Adonis is a Greek mythological figure. The god of spring plants, a beautiful man in the royal family, with beautiful and delicate facial features like flowers, which make all people and things in the world pale in front of him. Aphrodite was deeply attracted to him. He is a god who comes from the Near East and comes back from death every year, always young, representing the plants of spring. He is a god worshipped by women. The term 'modern Adonis' is often used to describe an exceptionally beautiful and attractive young man. Adonis is the earliest source of the Western 'beautiful man'.

He was originally a deity in the Lebanese region, but later incorporated into Greek mythology, but maintained the origin of the Eastern Semitic tribe throughout. He was the most complex deity of ancient Europe. He has multiple roles, and there have always been many different scholars discussing and studying his significance and role in ancient Greek religion. He is equivalent to Tamuz, the god of abundance and livestock in Babylonian mythology. Some mythologists believe that he was later exported to Germany, and in Nordic mythology he was equivalent to Bardell. Adonis, born of the incest of Greek beauty Myrrha (also known as Zmyrna), was beautiful and charming from birth. Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, fell in love with him at first sight and entrusted him to the care of the underworld queen Persephone.
After Adonis grew up, the underworld queen also fell in love with him and couldn't bear to let him leave. The two goddesses refused to compromise with each other and therefore requested the ruling of the main god Zeus. Later, Adonis was killed by a wild boar sent by Artemis while hunting. Upon hearing the news, the goddess of love was in agony, and the king of the gods, Zeus, finally authorized Adonis' soul to return to the mortal world for six months each year to reunite with the goddess of love. Adonis is the son of sin, the illegitimate son of Cyniras, the King of Cyprus, and his daughter Mira, the peerless beauty. Mira was cursed by Venus for her beauty and fell in love with her father. Mira had a tryst with her father during the night, and when his father learned that his lover was actually his daughter, his anger made him want to kill Mira. But Mira was already pregnant, and she fled like a madman, deified as a myrrh tree, where Adonis nurtured. Adonis was born beautiful, implying that beauty and evil are born together. In artistic modeling, he is often portrayed as a tall and elegant young man, standing nine feet tall, with Aphrodite.

Adonis is the god representing spring plants; His legend has repeatedly appeared in the works of literary masters throughout history, with the most touching being a long poem written by Shakespeare for him. The poem describes the love story between Venus and him.
It is said that Adonis, a beautiful man from ancient Greece, was nine feet (190cm or more) tall and had beautiful and delicate facial features like flowers, which made all things in the world pale in front of him; He is a plant god who comes back from the dead every year, always young and beautiful, and has a deep connection with the almanac. He was a deity worshipped by women, and it can be seen from the fragments of poetry from around 600 BC by Shafu of Lesis that the girls around Shafu worshipped Adonis on the brink of death at that time. His incarnation is Autumn Peony. It is also said that its incarnation is the anemone. In ancient Greek mythology, roses were formed by condensing the face of Adonis, the god of spring plants, and overflowing with the blood of Aphrodite, the god of love and beauty. Adonis is also the earliest source of the "fancy beauties" in Western countries, and the stories of Aphrodite and Adonis also reflect the common people's desire for handsome men to be paired with beautiful women. [1]
Aphrodite loved Adonis more than anyone else, because he was a lively and energetic young hunter. She left Mount Olympus and came to the forest, dressed up as a female hunter, allowing the young man to accompany her all day long, and swam through the mountains, forests, and valleys with him. She followed the hunting dog, cheering and chasing harmless animals. They had a wonderful time together. Although Aphrodite advised Adonis many times not to hunt wild animals like lions and wolves, the young Adonis remained noncommittal.

One day, after Aphrodite so advised him, she got into a carriage and went to Mount Olympus. Coincidentally, Adonis' hunting dog discovered a wild boar, which made Adonis's blood boil and he was eager to try. He shot an arrow at the wild boar, but it did not die. It turned its head and charged at him, with its long teeth deeply penetrating Adonis' vital area, killing him. When Aphrodite returned and found that her lover's bones were cold, she burst into tears. But he cannot be brought back from the underworld to earth. In addition to sadness, Aphrodite cursed the love of the world, forever permeated with suspicion, fear, and sorrow.
Aphrodite's heart did not calm down as a result. Under the cover of sadness and despair, she flew to Zeus and begged for his mercy. Hades has no intention of agreeing to her request at all. After a battle of words, they reached an agreement: Adonis could spend six months with Aphrodite on earth each year, but the remaining six months would be spent in the underworld. Therefore, every spring, Adonis reincarnates and returns to Aphrodite to enjoy her loving embrace, but in autumn, he reluctantly returns to Hades.
In the Selected Poems of Ancient Rome, it is mentioned that: According to mythological legend, Venus fell in love with Adonis, a nine foot tall and beautiful young man. Adonis was bitten by a wild boar and died. Venus sought permission from the underworld to resurrect Adonis every spring, reunite with Venus, and return to the underworld in the autumn. Adonis' prototype was the plant god or grain god of West Asia, and the resurrection of grain god after death is a common feature of similar myths in various countries. From West Asia to Greece, Adonis celebrated the fourth year of Adonis' spring The customs of Easter in the month

Adonis is a legendary figure of beauty in Greek mythology, born from a tree burst.
One day, Aphrodite (the goddess of beauty and love in Greek mythology) drove a swan carriage to Adonis' side to beg for his love, as he was nine feet tall and exquisitely handsome as a flower. This incident aroused the jealousy of Ares, the god of war in Greek mythology, and was designed to cause Adonis to be injured during hunting. [1]
One day, Adonis lay down with the goddess of love and went hunting without waking him up. Eventually, he was bitten by a wild boar and died.
The goddess of love was extremely sad. She was afraid that the body would wither in the scorching sun, so she turned it into a fiery red autumn peony.
(Some say it's a silver lotus, others say it's a red rose.)
Strong love makes the goddess of love shed tears all day long towards the autumn peonies. This move moved the king of the gods, Zeus. Zeus kindly allowed Adonis, who had already entered the underworld, to return to the earth and reunite with the goddess of love for six months each year. Later, Adonis became the deity in charge of spring plants, resurrecting from the dead every year, always young and not old in appearance. [1]
Although this story is a Greek myth, it has been systematized by Roman mythology in the later stages.
It shares some similarities with the story of the seed goddess Persephone in Greek mythology.
In ancient Rome, Adonis Festival (a women's festival) was held every spring. In this festival, young men and women are particularly excited, gathering in the wild, and indulging in drunkenness.
In the Pleiades month of Murniki (April May), Adonis Day is celebrated in various places. Adonis, the god of spring plants, is the most beloved figure of Venus, the god of love and beauty. Once, while hunting, he was killed by a wild boar. In view of the goddess's mourning, Zeus agreed to let Adonis from the underworld return to her side for a few days each year, which is the symbolic significance of Adonis Day. On the first day of people's festivals, they mourn his passing, and on the second day, they cheer to celebrate his resurrection and rebirth. The celebration of this festival particularly highlights the status of women (women's festivals). During the festival, people offer statues of Adonis and Venus, and sometimes carry them around.

There are many different stories about Adonis' birth. The Greeks with a very patriarchal system believed that their father was a god, either Biblus or Cyprus, which clearly indicates the direction of Adonis' origin. Walter Burcot suspected that Adonis was introduced to Greece along with Aphrodite.
The most widely accepted legend of Adonis' birth is that Aphrodite forced Mira (meaning "myrrh") to engage in incest with her father Smyrna or the Syrian king Canilas. Milla's nanny also played an assisting role here. After Milla and her father met in the darkness, Theias lit an oil lamp and discovered this great mistake. Theias was furious and wanted to kill his daughter with the sword. Mira fled, and Aphrodite transformed her into a myrrh tree. After Theias shot an arrow at the tree (another legend suggests that a wild boar inserted its fangs into the tree), Adonis was born from a crack in the bark. This legend perfectly demonstrates that Adonis was a plant god and that he came from a distant, tropical desert region where myrrh grew (there was no myrrh in Greece).
In addition, there are other legends about Adonis' father.
Adonis was very beautiful from birth, so Aphrodite placed him in a box for Persephone to keep. Persephone was also deeply moved by Adonis' charm, and she refused to return Adonis to Aphrodite. The dispute between the two goddesses was either mediated by Zeus or by Calliope. Adonis spends four months every year with Aphrodite (who has already intercepted Adonis with Helen's help), four months with Persephone, and four months living alone. There is also a legend that Aphrodite kidnapped Adonis and spent his four months alone with her.
Adonis was killed by a wild boar. This wild boar was either created by Artemis in retaliation for Aphrodite's role in Hippolytus' death, or by Aphrodite's lover Ares. When Aphrodite sprinkled nectar on Adonis' body, every drop of Adonis' blood turned into a blood red anemone, and the Adonis River flowing from Mount Lebanon turned red. Therefore, Persephone ultimately gained Adonis, and his shadow was forever cast into the underworld. Luxian believes that the color of the Adonis River is caused by sedimentation. He added, "However, many residents of Baipo Port believe that the Egyptian god Osiris died here, and all these mourning and ceremonies are actually mourning Osiris, not Adonis
The special function of Adonis worship in Greece is to give women who live within strict norms an opportunity to express their emotions. In this occasion, women are not as rigid as when the city states and families celebrate the official Demeter
The most vivid and detailed description of the legend of Adonis is Ovid's "Metamorphosis".

The term 'modern Adonis' is often used to describe an exceptionally beautiful and attractive young man.
In Arthur Miller's "The Death of a Salesman," the protagonist Onville Roman refers to his two sons, Biff and Hobby, as Adonis, reflecting the status of his two sons in his mind.