Famous for Being Hot, Aphrodite & Adonis’… Tumultuous Relationship & Eastern Origins

Adonis is known for being beautiful enough to catch the eye of the goddess of Beauty, but it turns out there's so much more to those two, including origins in Mesopotamia and Phoenicia. You can submit your questions or comments or favourites here! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Theoi.com entries on Aphrodite/Adonis and Bion; ToposText; Early Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz; Aphrodite by Monica Cyrino.

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