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04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry
06 Visual arts and architecture
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
Keywords
Adonis
festivals
Period
5th century CE
Byzantine Empire
Channel
Byzantine philosophers and scholars
Text
Cyril of Alexandria, In Isaiam 18.1-2, PG 70.441: The Greeks celebrated this in a feast. They pretended to unite in weeping and lamentations with Aphrodite when she was mourning Adonis’ death. Then, when she reappeared from the netherworld and announced that she had found the one she had searching for, [they pretended] to unite in rejoicing and jumping [for joy]. And even today this comedy is still being performed in the temples of Alexandria.
Mettinger, T. Riddle of Resurrection. "Dying and Rising Gods" in the Ancient Near East. Coniectanea Biblica Old Testament Series 50. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International 2001.
