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Fact: Adonis mother, Myrrha (some versions Smyrna Zmyrna) secretly seduced her own father, a king, who later sought her life. The gods protected her by turning her into a myrtle or myrrh tree. Adonis was born from it.
And he wasn't crucified; he was killed by a wild boar.
And he wasn't crucified; he was killed by a wild boar.
Sources:
Ovid's "Metamorphoses", 10.298, 522 & 705 (Roman Epic, 1rst century BC-1rst century AD
Antoninus Liberalis, "Metamorphoses", 34 (Greek Mythographer) 2nd century AD.
Pseudo-Apollodorus "Bibliotheca", 3.183-85 (Greek Mythographer, 2nd century AD)
Pseudo-Hyginus, "Fabulae
Ovid's "Metamorphoses", 10.298, 522 & 705 (Roman Epic, 1rst century BC-1rst century AD
Antoninus Liberalis, "Metamorphoses", 34 (Greek Mythographer) 2nd century AD.
Pseudo-Apollodorus "Bibliotheca", 3.183-85 (Greek Mythographer, 2nd century AD)
Pseudo-Hyginus, "Fabulae
58 and 248
Anthenaeus, "Deipnosophistae", 2.69 (Greek Rhetorician, 2nd-3rd century AD)
Ptolemy Hephaestion "New History Book" (Summary from Photius, Myriobiblon 190)
Propertius, "Elegies" 2.13 (Roman elegy 1 century AD)
Anthenaeus, "Deipnosophistae", 2.69 (Greek Rhetorician, 2nd-3rd century AD)
Ptolemy Hephaestion "New History Book" (Summary from Photius, Myriobiblon 190)
Propertius, "Elegies" 2.13 (Roman elegy 1 century AD)
"Titans & Olympians" by Tony Allan, Sarah Maitland and Dr. Michael Trapp (Consultant), pages 126-128
@thethreadreader untoll please
