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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... true love's blood , In view and opposite two cities stood , Sea - borderers , disjoin'd by Neptune's might : The one Abydos , the other Sestos hight . At Sestos , Hero dwelt ; Hero the fair , Whom young Apollo courted for her hair , And ...
... true love's blood , In view and opposite two cities stood , Sea - borderers , disjoin'd by Neptune's might : The one Abydos , the other Sestos hight . At Sestos , Hero dwelt ; Hero the fair , Whom young Apollo courted for her hair , And ...
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... true , so like was one the other , As he imagin'd Hero was his mother . And oftentimes into her bosom flew , About her naked neck his bare arms threw , And laid his childish head upon her breast , And , with still panting rocked , there ...
... true , so like was one the other , As he imagin'd Hero was his mother . And oftentimes into her bosom flew , About her naked neck his bare arms threw , And laid his childish head upon her breast , And , with still panting rocked , there ...
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... True love is mute , and oft amazed stands . Thus while dumb signs their yielding hearts entangled , The air with sparks of living fire was spangled , And Night deep drench'd in misty Acheron , Heav'd up her head , and half the world ...
... True love is mute , and oft amazed stands . Thus while dumb signs their yielding hearts entangled , The air with sparks of living fire was spangled , And Night deep drench'd in misty Acheron , Heav'd up her head , and half the world ...
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... true Heaven , at full still in their wane ; Those be the Lapwing faces that still cry , " Here ' tis ! " when that they vow is nothing nigh . Base fools ! when every moorish fowl can teach That which men think the height of human reach ...
... true Heaven , at full still in their wane ; Those be the Lapwing faces that still cry , " Here ' tis ! " when that they vow is nothing nigh . Base fools ! when every moorish fowl can teach That which men think the height of human reach ...
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... true joys he deserv'd in her . Her fresh heat blood cast figures in her eyes , And she suppos'd she saw in Neptune's skies How her star wander'd , wash'd in smarting brine For her love's sake , that with immortal wine Should be embath'd ...
... true joys he deserv'd in her . Her fresh heat blood cast figures in her eyes , And she suppos'd she saw in Neptune's skies How her star wander'd , wash'd in smarting brine For her love's sake , that with immortal wine Should be embath'd ...
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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