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22 sie 2024 · Adonis, in Greek mythology, a youth of remarkable beauty, the favourite 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.
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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.
21 lut 2016 · Adonis was a very beautiful young man in Greek mythology, who was a lover of the goddess Aphrodite. He was the object of a fight between Aphrodite and Persephone and ended up spending four months with Persephone in the underworld and eight months with Aphrodite on earth, symbolizing the seasons.
Adonis (gr. Ἄδωνις Adōnis, łac. Adonis) – postać mitologii greckiej, w starożytności podmiot czci boskiej i kultu religijnego, piękny młodzieniec, ulubieniec Afrodyty. Według Hezjoda (ok. 701 r. p.n.e.) był synem Fojniksa i Alfesibei.
10 mar 2023 · According to most authorities, the myth of Adonis began when the princess Myrrha (sometimes called Smyrna) offended the goddess Aphrodite. To punish the girl, Aphrodite made her fall in love with her own father, King Cinyras.
Adonis and Aphrodite. Adonis was the deity of plants and rebirth. He is known as a god who was for ever youthful, the one who would live and die only to be reborn again. This cycle is repeated along time, without end.
29 mar 2021 · The story of Adonis glorified the Greek ideal of youthful male beauty, but it likely originated outside of Greece. Much of Adonis’ myth is based on that of the Near Eastern god Tammuz, a fertility god who was the consort of Aphrodite’s Eastern counterpart. Adonis is remembered today as the archetype of a beautiful youth.
