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Bion : Death of Adonis

'W[ordsworth] read (in [John] Langhorne's translation) Bion's death of Adonis by 1786 ... '

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: William Wordsworth      

Bion of Smyrna : 'Epitaph on Adonis'

'In December he read Lang's translation of the elegies by Bion and Moschus that had been Shelley's model for "Adonais".'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Wilfred Owen      Print: Book

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