Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is considered likely to be Shakespeare's first publication.
Title page of the first quarto (1593)
Venus seducing Adonis as depicted by Nicolas Poussin, c.1626, a re-united painting. Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France.
The Rape of Lucrece
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The Rape of Lucrece is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Roman noblewoman Lucretia. In his previous narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, Shakespeare had included a dedicatory le
Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem)
…original poem is read by several British actors (among them David Burke, Eve Best, and Benjamin Soames) on a Naxos audiobook. The audiobook also includes The Rape of Lucrece. Richard Burton recorded a spoken word album of the poem for Caedmon Records…
Tarquin and Lucretia by Titian
Lucretia, Rembrandt, 1666
Title page of the sixth edition of The Rape of Lucrece (1616).
The suicide of Lucretia, by Jörg Breu the Elder