Hero And Leander

Author: Christopher Marlowe
Publisher: Book Jungle
Category: Poetry By Individual Poets, Plays, Playscripts
Book Format: Paperback

Christopher Marlowe was a 16th century English playwright. He was the leading Elizabethan tragedian before Shakespeare. His works are known for their overreaching protagonists and his use of blank verse. Little is known about Marlowe's life, but there is much speculation about his possibly being a spy, homosexual, a heretic, magician and atheist. Hero and Leander is a Greek myth in which Hero is a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelt in a tower in Sestos. Leander is a young man who lives on the other side of the strait. Leander fell in love with Hero and would swim every night across the Hellespont to be with her. Hero would light a lamp at the top of her tower to guide his way. One night a storm blew out the light and Leander drowned. Hero was so distraught that she threw herself off of the tower.

(BK-9781438507200)

SKU BK-9781438507200
Barcode # 9781438507200
Brand Book Jungle
Artist / Author Christopher Marlowe
Shipping Weight 0.1000kg
Shipping Width 0.190m
Shipping Length 0.240m
Assembled Length 23.500m
Assembled Height 0.300m
Assembled Width 19.100m
Type Paperback

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