{"id":"01KG8B0SYEQYDSXTEQNWFD4T4F","cid":"bafkreiahcctl47qswmm4vdhy2oqt6p6h3rvqevbow7qbcea3ch4n5gat4u","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreicjnrs74t537wikftea3p4yo5urna6pvgyqiqwybzq44xhhy7slye","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0023.jpg","height":2400,"key":"pdf-page-1769806521464-jjvpzigakao","label":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0023.jpg","page_number":23,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":580448,"text":"VENUS AND\nADONIS\nof\nlamentation\nfor ritual\nobservances\nin the sixth\ncentury\nb.c.\nBut\nit\nwas\nthree centuries\nlater,\nin\nthe\nclosing epoch of\nclassical\nGreek\nliterature,\nwhen\nthe\nworship\nof\nAdonis\nflourished in\nits\nchief\nglory, that the\ntheme\nwas\ndeveloped\nto\nbest\neffect\nby\nTheocritus\nand\nBion, the\nGreek\npastoral\npoets\nof\nSicily.\nThe\nfifteenth of\nTheocritus'\nIdylls\ndescribes\nidylls\nof\nthe\ncelebration\nof\nthe\nfestival\nof\nAdonis,\nand\nincludes\n^^^610^\na\nbeautiful\npsalm sung\nin\nthe\nhero's\nhonour.\nThe\nfinest\n\"\"\"\nof\nall\nGreek poems\non\nthe\ntheme\nis\nBion's pathetic\nLament\nfor Adonis^\nwhich enjoyed\nthe\nadmiration\nof the poets of\nthe\nRenaissance,\nand\nultimately suggested\nto\nShelley\nhis\nAdonais,\nthe great\nelegy on\nKeats.\ngoddess\nof\nlove\nto\nspend\nin\nspirit\nhalf\nthe\nyear in\nHades\nwith\nPersephone\n(Proserpina) and\nhalf\nthe\nyear on\nearth\nwith\nAphrodite. The\nmyth seems\nan\nanthropomorphic\ninterpretation\nof\nthe\nannual\nbirth\nand\ndecay\nof\nvegetation\nAdonis\nbeing\nidentified\nwith\nthe\nspirit\nthat\nbrings\nthe\nflowers\nand\nfruits\nyear\nby\nyear\nto\nlife\nand then deserting\nthem\nleaves\nthem\nto\ndecay.\nThis\ninterpreta-\ntion is\nconfirmed by\nthe\nname\nof\n'Gardens\nof\nAdonis\n'\n(.^^06\n'\nkhZa>o,\\\nwhich\nwas conferred\nthroughout\nGreece\nin classical\ntimes\non\nearthen vessels\nin\nwhich\nplants\nwere\nbrought\nto fruition\nwith exceptional\nrapidity\nand\nthen\nusually\nfaded\nas\nquickly.\nMany\nclassical\nauthors\nmention\nthese flower-pots\nunder\nthe\nname\nof\n'\nGardens\nof\nAdonis\n' (cf.\nPlato,\nVhaedrus\nzi6).\nIn\n/\nHenry\nn,\n1.\n6.\n6-7\nJoan\nof\nArc's\n<\npromises\n'\nare\nlikened\nto\n_,■\nJ\n,\n,\n,\n,\nAdonis' gardensIhat\none day bloom'd and\nfruitful\nwere\nthe\nnext-\nsure\nevidence\nof\nripe\nclassical\nknowledge\nin\nthe\nauthor of\nthis scene.\nSpenser\nin his\nF^m.\nG^j^ee^e\n(Bk.\niii.\nCanto\nvi,\nStanzas\nxxix-liii)\ngives\nan\neaborate\ndescription of\n'The\nGarden\nof\nAdonis',\nwhich he\nrepresents\nallegorically\nas\nthe great treasury\nof\nNature's\nseeds\n—\nThe\nfirst\nseminary\nOf\nall\nthings\nthat are\nborn\nto live\nand\ndie\nAccording\nto their kinds.\nDeveloping\nhis\ntheme somewhat\nirregularly,\nSpenser\nfinally\nmakes\nthe\n'\ngarden\n'\nthe\neternal\nhome\nof the\nimmortalized\nhero\nAdonis,\nwhere he\nis\nvisited by\nhis\nlover\nVenus\n(Stanzas\nxlvi-xlix).\nMilton, doubtless imitating Spenser, wrote of\nSpot\nmore\ndelicious\nthan those\ngardens\nfeign'd\nOr\nof reviv'd\nAdonis,\nor\nrenown\n'd\nAlcinous, host\nof\nold Laertes'\nson.\n(Paradise Lost,\nix.\n^3^-41.)\nC","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:21.464Z","text_extracted_by":"pdf-processor","text_has_content":true,"text_source":"born_digital","uploaded":true,"width":1632},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG89K4X0DM39SSQK43XXG34R","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KG89JREDR8WY5QQGYR5FZRDY","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:22.318Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:55:25.028Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFFH6ETXGRVD10WPNP3007D6"}}