Hero

Adonis

Ἄδωνις

Overview

Beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite and associated with death, lamentation and seasonal renewal.

Heroic Age

Anemone, hunting

No children recorded.

Beyond Antiquity

Adonis still appears in the modern world through language, science, medicine, astronomy or culture.

Today: A very handsome young man.

The name Adonis became a common descriptive term because the mythological Adonis was renowned for extraordinary youthful beauty.