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Paperback The Gardens of Adonis: Spices in Greek Mythology - Second Edition Book

ISBN: 0691001049

ISBN13: 9780691001043

The Gardens of Adonis: Spices in Greek Mythology - Second Edition

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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 resurrection marked a joyous occasion--represented the annual cycle of growth and decay in agriculture. Using...

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