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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... slain . Upon her head she ware a myrtle wreath , From whence her veil reach'd to the ground beneath : Her veil was artificial flowers and leaves , Whose workmanship both man and beast deceives : Many would praise the sweet smell as she ...
... slain . Upon her head she ware a myrtle wreath , From whence her veil reach'd to the ground beneath : Her veil was artificial flowers and leaves , Whose workmanship both man and beast deceives : Many would praise the sweet smell as she ...
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... slain or put to flight , Poor soldiers stand with fear of death dead - strooken , So at her presence all surprised and tooken , Await the sentence of her scornful eyes : He whom she favours lives , the other dies . There might you see ...
... slain or put to flight , Poor soldiers stand with fear of death dead - strooken , So at her presence all surprised and tooken , Await the sentence of her scornful eyes : He whom she favours lives , the other dies . There might you see ...
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... slain ; The Hours and Graces bore her glorious train , And all the sweets of our society Were spher'd and treasur'd in her bounteous eye . Thus she appear'd , and sharply did reprove Leander's bluntness in his violent love ; Told him ...
... slain ; The Hours and Graces bore her glorious train , And all the sweets of our society Were spher'd and treasur'd in her bounteous eye . Thus she appear'd , and sharply did reprove Leander's bluntness in his violent love ; Told him ...
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... slain ; She hates their lives , and they their own and hers : Such strife still grows where sin the race prefers . Love is a golden bubble , full of dreams , That waking breaks , and fills us with extremes . She mus'd how she could look ...
... slain ; She hates their lives , and they their own and hers : Such strife still grows where sin the race prefers . Love is a golden bubble , full of dreams , That waking breaks , and fills us with extremes . She mus'd how she could look ...
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... slain , So with the other it was call'd again . She rose , and to her bed made forced way , And laid her down even where Leander lay ; And all this while the red sea of her blood Ebb'd with Leander : but now turn'd the flood , And all ...
... slain , So with the other it was call'd again . She rose , and to her bed made forced way , And laid her down even where Leander lay ; And all this while the red sea of her blood Ebb'd with Leander : but now turn'd the flood , And all ...
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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