Adonis Flashcards
What greek hero of Asiatic origin…
Adonis
What son of Phoenix and Alphesiboea or Cinyras and Metharme…
Adonis
What daughter of Pygmalion…
Metharme
What son of Myrrah…
Adonis
For not giving due honor to Aphrodite, what girl was punished by the goddess with an uncontrollable love for her father?
Myrrah
With the help of her nurse, what girl seduced her fa….
Myrrah
What was myrrah changed into after her father chased her with a sword?
a tree
Being chased by her father with a sword…
Myrrah
What woman, who put Adonis in a chest…
Aphrodite
Who did Aphrodite put in a chest?
Adonis
Who did Aphrodite give Adonis to…
Persephone
What did Zeus rule about adonis?
He would spend one third of the year with each goddess and a third to himself
Who did Adonis choose to spend his free time with?
Aphrodite
Who did Zeus make decide Adonis’s case?
Calliope
Who caused the death of orpheus?
Aphrodite
Why did Aphrodite cause Orpheus’s death?
because she ruled Adonis’s case
What killed adonis?
a boar
What sprouted from the blood of Adonis?
a blood red anemone
What man’s death was mourned by planting green plants seeded in shallow soil, which sprang up quickly and as quickly withered?
Adonis
What man identified with the ancient deity Tammuz or Dumzi…
Adonis
