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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... HONOURS Unhappy + CLARKE ! what difmal Dole , What pungent Grief afflicts thy Soul ! How doft thou wifh , in Bitterness , Thy Dauntless Brav'ry had been lefs ! Well may'st thou curfe the very Name ! Of HONOUR , so replete with Shame ...
... HONOURS Unhappy + CLARKE ! what difmal Dole , What pungent Grief afflicts thy Soul ! How doft thou wifh , in Bitterness , Thy Dauntless Brav'ry had been lefs ! Well may'st thou curfe the very Name ! Of HONOUR , so replete with Shame ...
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... Honour to Him, or that He ought to be Honoured for it: By saying this, B, who knows that all Men are affected with Self-liking, intends to acquaint A, that he thinks him in the Right to gratify and indulge himself in the Passion of Self ...
... Honour to Him, or that He ought to be Honoured for it: By saying this, B, who knows that all Men are affected with Self-liking, intends to acquaint A, that he thinks him in the Right to gratify and indulge himself in the Passion of Self ...
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... Honour and Obedience fhould be paid to the higher Powers , that is , to thofe who are in Authority among Men , and fo do conclude that Magiftracy and Government is an Ordinance of God . We ought to look upon Magistrates as the ...
... Honour and Obedience fhould be paid to the higher Powers , that is , to thofe who are in Authority among Men , and fo do conclude that Magiftracy and Government is an Ordinance of God . We ought to look upon Magistrates as the ...
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... honour.34 This position of the Chancellor meant a major setback for the plans of the German Association to introduce a national Doctor's Ordinance including state-authorised medical courts of honour throughout the Reich.35 The strategy ...
... honour.34 This position of the Chancellor meant a major setback for the plans of the German Association to introduce a national Doctor's Ordinance including state-authorised medical courts of honour throughout the Reich.35 The strategy ...
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... honour . Nicias surrendered to Gy- lippus , as Thucydides says , πιστεύσας μᾶλλον αὐτῷ ἢ τοῖς Συρακοσίοις 7. When the historian relates that Nicias and Demosthenes were put to death by the Syracusans , he can only add ἄκοντος Γυλίππου ...
... honour . Nicias surrendered to Gy- lippus , as Thucydides says , πιστεύσας μᾶλλον αὐτῷ ἢ τοῖς Συρακοσίοις 7. When the historian relates that Nicias and Demosthenes were put to death by the Syracusans , he can only add ἄκοντος Γυλίππου ...
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Abydos Alcmane Altar amorous arms Atheism Beauty's blood bosom breast bright bullrushes call'd chaste CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE colours conceits countenance Cupid dear death deeds deity delight Dissembling doth earth Eucharis eyes face fair fair ladies Fates feast figur'd fire flame flew FOURTH SESTIAD gainst GEORGE CHAPMAN goddess gods golden grace hair hand hath heart heaven held hell Hellespont Hero HERO AND LEANDER Hero's sacrifice holy holy fire honour Hymen iron thunders Jove joys kiss kiss'd Leander Leucote light limb live look look'd lov'd love's lovers maid maidenhead Marlowe Musaeus naked naught neck Neptune never night nuptial nymph Peristera pierc'd rites robe rude sacred scarf scrip secret fire sense SESTIAD The Argument Sestos shin'd shine shriek sight slain soul spake spirits star stay'd stood striv'd sweet swim thee thence thou thought torch tower turn'd us'd Venus view'd virgin virtue vow'd vows waves wish'd wrought