Other sources say that the Adonis River (now known as the Abraham River) ran red every year in February, because of Adonis’ blood. According to some sources, the red rose was also created at the same time, since Aphrodite pricked her finger on the thorn of a white rose bush and her blood caused it to turn red. Aphrodite’s tears and the blood of Adonis mixed together, becoming the anemone (a blood red flower). Ares was jealous that Aphrodite was spending so much time with Adonis and decided to get rid of his rival.Īlthough Aphrodite did her best to save Adonis, administering nectar to his wounds, Adonis was too badly injured and died in her arms. In some renditions of the story, the boar was said to be Ares, the god of war, in disguise. One day, while on the hunt, he was gored by a wild boar. Aphrodite was concerned about him and often warned him about hunting dangerous wild beasts, but he didn’t take her seriously and continued to hunt to his heart’s content. In addition to his stunning good looks, Adonis enjoyed hunting and was a highly skilled hunter.
They were lovers and she bore him two children – Golgos and Beroe.
He decided that Adonis would stay with Persephone and Aphrodite for a third of the year each, and for the final third of the year, he could choose to stay with whomever he wished.Īdonis chose to spend this third of the year also with the goddess Aphrodite. It came down to Zeus to settle the goddesses’ disagreement. It was at this point that Aphrodite came to take Adonis away from Persephone, but Persephone refused to give him up. Under her care, he grew into a handsome young man, coveted by both men and women alike. Adonis, Aphrodite and PersephoneĪs an infant, Adonis was found by Aphrodite who gave him over to be raised by Persephone, wife of Hades and Queen of the Underworld. However, she was pregnant and nine months later, the myrrh tree burst open and a son, Adonis was born.Īdonis was originally a god of birth, resurrection, love, beauty and desire in Phoenician mythology, but in Greek mythology he was a mortal man, often called the handsomest man that ever lived. The gods took pity on her and turned her into a myrrh tree. Myrrha wished to be invisible to avoid being killed by her father and she prayed to the gods, asking for a miracle. He would have killed Myrrha had he caught her, but she fled from the palace. However, the king eventually became curious about who he had been sleeping with, and when he finally discovered her identity, he chased her with his sword. Myrrha tricked her father into sleeping with her for nine nights in complete darkness so that he wouldn’t find out who she was. This had occurred because of a curse cast on Myrrha by Aphrodite, which caused her to sleep with her father. In other accounts, it’s said that Adonis’ father was Theias, the King of Syria.
Adonis was born under miraculous circumstances and as the result of an incestuous relationship between Myrrha (also known as Smyrna) and her own father Cinyras, the king of Cyprus.
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