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 | Adonis (Greek character) | |
| Note: In Greek mythology, Adonis is a youth of remarkable beauty, the favorite 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. The central idea of the myth is that of the death and resurrection of Adonis, which represent the decay of nature every winter and its revival in spring. He is thus viewed by modern scholars as having originated as an ancient spirit of vegetation. Adonis was the focus of various mystery cults. Character with roots in Semitic culture and Phoenicia; the date when the legend of Adonis became integrated into Greek culture is disputed. | |
Display Date: in Greece, after 6th century BCE
Names:
| Adonis (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D) |
| Αδωνις (Greek character) (Greek-P,D,N) |
| أدونيس (Greek character) (Arabic,U,N) |
| Адоніс (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N) |
| Adone (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N) |
| Adoniso (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N) |
| 阿多尼斯 (Greek character) (Chinese,U,N) |
| アドーニス (Greek character) (Japanese,U,N) |
| אדוניס (Greek character) (Hebrew,U,N) |
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role/characteristic is .... deity |
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.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
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culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style) |
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.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
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