay , Till in his twining arms he lock'd her fast , And then he woo'd with kisses , and at last , As shepherds ...
... stay , The while upon a hillock down he lay , And sweetly on his pipe began to play , And with smooth speech her fancy to assay , Till in his twining arms he lock'd her fast , And then he woo'd with kisses , and at last , As shepherds ...
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... stay'd his fury , and began To give her leave to rise : away she ran ; After went Mercury , who us'd such cunning , As she , to hear his tale , left off her running . h.419 ( Maids are not won by brutish force and might But speeches ...
... stay'd his fury , and began To give her leave to rise : away she ran ; After went Mercury , who us'd such cunning , As she , to hear his tale , left off her running . h.419 ( Maids are not won by brutish force and might But speeches ...
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... stay'd , And would have turn'd again , but was afraid , In offering parley , to be counted light : So on she goes , and , in her idle flight , Her painted fan of curled plumes let fall , Thinking to train Leander therewithal . He being ...
... stay'd , And would have turn'd again , but was afraid , In offering parley , to be counted light : So on she goes , and , in her idle flight , Her painted fan of curled plumes let fall , Thinking to train Leander therewithal . He being ...
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... stay the messenger that would be gone ; No marvel , then , though Hero would not yield So soon to part from that she dearly held . Jewels being lost are found again ; this never , ' Tis lost but once , and once lost , lost for ever ...
... stay the messenger that would be gone ; No marvel , then , though Hero would not yield So soon to part from that she dearly held . Jewels being lost are found again ; this never , ' Tis lost but once , and once lost , lost for ever ...
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... stay'd not for her robes , but straight arose , And , drunk with gladness , to the door she goes , Where seeing a naked man , she screech'd for fear , Such sights as this to tender maids are rare ; And ran into the dark herself to hide ...
... stay'd not for her robes , but straight arose , And , drunk with gladness , to the door she goes , Where seeing a naked man , she screech'd for fear , Such sights as this to tender maids are rare ; And ran into the dark herself to hide ...
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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