 In Edmund Spenser's epic poem "The Faerie Queene" (1590), tapestries depicting the story of Adonis decorate the walls of Castle Joyous.Later in the poem, Venus takes the character Amoretta to raise her in the "Garden of Adonis".Ovid's portrayal of Venus's desperate love for Adonis became the inspiration for many literary portrayals in Elizabethan literature of both male and female courtship.