2023年3月10日 · Adonis was also connected to fertility and vegetation, and despite his mortal origins, he was widely worshipped as a god by the ancient Greeks. Because his mother Myrrha was the original myrrh tree, Adonis was strongly associated with myrrh, as well as anemone, myrtle, and the rose. Adonis by Bertel Thorvaldsen (19th century). Thorvaldsen ...

2023年10月2日 · Daphnis’ story probably originated in Sicily as a variant to the Near Eastern myth of Tammuz or Adonis. He was a favorite among ancient writers of bucolic and pastoral poetry. He was a favorite among ancient writers of bucolic and pastoral poetry.

2023年3月8日 · His male lovers, meanwhile, included Adonis (the most beautiful man alive), Hyacinth (a Spartan prince), and King Admetus of Pherae. While Apollo had many children, the best known were Asclepius, a famous physician whom Apollo delivered with a caesarean procedure, and Orpheus, a legendary musician and prophet. Apollo’s other children included ...

2022年12月9日 · Scooping up Adonis’ blood and mixing it with nectar, Venus crafted a red flower in her lover’s memory. Like Adonis, the flower was beautiful but short lived, as it lost its lovely petals within days of budding. The flower was known as the windflower, or anemone. Venus, Aeneas, and the Aeneid

2023年4月13日 · Artemis was also involved in the death of Adonis, a mortal lover of Aphrodite. Aphrodite had been responsible for the death of Hippolytus, a virginal young man whom Artemis loved dearly. In revenge, Artemis plotted the death of Aphrodite’s darling Adonis (in most versions, by sending a wild boar to gore him).

2023年6月30日 · When Aphrodite and Persephone both competed for the affections of the handsome Adonis, Zeus ordered Orpheus’ mother Calliope to resolve their dispute. When Calliope ruled that each should possess Adonis for half of the year, Aphrodite was dissatisfied and punished Calliope by devising a creative way to get her son Orpheus killed: she caused ...

2023年5月23日 · Some scholars even speculate that she is the “Lady of the Labyrinth” named in some Linear B texts from the Mycenaean period (ca. 1700–ca. 1050 BCE). The myths and rituals surrounding Ariadne bear a resemblance to those of vegetation and fertility deities like Adonis, Hymenaeus, and Hyacinthus. Ariadne, Theseus, and the Minotaur

2022年11月29日 · The mortals of Greek mythology included kings and queens, prophets, healers, warriors, and peasants. Unlike gods, all mortals were fated to eventually die, but many of them achieved great fame (or infamy) while they lived.

2023年3月9日 · Eros, loveliest of the Greek gods, was the personification of passion and procreation who emerged at the beginning of the cosmos. He was often imagined as Aphrodite’s companion. Later authors sometimes multiplied him into a …

2023年4月12日 · And when Aphrodite fell in love with Adonis, Ares turned himself into a boar and gored the young man to death. Ares and the Foundation of Thebes. Ares played a role in the foundation of the city of Thebes, a warlike city-state that enjoyed a brief period of dominance in the fourth century BCE, prior to the rise of Macedon.