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Title page of the first quarto (1593). Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is probably Shakespeare's first publication. The poem tells the story of Venus, the goddess of Love; of her unrequited love; and of her attempted seduction of Adonis, an extremely handsome young man, who would rather go hunting.
"Venus and Adonis", a story from Book X of Ovid's Metamorphoses Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem) Venus and Adonis (Constable poem) , a poem by Henry Constable
Shakespeare's early erotic poem Venus and Adonis expands on the myth in Book X of the Metamorphoses. [38] In Titus Andronicus , the story of Lavinia's rape is drawn from Tereus ' rape of Philomela , and the text of the Metamorphoses is used within the play to enable Titus to interpret his daughter's story. [ 39 ]
The story of Venus and Adonis from Ovid's Metamorphoses was tremendously influential during the Elizabethan era. [54] In Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590), tapestries depicting the story of Adonis decorate the walls of Castle Joyous. [49] Later in the poem, Venus takes the character Amoretta to raise her in the "Garden of ...
[q] The reference is justified in the way that it draws inspiration from Book X of Ovid's Metamorphoses, just like his previously written poem, Venus and Adonis, did. [58] The tragedy Mirra by Vittorio Alfieri (written in 1786) is inspired by the story of Myrrha. In the play, Mirra falls in love with her father, Cinyras.
Vénus et Adonis premiered on 28 July 1697 with Marie Le Rochois as Venus and Louis Gaulard Dumesny as Adonis. [3] Six months later, Marie-Marguerite gave birth to a son and her father brought a criminal prosecution against Desmarets for seduction and kidnapping which was to last for over two years.
The first book opens with an invocation to Venus, in which Ovid establishes himself as a praeceptor amoris (1.17) – a teacher of love. Ovid describes the places one can go to find a lover, like the theater, a triumph, which he thoroughly describes, or arena – and ways to get the girl to take notice, including seducing her covertly at a banquet.
According to Ovid, Cinyras' daughter Myrrha, impelled by an unnatural lust for her own father (in retribution for her mother Cenchreis' hubris), slept with him, became pregnant, and asked the gods to change her into something other than human; she became a tree from whose bark myrrh drips. [20] From this incestuous union sprang the child Adonis.