Adonis (In Greek mythology

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• Greek mythology — Bust of Zeus, Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio Clementino, Vatican) Topics in Greek mythology Gods …   Wikipedia

• Greek mythology — noun the mythology of the ancient Greeks • Members of this Topic: ↑Dionysian, ↑Trojan War, ↑Augean stables, ↑Pandora s box, ↑Temple of Apollo, ↑Oracle of Apollo, ↑Delphic oracle, ↑oracle of Delphi, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Modern understanding of Greek mythology — The genesis of modern understanding of Greek mythology is regarded by some scholars as a double reaction at the end of the 18th century against the traditional attitude of Christian animosity mixed with disdain, which had prevailed for centuries …   Wikipedia

• Adonis — Adonis, römischer Torso, restauriert und vollendet von François Duquesnoy heute im Louvre von Paris Adonis (griechisch Ἄδωνις) ist eine Gestalt aus der vorderorientalischen, griechischen und römischen Mythologi …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Adonis — Para otros usos de este término, véase Adonis (desambiguación). Adonis. Bertel Thorvaldsen. En la mitología griega Adonis (en griego antiguo Ἄδωνις Adônis). Originario de Fenicia, Adonis se extendió a todos los países del Mediterráneo con diver …   Wikipedia Español

• Adonis — ( el. Άδωνης, also: Άδωνις) is a figure of West Semitic origin, where he is a central cult figure in various mystery religions, who enters Greek mythology in Hellenistic times. [The standard modern survey and repertory is W. Atallah, Adonis dans… …   Wikipedia

• Adonis (disambiguation) — Adonis may be:* Adonis, a hero in Greek mythology * Adonis, a villain in Teen Titans * Adonis (plant), a genus in the plant family Ranunculaceae * Adonis (poet) modern Syrian poet, also known as Ali Ahmed Said * 2101 Adonis, an asteroid * KL 7, a …   Wikipedia

• Adonis — ► NOUN ▪ an extremely handsome young man. ORIGIN from the name of a beautiful youth in Greek mythology …   English terms dictionary

• Adonis — /euh don is, euh doh nis/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose. 2. a very handsome young man.… …   Universalium

• Greek religion — Beliefs, rituals, and mythology of the ancient Greeks. Though the worship of the sky god Zeus began as early as the 2nd millennium BC, Greek religion in the established sense began с 750 BC and lasted for over a thousand years, extending its… …   Universalium

• Adonis — A|do|nis 1.) in Greek ↑mythology, a beautiful boy whom ↑Aphrodite loved, but who was killed by a ↑boar (=a wild pig) while he was hunting 2.) an extremely attractive young man …   Dictionary of contemporary English