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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... sweet rites are perform'd and done . Flint breasted Pallas joys in single life , But Pallas and your mistress are at strife . Love , Hero , then , and be not tyrannous , But heal the heart that thou hast wounded thus , Nor stain thy ...
... sweet rites are perform'd and done . Flint breasted Pallas joys in single life , But Pallas and your mistress are at strife . Love , Hero , then , and be not tyrannous , But heal the heart that thou hast wounded thus , Nor stain thy ...
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... sweet kisses Are th ' only crowns of both their blisses . He swims t ' Abydos , and returns : Cold Neptune with his beauty burns ; Whose suit be shuns , and doth aspire Hero's fair tower and his desire . THE SECOND SESTIAD By this , sad ...
... sweet kisses Are th ' only crowns of both their blisses . He swims t ' Abydos , and returns : Cold Neptune with his beauty burns ; Whose suit be shuns , and doth aspire Hero's fair tower and his desire . THE SECOND SESTIAD By this , sad ...
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... ( Sweet are the kisses , the embracements sweet , When like desires and affections meet ; For from the earth to heaven is Cupid rais'd , Where fancy is in equal balance pais'd . ) erotic implication . Yet she this rashness suddenly ...
... ( Sweet are the kisses , the embracements sweet , When like desires and affections meet ; For from the earth to heaven is Cupid rais'd , Where fancy is in equal balance pais'd . ) erotic implication . Yet she this rashness suddenly ...
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... Sweet - singing mermaids sported with their loves On heaps of heavy gold , and took great pleasure To spurn in careless sort the shipwreck treasure ; For here the stately azure palace stood , Where kingly Neptune and his train abode ...
... Sweet - singing mermaids sported with their loves On heaps of heavy gold , and took great pleasure To spurn in careless sort the shipwreck treasure ; For here the stately azure palace stood , Where kingly Neptune and his train abode ...
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... sweet life this is the courtly carving . Thus Time and all - states - ordering Ceremony Had banish'd all offence : Time's golden thigh Upholds the flowery body of the earth In sacred harmony , and every birth Of men and actions makes ...
... sweet life this is the courtly carving . Thus Time and all - states - ordering Ceremony Had banish'd all offence : Time's golden thigh Upholds the flowery body of the earth In sacred harmony , and every birth Of men and actions makes ...
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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