- Adonis – Mythopedia
Adonis was a young man so handsome that he earned the affections of Aphrodite, the goddess of love herself His myth ended tragically when he was slain by a boar while hunting
- Saturday - 16th - Daily Message - AdonisMale
another day, another devalued dollar, and another freaking lineup of delicious men I suppose the most fetching is Matthew Mc Conaughey, and I would double doggie hate to have to choose him for a romp and tell the others to wait hate, hate, hate it they all are top drawer BTW, I have a shout o
- Helen of Troy – Mythopedia
Helen of Troy, “the face that launched a thousand ships,” was a daughter of Zeus and Leda who was famous for her extraordinary beauty When Helen left her Greek husband for a handsome Trojan prince, the Greeks started the Trojan War to get her back
- Hydra – Mythopedia
The Hydra, a child of the Greek monsters Typhoeus and Echidna, was a creature with multiple serpent heads It lived in the swamps of Lerna in Greece, where it terrorized the region’s inhabitants until it was slain by the mighty Heracles
- Persephone – Mythopedia
Persephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the wife of Hades, and the queen of the Underworld Her most important myth tells of how Hades abducted her, then tricked her into eating something in the Underworld so that she could never leave Not even her mother, Demeter, could bring her home
- Apollo (Roman) – Mythopedia
Apollo was the Roman god who inspired prophecy, poetry, music, and medicine Incorporated directly from the Greeks after a plague devastated Rome, he was both the bringer of and guardian against pestilence
- Aphrodite – Mythopedia
Aphrodite’s grief over Adonis became a focal point of the Adonia, a cultic celebration held in honor of Aphrodite and Adonis that was reserved for women alone
- Daphnis – Mythopedia
Daphnis’ story probably originated in Sicily as a variant to the Near Eastern myth of Tammuz or Adonis He was a favorite among ancient writers of bucolic and pastoral poetry
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