Adonis

Role: mythological figure · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 24

In Book 6, Chapter 24, Adonis is linked with Aphrodite: the rose and myrtle, sacred to her, also have a place in his legend. In Book 9, Chapter 29, Sappho sings of Adonis and Œtolinus together, having learnt the name Œtolinus from Pamphus.

Relationship record

Book 6 · Chapter 24

• with Aphrodite (The passage associates Aphrodite with the legend of Adonis.) “The rose and myrtle are sacred to Aphrodite, and have a place in the legend of Adonis, and the Graces have most intimate connection with Aphrodite”
• with Aphrodite (The passage associates Aphrodite with the legend of Adonis.) “The rose and myrtle are sacred to Aphrodite, and have a place in the legend of Adonis”

Book 9 · Chapter 29

• with Sappho (interaction) “And the Lesbian Sappho, having learnt from Pamphus this name of Œtolinus, sings of Adonis and Œtolinus together.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.