Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (6)

• Aphrodite and Adonis: Love and Death by the Boar (Classical)
  Olympian gods — Aphrodite / Adonis · Apollodorean / mythographic classical (vs. Bion’s lament)
• Adonis: Aphrodite and the Boar
  Local and lesser — Cypriot / Levantine cult myth in Greek dress · Apollodorean (birth from Myrrha/Smyrna; Aphrodite; Persephone; boar death); Bion’s *Lament*
• Myrrha (Smyrna): Birth of Adonis from the Myrrh Tree
  Local and lesser — Cypriot / Near Eastern birth aetiology · Apollodorean birth notice thickened; Ovid-labeled full incest narrative
• Cinyras and Myrrha
  Local and lesser — Cypriot kingship / Adonis prelude · Apollodorean / Pindaric notices of Cinyras; Myrrha crime as household disaster
• Aphrodite’s Lament for Adonis (Bion)
  Local and lesser — Adonis / bucolic lament · Hellenistic bucolic — Bion’s *Lament for Adonis* (Greek)
• Gardens of Adonis (Athenian Rite)
  Local and lesser — Adonis / Attic women’s ritual · Classical Athenian — Adonia; brief Greek rite (not Roman elegy)

Places appearing with them

• Arabia
• Assembly / harbor
• Bridal chamber
• Cyprus
• Greek cities
• Hunting wilds
• Myrrh tree
• Rooftops of Athenian houses
• Salamis
• Shallow pots
• Ships
• Troezen
• Underworld
• Wild hills
• Wilds where Adonis hunts

Themes

• Binding
• Birth
• Contest
• Hospitality
• Marriage
• Metamorphosis
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• War