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In another variation, Persephone met Adonis only after he had been slain by a boar; Aphrodite descended into the Underworld to take him back. But Persephone, smitten with him, would not let him go until they came to an agreement that Adonis would alternate between the land of the living and the land of the dead each year.
In Greek mythology, Adonis (Ancient Greek: Ἄδωνις, romanized: Adōnis; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤃𐤍, romanized: Adón) was the mortal lover of the goddesses Aphrodite and Persephone. He was famous and considered to be the ideal of male beauty in classical antiquity.
Persephone greeted Adonis with arms wide open as he entered the underworld and her delight knew no bounds. At the same time, Aphrodite, knowing that her Adonis must be in the clutches of Persephone, rushed to the underworld to bring him back.
Adonis is a paragon of male beauty in Greek mythology. He did not have typical divine abilities, relying instead on his extraordinary beauty. Adonis’s interactions with Aphrodite and Persephone underscore deep themes of love and jealousy. His death, foretold by prophecy, highlights the fleeting nature of beauty and life.
Namely, once both Aphrodite and Persephone fell in love with the same mortal, a handsome young man called Adonis. Since they couldn’t agree between them who deserves him more, Zeus divided his time between the upper world and the Underworld.
10 mar 2023 · Adonis, son of the Eastern king Cinyras and his daughter Myrrha, was an exceptionally handsome young man. He was so handsome, in fact, that the goddesses Aphrodite and Persephone competed for his love. Though they were ultimately forced to share the young man, Adonis favored Aphrodite and was best known as her lover.
As an adult, Adonis spent two-thirds of the year with Aphrodite and one-third with Persephone. He became Aphrodite’s lover and had two children. Adonis was an avid hunter and possibly the ire of jealously for Artemis.
