The Myth of the Dying God in the Italian Renaissance
by
Carlo Caruso
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
In this detailed treatment of the myth of Adonis in post-Classical times, Carlo Caruso provides an overview of the main texts, both literary and scholarly, in Latin and in the vernacular, which secured for the Adonis myth a unique place in the Early Modern revival of Classical mythology. While aiming...