Both Uses of
Adonis
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- That memory, Venus and Adonis, lay in the bedchamber of every light-of-love in London.†
Chpt 9 *
- The greyeyed goddess who bends over the boy Adonis, stooping to conquer, as prologue to the swelling act, is a boldfaced Stratford wench who tumbles in a cornfield a lover younger than herself.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(Adonis) Greek mythology: a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone
or as a common noun: any handsome young man