Hero and Leander Flashcards
How is the continuation of Hero and Leander different from the original?
Moralising, weightily philosophical
Different form (of - named by himself - ‘sestiads’)
It also adds marginal glosses to explain things.
Who was George Chapman?
A playwright and a translator of Homer
He continued Hero and Leander
Who completed Marlowe’s poem?
George Chapman
Although actually it seems many have, but his is the earliest.
How did Ovid usually present female desire?
As strong and powerful, but also ultimately destructive. These women were transformed by their desire.
Female desire is destabilising.
How did Renaissance writers usually respond to Ovid?
Two branches: sensual v. Moral.
Some celebrated the sensuality while other moralised him – either condemning him or seeing Christian morals.
What genre can Hero and Leander be classed as?
Epyllion - brief epic love poem. Usually erotic.
Frequently depicts female desire.
The name for a brief epic poem that is focuses upon love.
Epyllion
What was Hero and Leander based upon?
Ovid’s Heroides
In what decade was there a vogue for epyllia?
1590s
What God is it that falls for Leander when he is swimming?
Neptune.
