Hero and Leander
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Hero and Leander is a narrative poem retelling the Greek myth of two tragic lovers separated by the Hellespont, renowned for its sensuous style and unfinished state at Christopher Marlowe’s death.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English poem
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Renaissance poem ⓘ narrative poem ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | late 1580s to early 1590s ⓘ |
| author | Christopher Marlowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Greek myth of Hero and Leander ⓘ |
| completionAttemptBy | George Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1598 ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Edward Blount NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
mythological narrative
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romantic narrative ⓘ tragic love story ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Cupid
NERFINISHED
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Neptune NERFINISHED ⓘ Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLaterContinuation | Hero and Leander (Chapman continuation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Musaeus Grammaticus
NERFINISHED
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Ovid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isUnfinished | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterSestiadsByChapman | 4 ⓘ |
| leftUnfinishedAtDeathOf | Christopher Marlowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Hero
NERFINISHED
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Leander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metricalForm | heroic couplets ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrator ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of tragedy and comedy
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classical allusions ⓘ erotic imagery ⓘ |
| numberOfSestiadsByMarlowe | 2 ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | rhymed iambic pentameter couplets ⓘ |
| setting |
Abydos
NERFINISHED
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Hellespont NERFINISHED ⓘ Sestos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
extended similes
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ornate rhetoric ⓘ sensuous style ⓘ witty digressions ⓘ |
| theme |
classical mythology
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desire ⓘ fate ⓘ sensuality ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
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