Title: Venus and Adonis
First published: 1593
Description: Adonis is a youth of unsurpassed beauty. A hunter.  The goddess Venus, sees him and falls madly in love with him.  Venus's love becomes boundless and without limit and Adonis rejects her even though she is a beautiful goddess and the goddess of love. And thereby hangs a tale. The story is told through the lamentations of Venus for Adonis's rejection of her love.
Subjects: Poetry, Adonis (Greek deity), Venus (Roman deity), Translations into English, Sources, Metamorphosis, Latin Fables, Classical Mythology, Mythology, Biography, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Art, Calligraphy, Geology
People: Lucretia, William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Rockwell Kent (1882-1971)
LC classification: PR2750 .C5 no.12, PR2845.A2 F5 1593a