Châteaux de Cheverny

Castle of Cheverny

  • Adonis

    Text extract from chapter “Adonis” of book X of Ovid's Metamorphoses and used by painter Jean MONIER to realise the canvas representing “The Death of Adonis” exposed in the second storey of the Château de Cheverny

    • History of France
    • Mythology
    • Culture of royal french court
    • Litterature of the Roman Empire
    • Roman Imperial Litterature
    • Château de Cheverny
    • Castle Of Cheverny
    • Cheverny
    • Adonis
    • The Death of Adonis
    • La Mort d'Adonis
    • Jean MONIER
    • Ovid
    • The Metamorphoses
    • Metamorphoses
    adonis

  • Perseus

    Text extract from book IV of Ovid's Metamorphoses and that has inspired to painter Jean MONIER one of the pieces representing Perseus and Andromeda on the celling of the King's bedroom of the second storey of the Château de Cheverny

    • History of France
    • Mythology
    • Culture of royal french court
    • Litterature of the Roman Empire
    • Roman Imperial Litterature
    • Château de Cheverny
    • Castle Of Cheverny
    • Cheverny
    • Perseus and Andromeda
    • Persée et Andromède
    • Andromeda
    • Perseus
    • Jean MONIER
    • Ovid
    • The Metamorphoses
    • Metamorphoses
    perseus