Jason, ou La toison d’or
A tragédie lyrique based on the legend of Jason and the Golden Fleece in Apollonius of Rhodes’s Argonautica.
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A tragédie lyrique based on the legend of Jason and the Golden Fleece in Apollonius of Rhodes’s Argonautica.
Venus chooses Adonis as king of Cyprus, angering Mars and the secretly jealous princess Cidippe, who loves Adonis. Mars and Cidippe arrange revenge, but Adonis defeats the monster sent against him. Diana restores the beast, which kills Adonis; Cidippe dies by suicide as Venus and the people mourn.
A tragédie lyrique based on the legend of Jason and the Golden Fleece in Apollonius of Rhodes’s Argonautica.
Venus chooses Adonis as king of Cyprus, angering Mars and the secretly jealous princess Cidippe, who loves Adonis. Mars and Cidippe arrange revenge, but Adonis defeats the monster sent against him. Diana restores the beast, which kills Adonis; Cidippe dies by suicide as Venus and the people mourn.