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Adonis (other)
Adonis is a hero in Greek mythology. Adonis may also refer to: Places * Adonis, Missouri, USA * Adonis, West Virginia, USA * Adonis River or Abraham River, a river in Lebanon * 2101 Adonis, a near-Earth asteroid People with the name * Adonis (musician), house music pioneer * Adunis (born 1930), Syrian poet * ADONXS, Slovak singer-songwriter Surnamed * Adrian Adonis or Keith Franke (1954–1988), American professional wrestler * Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis (born 1963), British politician * Bernard Adonis, a member of the National Assembly of Seychelles * Joe Adonis (1902–1971), New York mobster * Neil Adonis (born 1969), South African baseball player Given named * Adonis Alexander (born 1996), American football player * Adonis Medina (born 1996), Dominican baseball player * Adonis Stevenson (born 1977), Haitian-Canadian professional boxer * Adonis Thomas (born 1993), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Adonis Kapsalis (born 1980) greek-amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adonis
In Greek mythology, Adonis, ; derived from the Canaanite word ''ʼadōn'', meaning "lord". R. S. P. Beekes, ''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'', Brill, 2009, p. 23. was the mortal lover of the goddess Aphrodite. One day, Adonis was gored by a wild boar during a hunting trip and died in Aphrodite's arms as she wept. His blood mingled with her tears and became the anemone flower. Aphrodite declared the Adonia festival commemorating his tragic death, which was celebrated by women every year in midsummer. During this festival, Greek women would plant "gardens of Adonis", small pots containing fast-growing plants, which they would set on top of their houses in the hot sun. The plants would sprout, but soon wither and die. Then the women would mourn the death of Adonis, tearing their clothes and beating their breasts in a public display of grief. The Greeks considered Adonis's cult to be of Near Eastern origin. Adonis's name comes from a Canaanite word meaning "lord" and most mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
