Syrian poet, writer and translator (born 1930)

The gardens of Adonis : spices in Greek mythology / Marcel Detienne ; translated from the French by Janet Lloyd ; with an introduction by J.P. Vernant.

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The gardens of Adonis : spices in Greek mythology / Marcel Detienne ; translated from the French by Janet Lloyd ; with an introduction by J.P. Vernant.