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Aphrodite And Adonis

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Cites:

"Aphrodite-Venus." Redmythology -. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Oct. 2014.

"Greek Goddesses Persephone - Viewing Gallery." Greek Goddesses Persephone - Viewing Gallery. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2014.

By: Edward, Azadeh, and Marcus

Lessons And Love Motifs

  • Forbidden love-King Cyprus and Smyrna
  • Love at first sight is true-Persephone falls in love with Adonis when she opens the chest
  • Love grows stronger over time-Aphrodite falls in love more when separated from Adonis

Goals And Obstacles

Aphrodite

-Be with Adonis

-Do not let Persephone to be with Adonis

Persephone

-Be with Adonis

-Do not let Persephone to be with Adonis

Aphrodite is the obstacle for Persephone's goals

Persephone is the obstacle for Aphrodite's goals

Do they overcome the obstacles?

They overcome the obstacle by Zeus handling the case to Muss Calliope. She decided to divide the year into three trimester, she said that Adonis should spend one trimester with Aphrodite, one with Persephone and take the rest off by himself

Relationships Between Characters

Main Characters And Characteristics

Aphrodite and Adonis are lovers

Persephone and Adonis are lovers

Aphrodite and Persephone fight over Adonis

Aphrodite:

Goddess of beauty

Jealous-she was jealous of Smyrna's beauty

Selfish-she wanted to keep Adonis all for herself

Persephone:

Queen of the underworld

Curious-she opened the chest that Aphrodite gave to her

Selfish-she did not want to give the baby back to Aphrodite

Adonis:

The Goddess of beauty

Purpose

Summary

Love is something that you should put effort on it

-Aphrodite and Persephone loved Adonis

They both had to work hard to get Adonis to love them

-king cyprus boasted that his daughter Smyrna is more beautiful than arphrodite the goddess of beauty

-Aphrodite being jealous of smyrna, tricked her into having a child with her own father( the king of cyprus)

-When the king found out about this, he went off to kill his daughter

-Aphrodite made smyrna into a myrrh tree and when the king split it in half, adonis was born

-Aphrodite hid adonis in a chest and gave him to persephone in the under world

-When persephone saw his beauty, made him her lover and did not gave him back to Aphrodite

-Aphrodite complained to Zeus and Muss Calliope decided that adonis would spend one trimester with Aphrodite, one with persephone, the rest for him self

-Aphrodite made Adonis to spend the winter idling in hades and the rest with her

-Persephone became angry and told it all to Ares

-Ares disguised himself as a boar and killed Adonis while haunting in Aphrodite's palace

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