Milton alludes to the story of Venus and Adonis in his Comus: "Beds of hyacinth and roses; Where young Adonis oft reposes, Waxing well of his deep wound; ... Greek and Roman Mythology > Venus and Adonis

Per Bevington: Venus and Adonis was written early in Shakespeare's career, in c. 1592-3, and draws on the vogue of Ovidian and erotic poetry of the 1580s and 1590s. It combines three passages...

Venus and Adonis EVEN as the sun with purple-colour'd face Had ta'en his last leave of the weeping morn, Rose-cheek'd Adonis hied him to the chase;

The complete text of Venus and Adonis. ... VENUS AND ADONIS; 'Vilia miretur vulgus; mihi flavus Apollo ; Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.' ; To the Right Honourable Henry Wriothesley,

These are the tools Venus, the great goddess of love, has to woo the young, handsome Adonis in a new stage adaptation of William Shakespeare's enduring poem Venus And Adonis.

Sick-thoughted Venus makes amain unto him, And like a bold-faced suitor 'gins to woo him. ... Wishing Adonis had his team to guide, So he were like him and by Venus' side.

Venus and Adonis is vigorous, imaginatively staged theatre. - The Age Online ... Shakespeare wrote Venus and Adonis for the Earl of Southampton when plague closed London's theatres. It appeared in

Simply put, an enchanting production. ... In an intimate space, beautifully made puppets depict Shakespeare’s great erotic poem Venus and Adonis, as Harriet Walker recites the verse.

Rose-cheek'd Adonis tried him to the chase; ... Sick-thoughted Venus makes amain unto him,

Long-legged and soft-voiced, Katherine Manley's Paris Hilton-like Venus presided over a trio of Graces whose dancing silhouettes moved between Canova classicism and the 1970s sass of Charlie's Angels,