Description
The waters of the narrow Hellespont divide Leander and Hero. Hero of Sestos is a handmaiden in the service of the goddess Venus. At the festival commemorating the love of Venus and Adonis she is spotted by Leander of Abydos. Cupid shoots them both with his arrow and the two fall deeply in love. Will Hero's vow of chastity keep the two young lovers apart? It's sink or swim as Leander strips down and dives into the treacherous waters of the Hellespont to have a moonlight tryst with Hero. This "little epic" or classical epyllion was written by poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe. It was first published in 1598.
Author: Brenden J. McCarthy, Christopher Marlowe
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 02/22/2012
Pages: 34
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.13lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.07d
ISBN13: 9781470069223
ISBN10: 1470069229
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Author: Brenden J. McCarthy, Christopher Marlowe
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 02/22/2012
Pages: 34
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.13lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.07d
ISBN13: 9781470069223
ISBN10: 1470069229
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
About the Author
Christopher Marlowe was born in 1564. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he was an English playwright, dramatist, translator, and poet. He died in 1593.
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