Athènes Et Ses Alliés La Ligue De Délos

the theme of love, ostensibly written to a woman, possibly Pernette du Guillet, but also capable of being read symbolically: it has been given Platonic and mythological interpretations (‘Délie’ as an anagram of ‘L’Idée’, but also as a daughter of Delos, birthplace of Apollo). But whatever Délie ultimately represents (she is evoked in mystical, sometimes surreal terms and the organization of the dizains was intended to have a numerological significance), she stands as an emblem of Beauty and reflects