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Tribute to Adonis, god of living and dying.
Women planted "gardens of Adonis" by planting seeds of fast-growing plants in pots or baskets. The planting ceremony was held on the roof of the house. They would tend these gardens for eight days and after that, they left the young plants to wither and die under the the hot summer sun and the dry Mediterranean summer.
Women would then congregate to mourn the shriveled seedlings; wailing and crying in unison.
Women also made puppets or effigies of Adonis, which they would put in tiny coffins. An ancient Athenian remarked that the streets were lined with these little "coffins of Adonis" in midsummer.
📕 Bernstein, Frances, _Classical Living: Reconnecting with the Rituals of Ancient Rome_. HarperCollins, 2000. pg. 130
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