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	Adonis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Multiple versions of the birth of Adonis exist: The most commonly accepted version is that Aphrodite urged Myrrha to commit incest with her father, Theias, the King of Smyrna or Syria (which helps confirm the area of Adonis' origins).
		Apollodorus (3.182) considered Adonis to be the son of Cinyras, of Paphos on Cyprus, and Metharme.
		Adonis died at the tusks of a wild boar, sent by either Artemis or Aphrodite's lover, Ares, who was jealous of Adonis' beauty.
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	Encyclopedia article: Adonis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Adonis was worshipped in unspoken mystery religion (additional info and facts about mystery religion) s: not until Imperial Roman times (in Lucian of Samosata (additional info and facts about Lucian of Samosata), De Dea Syria, ch.
		Adonis' birth is shrouded in confusion for those who require a single, authoritative version.
		Adonis was born from the tree, confirming his nature both as a vegetation god and as coming from the hot foreign desert lands where the myrrh tree grew.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ad/adonis.htm (884 words)

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		Adonis (Annual or perennial herbs), a hero in Greek mythology (The mythology of the ancient Greeks).
		Adonis (plant) (additional info and facts about Adonis (plant)), a genus ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species) of the Ranunculaceae (A family of Ranunculaceae) plant family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera).
		Adonis is a pseudonym of the poet Ali Ahmad Said (additional info and facts about Ali Ahmad Said).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ad/adonis_(disambiguation).htm (111 words)

	Encyclopedia: Adonis (disambiguation) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Disambiguation A 19th-century reproduction of a Greek bronze of Adonis found at Pompeii Adonis, an annual vegetation life-death-rebirth deity, imported from Syrian into Greek mythology, always retained aspects of his Semitic Near Eastern origins and was one of the most complex cult figures in classical times.
		The gods turned her into a myrrh tree and Adonis eventually sprung from this tree, confirming his nature both as a vegetation god and as coming from the hot foreign desert lands where the myrrh tree grew.
		Apollodorus (3.182) considered Adonis to be the son of Cinyras, of Paphos on Cyrpus, and Metharme.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Adonis-(disambiguation) (671 words)

	Aphrodite Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ TheArts.us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Alternatively, Aphrodite turned her into a tree and Adonis was born when Theias shot the tree with an arrow or when a boar used its tusks to tear the tree's bark off.
		Adonis was eventually killed by a jealous Ares.
		She tried to persuade Adonis to stay with her at all times, but his love of hunting was his downfall.
	thearts.us /encyclopedia/Aphrodite (2830 words)

	Adonis (disambiguation) - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Adonis (plant), a genus of the Ranunculaceae plant family.
		Ali Ahmad Said — Adonis is a pseudonym.
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Adonis_(disambiguation) (68 words)

	Adonis - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Adonis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Adonis was worshipped in unspoken mystery religions: not until Imperial Roman times (Lucian) does any written source mention that the women were consoled by a revived Adonis.
		Adonis was then born when Theias shot an arrow into the tree or when a boar used its tusks to render the tree's bark.
		# Apollodorus (3.182) considered Adonis to be the son of Cinyras, of Paphos on Cyrpus, and Metharme.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Adonis.html (890 words)

	Encyclopedia: Adonis (plant) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Adonis is a genus of plant belonging to the buttercup family Ranunculaceae.
		The genus Adonis is native to Europe and Asia.
		Adonis pyrenaica from the Pyrenees, has thick foliage and large golden yellow flowers in early summer.
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		Adonis Adonisedō´nĬs, edŏn´Ĭs, in Greek mythology, beautiful youth beloved by Aphrodite and Persephone.
		He was born of the incestuous union of Myrrha (or Smyrna) and Cinyras, king of Cyprus.
		Aphrodite left Adonis in the care of Persephone, who raised him and made him her lover.
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	Hotel Adonis Athens
		Joe Adonis was born Giuseppe Antonio Doto in the small town of Montemarano, Italy, near Naples.
		''Adonis vernalis'' - Spring Pheasant's eye ''Adonis'' is a genus of plant belonging to the buttercup family Ranunculaceae.
		One of the features of the holiday was the creation of Gardens of Adonis, by sowing seeds of wheat, barley, lettuce, fennel and sometimes flowers in shallow silver baskets, bowls or even shards of clay.
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	Adonis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In the first, Venus tries to seduce Adonis; in the second, Lucrece is raped by...
		ADONIS B.V. has announced the release of its new digital library...
		Porque Adonis es un gran poeta, muy conocido por algunos...
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	Resurrection - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		While the resurrection of Jesus Christ is one of the foundational beliefs of Christianity, accounts of other resurrections also figure in religion, myth, and fable.
		Examples of a resurrected deity are Syrian and Greek worship of Adonis; Egyptian worship of Osiris; the Babylonian story of Tammuz; and rural religious belief in the Corn King.
		In the New Testament of the Bible, Jesus is said to have raised several persons from death, including the daughter of Jairus shortly after death, a young man in the midst of his own funeral procession, and Lazarus, who had been buried for three days.
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	Bethlehem - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		For other articles subjects named Bethlehem, see Bethlehem (disambiguation).
		Afterwards Herod, "when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men," sent and slew "all the children thatwere in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under" (Matt.
		The city was wrecked during Bar Kokhba's revolt(132-135 AD) and the Romans set up a shrine to Adonis on the site of the Nativity.
	www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Bethlehem (909 words)

	Adonis
		Adonis, Greek Mythology Link.Adonis was a handsome young man, of beauty comparable to that of Endymion, Ganymedes,...
		Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare:VENUS AND ADONIS 'Vilia miretur vulgus; mihi flavus Apollo...
		Adonis' show gave ladies a good timeCharlotte Observer, NC - Jul 4, 2005Robert Stephen Bass, who as "Peter Adonis" was known to many screaming women at his "Ladies Night Out" show, died June 25 at Presbyterian Hospital at age 53.
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	Artemis - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Alternatively, Actaeon boasted that he was a better hunter than she and Artemis turned him into a stag and he was eaten by his hounds.
		In some versions of the story of Adonis, Artemis or Ares (her lover in this story) sent a wild boar to kill Adonis.
		This version is suspect because it implies that Artemis had lain with Ares and by virtually all accounts, she remained chaste throughout time.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Artemis (1795 words)

	Pygmalion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pygmalion, a king of Tyre, brother of Queen Dido of Carthage.
		Pygmalion, Cyprus, a mythical king of Cyprus, father of Metharme, grandfather of Adonis.
		Pygmalion—or Pygmaion according to Hesychios of Alexandra—is probably a Cypriote form of Adonis, a Levantine vegetation-god.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pygmalion (247 words)

	Ares - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Athena drove the spear into Ares' body and he bellowed in pain and fled to Mt. Olympus, forcing the Trojans to fallback.
		In some versions of the story of Adonis, Artemis or Ares (her lover in this story)sent a wild boar to kill Adonis.
		This version is suspect because it implies that Artemis had sex with Ares and by virtually allaccounts, she remained chaste throughout time.
	www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Ares (422 words)

	Venus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece both...
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		If you were referred here by a link in an article, you might want to go back and fix the link to point directly to the intended page.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Venus (477 words)

	Adonis (disambiguation) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Adonis (disambiguation) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Here you will find more informations about Adonis (disambiguation).
		* Adonis (plant), a genus of the Ranunculaceae plant family.
		* Adonis is a pseudonym of the poet Ali Ahmad Said.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Adonis-disambiguation.html (97 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sarai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sarai is a new media initiative of Centre for the Study of Developing Societies(CSDS).
		Category: Disambiguation Sarais logo Sarai is a new media initiative of Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS).
		Sarai being still childless, she induced her husband to take her Egyptian handmaid Hagar for a concubine, that through her she might be "built up," Hagar, feeling herself quick with child, despised her mistress, whereupon Sarai bitterly upbraided her husband.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sarai (520 words)

	Persephone - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Orpheus agreed but failed, looking back at the very end to make sure his wife was following, and lost Eurydice forever.
		Coin, a silver tetradrachm minted by Agathokles of Syracuse about 310 - 305 BC Persephone also figures in the story of Adonis, the Syrian consort of Aphrodite.
		When Adonis was born, Aphrodite took him under her wing, seducing him with the help of Helene, her friend, and was entranced by his unearthly beauty.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Kore (998 words)

	Business Fresh : Article 'Life-death-rebirth deity' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The category life-death-rebirth deity also known as a "dying-and-rising" god is a convenient means of classifying the many divinities in world mythology who are born, suffer death or an eclipse or other death-like experience, pass a phase in the underworld among the dead, and are subsequently reborn, in either a literal or symbolic sense.
		These rituals were closely linked to the cycle of seasons, as when Athenian women planted "gardens of Adonis" in pots and then, when the young green growth withered in the heat of the summer, wept for the dead young god.
		The abduction and return of Persephone, Cicero argued, was symbolic of the planting and growth of crops.
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	Venus and Adonis
		Venus and Adonis is one of Shakespeare's longer poems.
		As the title implies, the poem features Venus and Adonis from classical myth.
		As Adonis is preparing to go hunting, Venus "seizeth on his sweating palm" and "Backward she push'd him, as she would be thrust" (for purposes of sexual intercourse.
	www.kiwipedia.com /venus-and-adonis.html (139 words)

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		There are a number of places named Ipswich:Ipswich, Australia[?]Ipswich,_Suffolk,_EnglandIpswich, Massachusetts[?]Ipswich, South DakotaThis is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
		adopted by them with ardour, carried by them to Alexandria, where his story has been enshrined in Art, and as Adonis he is loved and form of the cult.html">cult.html">cult.
		Of all the was so deeply rooted or so widely spread as the originally Persian between the cults of Mithra and of Attis there was a close and taken over features of the Phrygian deity.
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		When Adonis was born, Aphrodite took him under her wing, seducing him with thehelp of Helene, her friend, and was entranced by hisunearthly beauty.
		She gave him to Persephone to watch over, but Persephone was also amazed at his beauty and refused to give himback.
		The argument between the two goddesses was settled either by Zeus or Calliope, with Adonis spending four months with Aphrodite, four months with Persephone and four months of theyears with whomever he chose.
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		His mother, Nana, was a Indeed in the Phrygian cosmogony an almond figured as the father of all of the spring, appearing on the bare boughs before the leaves have opened.
		men had not yet recognized the intercourse of the sexes as the true cause of According to the one he was killed by a boar, like Adonis.
		The worship of the Phrygian Mother of the Gods was adopted by the.
	www.factspider.com /ra/rae.html (177 words)

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		As "Lord" or baal, Adonis was the youthful consort of the ageless Goddess, who might take various identities according to which aspect of annual renewal is being emphasized.
		As Aphrodite sprinkled nectar on his body, each drop of Adonis' blood turned into a blood-red anemone.
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