Adonis
21 entries in the Adonis compendium.
AdonA Semitic term meaning lord, used for deities and superiors.AdonaisShelley's pastoral elegy for John Keats.AdonaistA sect holding that Jehovah's vowel points are from Adonai.Adonis (Duquesnoy)Marble sculpture by François Duquesnoy of the mythological youth.Adonis (musical)A gender-reversed Pygmalion spoof that broke Broadway records.Adonis AwakensRodin's 1889 sculpture of Venus mourning the slain Adonis.AdonismNeopagan religion founded in 1926 by Franz Sättler.DumuzidAncient deity of shepherds and vegetation, consort of Inanna.The Empire of FloraPoussin's painting of mythological figures transformed into flowers.The Influence of the Mystery Religions on ChristianityKing's seminary essay on pagan influences on Christian doctrine.L'AdoneAn epic poem of peace by Giovan Battista Marino.Landscape with Venus and AdonisFlemish landscape with mythological figures by Tobias Verhaecht.Nahr IbrahimA Lebanese river linked to the myth of Adonis.Sonnet 53Sonnet 53 compares the beloved's beauty to Adonis and Helen.Temple of Adonis, Dura-EuroposLast great Parthian-era temple at Dura-Europos, excavated 1931–1934.Temple of AtargatisA first-century AD temple to the mother of Adonis.Troodos MountainsLargest mountain range in Cyprus, known for ophiolite geology.Venus and Adonis (Poussin)Poussin's painting of Venus and Adonis, cut and later reunited.Venus and Adonis (Titian)Titian's repeatedly painted composition of Venus and the hunter Adonis.Venus and Adonis (Veronese, Madrid)Veronese's painting of Venus, Adonis, and Cupid from Ovid.Vénus et AdonisA tragédie en musique by Desmarets on the myth of Venus and Adonis.
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