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The Gardens of Adonis
The Gardens of Adonis
Author: Marcel Detienne
Rich with implications for the history of sexuality, gender issues, and patterns of Hellenic literary imagining, Marcel Detienne's landmark book recasts long-standing ideas about the fertility myth of Adonis. The author challenges Sir James Frazer's thesis that the vegetation god Adonis-- whose premature death was mourned by women and whose resu...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691001043
ISBN-10: 0691001049
Publication Date: 4/4/1994
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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