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In one version of the story, Aphrodite injured herself on a thorn from a rose bush [41] and the rose, which had previously been white, was stained red by her blood. [41] In another version, an anemone flower grew on the spot where Adonis died, and a red rose where Aphrodite's tears fell. [51]
The myth of Aphrodite and Adonis is probably derived from the ancient Sumerian legend of Inanna and Dumuzid. [154] [155] [156] The Greek name Ἄδωνις (Adōnis, Greek pronunciation:) is derived from the Canaanite word ʼadōn, meaning "lord".
The myth of Myrrha and Cinyras is sung by Orpheus in the tenth book of Metamorphoses after he has told the myth of Pygmalion [d] and before he turns to the tale of Venus and Adonis. [20] As the myth of Myrrha is also the longest tale sung by Orpheus (205 lines) and the only story that corresponds to his announced theme of girls punished for ...
After Aphrodite's own period of mourning was over, she turned Melos into an apple fruit, and Pelia into a dove. Their son, Melos, was sent back to Delos, where he founded the city Melon. The sheep there also took his name, for he first taught the Delians to shear them and make clothing out of their wool; the Greek noun μῆλον means 'apple ...
When Adonis was killed by a boar, Aphrodite's tears ran hot, and were transformed into one of her sacred flowers, the rose. Some versions swap the flowers and have the rose spring from Adonis's blood and the anemone from Aphrodite's tears. [15] Attis: Pine: Himself Attis was the lover of the Phrygian goddess Cybele. When she caught him cheating ...
The Adonia (Greek: Ἀδώνια) was a festival celebrated annually by women in ancient Greece to mourn the death of Adonis, the consort of Aphrodite. It is best attested in classical Athens , though other sources provide evidence for the ritual mourning of Adonis elsewhere in the Greek world, including Hellenistic Alexandria and Argos in the ...
The Greeks considered Adonis's cult to be of Near Eastern origin. 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).
His children according to Pseudo-Apollodorus were Adonis and Oxyporos, and also daughters Braesia, Laogora and Orsedice. These maidens, by reason of the wrath of Aphrodite, cohabited with foreigners, and ended their life in Egypt. Another daughter, Laodice who married Elatus, son of Arcas, and had by him two sons Stymphalus and Pereus. [11]