Deity Greek and Roman
Adonis
Ἄδωνις grc
Greek god of beauty and desire
Overview
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Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
The family as a list · 17
Kinship in an account 13
- child of (mother) Alphesiboea character in Greek mythology, mother of Adonis (according to some versions of the myth)
- child of (father) Cinyras mythical founder of the city of Paphos in Greek mythology
- child of (mother) Myrrha daughter of Cinyras in Greek mythology
- child of (father) Phoenix Greek mythological character, son of Agenor and Telephassa, eponym of Phoenicia
- child of (father) Theias mythical son of Belus
- parent of (father) Beroe nymph in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Golgos minor Greek mythological figure
- partner of Aphrodite Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation
- partner of Persephone Greek goddess of the seasons and the queen of the underworld; married with Hades
- sibling of Braesia daughter of Cinyras in Greek mythology
- sibling of Laogore daughter of Cinyras in Greek mythology
- sibling of Myrrha daughter of Cinyras in Greek mythology
- sibling of Orsedice daughter of Cinyras in Greek mythology
Family 4
- child of (child) Cinyras mythical founder of the city of Paphos in Greek mythology
- child of (child) Myrrha daughter of Cinyras in Greek mythology
- child of (child) Phoenix Greek mythological character, son of Agenor and Telephassa, eponym of Phoenicia
- sibling of Myrrha daughter of Cinyras in Greek mythology
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