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Adonis

deity earth Greek corroborated · 33

Adonis is a figure in Greek mythology. Alphesiboea is said to be his mother with Phoenix.

↻ synthesized from 33 sources

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 2020
Historical notes
Greek mythology.

Relationships

consort of
Aphrodite, Astarte, Venus
co occurs with
Golgos, Caloian, Dodola, Yarilo, Gherman, Zagreus, Tanit, Eros, Calliope, Erymanthus, Nessus, Alphesiboea, Cocytus, Enodia, Charon, Alexiares, Anicetus, Iris, Xipe-Totec, Narcissus, Hyacinth, Cyparissus, Mecon, Anacréon, Endymion, Selene, Silvanus, Napaean Nymphs, Pales, Dioscuri, Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, Cadmus, Anteros, Theritas, Lapithae, Halirrhothius, Alcippe, Agraulos, Tammuz, Adonai, Myrrha, Belus, Dido, Biltis, Molchos, Dumuzi, Cupid, Kinnaru, Achelous, Poseidon, Morena, Baldr, Jesus, Osiris, Inanna, Demeter, Dionysus, phoenixes, Heracles, Cerberus, Urania, Mercury, Attis, Hecate, Fauns, Pan, Dryads, Naiads, centaur, Hephaestus, Hermes, Hera, Athena, Ištar, Ishtar, Jupiter, nymphs, Zeus, Sirens
parent of
Beroe, Taleus
allied with
Venus, Persephone, Aphrodite, Cupid, Three Graces, Erinoma
syncretized with
Dumuzid, Baal, Tammuz, Adon, Adonaios, Shadrafa
enemy of
Diana, Artemis (Diana), Ares, Apollo, Artemis
child of
Atargatis, Cinyras, Metharme, phoenixes, Alphesiboea, Aphrodite, Theia, Smyrna, Myrrha, Hadad
manifested by
Dumuzid, Atunis

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Mentioned by

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Sources

wikipedia (29)
  1. Alphesiboea
  2. Beroe (Beirut nymph)
  3. Dying-and-rising god
  4. Caloian
  5. Sacred prostitution
  6. Adonis
  7. Dumuzid
  8. Liminal deity
  9. Hyacinth (mythology)
  10. Les surprises de l'Amour
  11. Eclogues of Nemesianus
  12. Erinoma
  13. Adonaist
  14. Adonia
  15. 2101 Adonis
  16. Adonis (Duquesnoy)
  17. Adonis Awakens
  18. Adonism
  19. The Death of Adonis (Rubens)
  20. Ezekiel 8
  21. L'Adone
  22. Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos
  23. Temple of Atargatis
  24. Theorizing About Myth
  25. Venus and Adonis (Phillips)
  26. Venus and Adonis (Veronese, Augsburg)
  27. Venus and Adonis (Veronese, Madrid)
  28. Ariane (Massenet)
  29. Cinyras
encyclopedia (4)
  1. Adonis (mythology) (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Amathus (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  3. Aphrodite (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  4. Ares (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“Alphesiboea, mother of Adonis with Phoenix.”

#8891 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“the daughter of Aphrodite and Adonis, and sister of Golgos. She was wooed by both Dionysus and Poseidon, eventually choosing Poseidon as a lover.”

#8991 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“these herbs (and Adonis) were part of a complex of associations in the Greek mind that centered on spices. These associations included seduction, trickery, gourmandizing, and the anxieties of childbirth. From his point of view, Adonis's death is only one datum among the many that must be used to analyze the festival, the myth, and the god.”

#12079 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“instead, folklorist Mihail Vulpescu highlights parallels with the Adonis cult.”

#14080 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“It would be dedicated to the deities Astarte and Adonis, and sometimes performed as a festival or social rite in the cities of Byblos, Afqa and Baalbek (later named Heliopolis) as well as the nearby Syrian city of Palmyra.”

#20374 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001