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      • Adonis was born to Myrrha and her father Cinyras, King of Cyprus, in a tale steeped in tragedy and taboo. His birth was the result of a curse placed upon Myrrha, leading her to commit incest unknowingly. After discovering the horrifying truth, Myrrha was transformed into a myrrh tree, and from its trunk, Adonis was born.
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    Adonis's name comes from a Canaanite word meaning "lord" and most modern scholars consider the story of Aphrodite and Adonis to be derived from a Levantine version of the earlier Mesopotamian myth of Inanna (Ishtar) and Dumuzid (Tammuz).

  3. 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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  4. Adonis was birthed from a myrrh tree, which was his transformed mother. Persephone, the goddess of the underworld, raised him. As an adult, Adonis spent two-thirds of the year with Aphrodite and one-third with Persephone.

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    Mar 10, 2023 · And so Adonis was born. The Birth of Adonis, attributed to Marco Antonio Franceschini (16771678). Narbonne Museums, Narbonne, France. Wikimedia Commons Public Domain. The newborn was soon discovered by Aphrodite, who gave him to Persephone for safekeeping.

  6. Feb 21, 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.

  7. His birth was both a testament to the depths of human desire and an affirmation of the power of the gods. Adonis, born out of an abhorrent union, would embark on a life whose cycle would come to embody themes of rebirth, beauty, and tragedy.

  8. Adonis | Greek God. Adônis (Brazilian Portuguese) or Adónis (European Portuguese) (in classical Greek: Ἄδωνις), in Phoenician and Greek mythology, was a young man of great beauty who was born from incestuous relations that King Cíniras of Cyprus had with his daughter Mirra.

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