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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.
22 sie 2024 · Adonis, in Greek mythology, a youth of remarkable beauty, the favorite of the goddess Aphrodite (identified with Venus by the Romans). Traditionally, he was the product of the incestuous love Smyrna (Myrrha) entertained for her own father, the Syrian king Theias.
29 mar 2021 · According to most versions of the legend, Adonis was the son of Myrrha. She was also sometimes known as Smyrna. Myrrha was a princess of Cyprus who, breaking one of society’s greatest taboos, fell in love with her own father.
Sensing Myrrha's necessity, Aphrodite transformed her into a tree, the myrrh tree. Still in anger, Theias shot an arrow into the tree trunk, splitting it wide open and it was from there that Adonis was born, the child of an awful union between a father and his daughter.
22 cze 2000 · Adonis, a complex figure in mythology, is often associated with beauty and tragic love. Despite conflicting parentage stories from sources like Apollodorus and Ovid, Adonis is typically described as the son of Smyrna/Myrrha and her father. Transformed from her myrrh tree form, Adonis was adored by both goddesses Aphrod...
Adonis’ birth from a myrrh tree highlighted him as a character of great change and beauty in myth. His story is a key example of the “unique mythological births” in Greek myths. He was raised by Aphrodite, becoming a symbol of love and beauty, adored by both Aphrodite and Persephone.
19 sty 2024 · Out of the broken bark of the myrrh tree, Adonis emerged, a testament to the consequences of forbidden love. The myth tells us that Cinyras, unaware of this miraculous birth, unwittingly shot an arrow into the tree, splitting it open and revealing Adonis to the world.
