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The beloved of which goddess was the young Adonis. Adonis - beloved of Venus

The beloved of which goddess was the young Adonis. Adonis - beloved of Venus

Annibale Carracci. Venus, Adonis and Cupid.

Near the island of Cythera, Aphrodite, the daughter of Uranus, was born from the snow-white foam of the sea waves.

Eugene-Emmanuel Amory-Duval (1808–1885)

A light, caressing breeze brought her to the island of Cyprus. There, the young Ores surrounded the goddess of love, who emerged from the sea waves. They dressed her in golden robes and crowned her with a wreath of fragrant flowers.
Picou, Henri Pierre - The Birth of Venus - 1874.
Wherever Aphrodite stepped, flowers flourished there. The whole air was full of fragrance. Eros and Gimerot led the wondrous goddess to Olympus. The gods greeted her loudly. Since then, the golden Aphrodite has always lived among the gods of Olympus, forever young, the most beautiful of the goddesses.

Battista Dossi (1490–1548)
Tall, slender, with delicate features, with a soft wave of golden hair, like a crown lying on her beautiful head, Aphrodite is the personification of divine beauty and unfading youth. When she walks, in the splendor of her beauty, in fragrant clothes, then the sun shines brighter, flowers bloom more magnificently. Wild forest animals run to her from the thicket of the forest; flocks of birds flock to her when she walks through the forest. Lions, panthers, leopards and bears meekly caress her. Aphrodite walks calmly among wild animals, proud of her radiant beauty.
Adolphe William Bouguereau
Her companions Ora and Harita, goddesses of beauty and grace, serve her. They dress the goddess in luxurious clothes, comb her golden hair, crown her head with a sparkling diadem.
Aphrodite awakens love in the hearts of gods and mortals. Thanks to this power, she reigns over the whole world. No one can escape her power, not even the gods.
But the goddess of love knew the torments of love herself, and she had to mourn her beloved Adonis. She loved the son of the king of Cyprus, Adonis.
West (1738–1820)
Adonis ("lord") - the son of the king of Cyprus Kinir and Mirra, a young beautiful god, ruling order things on earth.

The fair and wise king Kinir lived in Cyprus. He was born in Byblos and transferred to Cyprus the achievements of the Phoenician culture. Kinir taught the inhabitants of the island of Cyprus native music, dances and many useful crafts.
Kinir (Kiniras) - Cypriot king, son of Apollo, father of Mirra (Smyrna), father and grandfather of Adonis.
One day the wife of Kinyra boasted that her daughter Mirra was more beautiful than Aphrodite herself. The goddess could not bear such an insult and inspired Mirra with a passion for her own father. One night, when her nurse had made Kinyra so drunk that he no longer understood anything, Myrrha climbed into his bed.
Mirra and Kinir. Engraving by Virgil Solis for Ovid's MetamorphosisKinir, having learned that his daughter had conceived a child, who was soon to give birth, from him by deceit, was so furious that he drew his sword, and the frightened Mirra rushed out of the palace.

("Birth of Adonis", oil on copper painting by Marcantonio Franceschini, c. 1685-90, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden)
Picart - Birth Adonis.
When her father overtook her at the cliff, Aphrodite hastily turned her into a myrrh tree, and her parent's sword split its trunk in half. A tiny Adonis fell out of the crack.
Aphrodite, already lamenting what she had done, put Adonis in a casket and handed it over to Persephone, the queen of the dead, asking him to hide it in a secluded place.
Burning with curiosity, Persephone opened the casket and found Adonis in it. He was so sweet that she took him in her arms and carried him to her palace, where she raised him.

Persephone Boris Vallejo

Once Aphrodite descended into Hades and asked Persephone what happened to the casket that had once been given to her for safekeeping. Persephone called to her a young man of unearthly beauty. Young Adonis was so beautiful that Aphrodite immediately caught fire with passion and demanded to return him. But Adonis was already a secret lover of Persephone, and she flatly refused.
Then Aphrodite had to turn to Zeus. But he did not want to resolve the disputes of the goddesses who did not share the handsome man and handed him over to the court under the chairmanship of the muse Calliope.

Hendrik de Klerk, Flemish, 1570-1629. Venus and Adonis.
Bartholomaus Spranger
She recognized equal rights for Aphrodite and Persephone and decided that he would spend time with each in turn. But in order for Adonis to have a rest from the encroachments of the loving goddesses, Calliope divided the year into three equal parts, one of which Adonis had to spend with Persephone, the second with Aphrodite, and the third - at his discretion.
Cornelis Cornelissen (1562-1638) But Aphrodite, using her power over love and a belt woven from lust, also used free time the young god, who, of his own free will, remained with Aphrodite.

Annibale Carracci - Venus, Adonis and Cupid
Hendrick Goltzius
Abraham Blumarth (1564–1651)

Christiaen van Couwenbergh (1604–1667)

Ferdinand Bol (1616–1680)

Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665)

Abraham Janssens (1567–1632)

Aphrodite gave birth from Adonis to the son Golg, the founder of the Golgi in Cyprus, and the daughter Beroya, the founder of the Thracian Beroi.
All the time Aphrodite spent with her lover. Aphrodite hunted with him in the mountains and forests of Cyprus, like the maiden Artemis.
Bartholomeus Spranger (1546–1611)

Simon Vouet (French, 1590 - 1649)
But sometimes she had to leave her lover to visit Olympus. And Adonis hunted alone.
Venus attempts to keep Adonis from the hunt.After Peter Paul Rubens

Augustin Van den Berghe (Belgium 1756-1836)

Charles-Joseph Natoire - Venus et Adonis

Titian (1490–1576)
Persephone, having learned that Aphrodite dishonestly spends twice as much time with Adonis, decided to take revenge. She went to Aphrodite's lover Ares and told him that the Foamborn prefers him, the great Ares-Enialius, some kind of mortal, effeminate, handsome Adonis. Inflamed with jealousy, but not wanting a quarrel with Aphrodite, Ares turned into a wild boar and headed for the rival's hunting grounds. When the dogs of Adonis attacked the trail of a huge boar, the young man rejoiced at such rich prey. He had no idea that this was his last hunt. The boar pounced on him and mortally wounded him.

The Death of Adonis - Antonio Tempesta, c. 1593

The Death of Adonis - Giuseppe Mazzuoli, 1709

Rushed past
A shaggy beast and how he stumbled,
Feeling the breeze of love
And ambrosial female flesh
And the blood of kissing caresses,
What is for him as a sign of ferocity.
Pierced Adonis with fangs
And swirling over your head,
The boar threw the body to the ground
And, as if in a fright, he ran away.

Cambiaso Luca.

A. P. Losenko. "Death of Adonis". 1764

Cornelis Holstein, 1647
Francisco Goya (1746–1828)

When Aphrodite learned about the death of Adonis, then, full of inexpressible grief, she herself went to the mountains of Cyprus to look for the body of her beloved youth. Aphrodite walked along steep mountain rapids, among gloomy gorges, along the edges of deep abysses.
Sharp stones and thorns of thorns wounded the delicate legs of the goddess. Drops of her blood fell to the ground, leaving a trail wherever the goddess passed.

Jacopo Zanguidi Bertoia - Venus Led by Cupid to the Dead Adonis

Ribera, José de (1591-1652)

Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639–1709) Death of Adonis

Giulio Carpioni (1613-1678)

Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) Venus pleurant Adonis

Laurent de La Hyre (1606–1656)

Finally, Aphrodite found the body of Adonis. She wept bitterly over the beautiful young man who died early. In order to preserve the memory of him forever, the goddess ordered the tender anemone to grow from the blood of Adonis.

Claude Monet Anemones

And where drops of blood fell from the wounded feet of the goddess, lush roses grew everywhere, scarlet, like the blood of Aphrodite.

Hendrik Goltzius (1558–1617)

Since then, these two flowers have become Aphrodite's plants, and lovers often decorate themselves with wreaths from them.

Zeus the Thunderer took pity on the grief of the goddess of love and he ordered his brother Hades and his wife Persephone to let Adonis go to earth every year from the sad kingdom of the shadows of the dead. Since then, Adonis remains in the kingdom of Hades for half a year, and lives on earth with the goddess Aphrodite for half a year. All nature rejoices when the young, beautiful favorite of the golden Aphrodite Adonis returns to earth to the bright rays of the sun.

Rubens

Jacopo Amigoni (1682–1752)

Jean-Francois de Troy

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640)

Paolo Veronese. Venus and Adonis. 1580. Prado Museum. Madrid

Jacob van Loo (1614–1670)

Abraham Blumarth (1564–1651)

Theodoor van Thulden (1606–1669)

Jacob Adriaensz Backer

Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665)

Hendrik Goltzius. Venus and Adonis, 1614.

Francois Lemoyne

Pierre Paul Prudhon (1758–1823)Sebastiano Ricci (1659–1734)Nicolas Mignard (1606–1668)

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It is repeatedly mentioned in the literature beautiful legend about the plant Adonis, the Latin name of which is Adonis. This legend was very popular in Ancient Greece, but reached its greatest fame in the Renaissance, when numerous paintings and sculptures were created on the plot of the legend of Venus and Adonis. The legend of Adonis is best described in Ovid's Metamorphoses. According to one version of the legend, Venus was angry with the wife of the Cypriot king Kimir for disrespect and inspired his daughter with a passion for her own father. The king, unaware of the truth and succumbing to temptation, entered into a relationship with Mirra, but, having discovered the truth, cursed her. The gods turned the unfortunate woman into a myrrh tree, with precious fragrant juice eternally oozing from wounds. A child was born from a cracked trunk, who was named Adonis. The boy was unusually handsome. Venus gave him to be raised by Persephone, the wife of the god of the underworld Hades, on the condition that when the child grows up, he will return to her. But when the appointed time came, Persephone did not want to part with him. Zeus himself had to become a judge in this dispute, who decided that in the summer Adonis would live on earth with Venus, and in the winter he would return underground with Persephone. Happy Venus wandered through the forests with Adonis, begging him not to take risks and not hunt ferocious animals - bears and boars. But one day Adonis went hunting alone and died from the fangs of a wild boar. Venus mourned bitterly for her lover, and then turned him into a flower, sprinkling the blood of the young man with nectar.

The genus Adonis (Adonis), or Adonis, has about 45 perennial and annual species. And even if the color of the corolla in most species is not blood-red, all of them, in the understanding of botanists, are relatives of the “flower of Adonis”. Representatives of the genus live both on the plains and in the mountains, rising up to 4500 m above sea level. Due to their habitat in hard-to-reach areas, many species remain poorly studied to date. First of all, it is spring adonis (Adonis vernalis), adonis. This is a plant of the steppes of the European part of Russia, the Crimea, Ciscaucasia, Siberia, as well as Central and Southern Europe. Spring Adonis is a component of forbs of meadow steppes and steppe meadows. This is one of the very beautiful plants with glowing gold flowers, blooming in late April and ending flowering in late May - early June. The lower leaves are scaly, amplexicaul, stem leaves are sessile, repeatedly dissected. The flower is large with a diameter of up to 6 cm, consisting of 15-20 free yellow, shiny petals, supported by five pubescent sepals, located at the top of the stem. There are many stamens and pistils. The height of flowering plants is 10-15 cm, fruit-bearing, 40-60 cm. The fruits are wrinkled with a hooked nose, ripen in July. The fruit is a composite of dry numerous nuts - a multi-nutlet.

Adonis spring in Europe introduced into the culture. There are garden forms.

Care and reproduction
All adonis grow slowly and are very sensitive to transplants. The soil must be kept loose and moist. Renewal buds are laid 2-4 years in advance, so you need to carefully cut the plant, trying not to damage the buds.

Propagated by seeds and division of the bush. Planting is carried out in August - early September, so that the plants can take root well before the onset of frost.

The division and transplantation of adonis should be carried out not earlier than 4-5 years of cultivation, in one place without a transplant, adonis develop well up to 10 years. The best way- transplanting plants with a clod of earth, without disturbing the roots, grow slowly, dividing them into small parts is not recommended. In the first year after planting, the plants bloom and develop poorly, normal flowering occurs only from the second year. Reproduction of perennial adonis by seeds is difficult, since they have low germination, in addition, some of the seeds germinate only in the second year. Sowing seeds, preferably cleaned, should be done immediately after harvest. Until winter, boxes with crops must be stored in a cold basement, and then dug under the snow. It is possible to store seeds in a slightly damp substrate in the refrigerator until the beginning of spring, followed by germination in a greenhouse at 18-22 degrees. Young plants grow slowly, reaching full development only for 4-5 years.

Usage
Perennial adonis are unsuitable for cutting, but they are very effective in group plantings or among rarely planted shrubs. When landing, they should be placed closer to the paths, they are also good on rocky hills on the east and west sides. Valuable medicinal raw material - already in the XIV century it was widely used in traditional medicine with convulsions, various heart and kidney diseases.

Kinds
Adonis golden (Adonis chrysocyathus) - one of the rare plants Central Asia. This herbaceous perennial is an extremely valuable medicinal and ornamental plant that is found in the Tien Shan, Kashmir, Western Tibet, where adonis curtains create colorful bright yellow spots on rocky mountain slopes. The radiance of the yellow color is especially expressive against the background of the snow that has not yet melted and the blue of the alpine sky. A limited number of localities of this species are known, and the number of populations is constantly and significantly reduced due to human intervention. The aerial part is represented by one or a group of semi-rosette shoots, the number and size of which depend on age. So, a middle-aged individual has up to 30 rosettes 45-50 cm high. Generative shoot, as a rule, with a single large bright yellow flower. The shoot is equal to the height or slightly exceeds the height of rosette leaves.

Adonis Turkestani (Adonis turkestanicus) is one of the valuable medicinal plants Central Asia - endemic Pamir-Alai. The main part of its range is connected with the mountain systems of Gissar-Darvaz, where it can form continuous thickets in juniper and tragacanth forests at an altitude of 2000-3500 m above sea level. The cleanest thickets are noted in the places of former long-term cattle camps. This indicates a positive attitude of plants to soil rich in organic matter. Adonis Turkestan at the beginning of flowering has a height of 10-20 cm, and during the period of fruit ripening up to 70 cm. The whole plant is pubescent with curly hairs. The flowers at the ends of the shoots are solitary, 4-6 cm in diameter, the perianth is double, regular, consists of a corolla and a calyx. Petals yellow-orange, bluish underside. A characteristic feature of this species is that at the same time the plant has newly formed buds, opened flowers and set seeds. Since each shoot has lateral shoots of the first, second, third, and sometimes fourth orders, there can be up to 250 flowers on one middle-aged individual. Flowers appear first on the axis of the first order. As the plant grows, flowers bloom on the axis of the second, third orders, which leads to the extension of the timing of flowering and fruit formation. Such long flowering is an important adaptation to the harsh conditions of the highlands.

Mongolian Adonis (Adonis mongolica) is an endemic plant of Mongolia. It occurs within Khangai, in mountain and meadow steppes, along the edges of larch forests. It is most abundant in the places of old cattle camps. It grows on loose, humus-rich soils. Shoots of a middle-aged plant are numerous (up to 20-30 or more), have lateral shoots of the second and third orders. Basal leaves are reduced. Median leaves, in the axils of which shoots of the following orders are formed, are sessile. The flowers are large, 2.5-5 cm in diameter. The sepals are light green, sometimes with a purple tint, pubescent with small hairs. Petals are white. Adonis Mongolian is one of the early spring plants of Mongolia. It is difficult to imagine a brighter and more beautiful picture - caps of snow-white flowers on the steppe slopes with last year's brown foliage against the background of a bright blue sky. Flowering begins in April-May, and mass - at the end of May, June. The first wave of flowering is formed by the apical flowers of the main shoots. They are replaced by apical flowers of the second, third and so on orders. You should pay attention to the fact that all side shoots, regardless of their location on the main one, end at the same level. This explains the abundant flowering, in which the flowers form, as it were, a dome in the form of a snow-white “cap”. The next wave of flowering is formed from flowers located on the branches of the following orders. Such a rhythm of flowering contributes to the constant decorativeness of the plant and increases the possibility of seed ripening at the most favorable time for the weather. Here it is appropriate to recall the sharp continental climate of Mongolia, especially its mountainous regions, when sharp temperature fluctuations are possible during the growing season, up to frost, snow and hail. The leaves unfurl as the flowers open. Shoot growth continues until seeds ripen. Mongolian Adonis grass serves as a raw material for obtaining valuable cardiac glycosides.

Amur Adonis (Adonis amurensis) - perennial herbaceous plant from the Far East, where it grows in cedar-deciduous forests. The leaves are pinnately dissected on long petioles, develop after flowering and persist until July, August. Blooms from April for 2-3 weeks. The flowers are golden yellow, wide open, up to 5 cm in diameter. Blooms before leaves appear. The height of plants during the flowering period is not more than 10-15 cm. It bears fruit in late May, June. Propagated by seeds. Shoots appear in a year. The plant is introduced into culture. In Japan, numerous decorative varieties with double flowers of white, pink, red color are bred.

daughter of Salmoneus, granddaughter of the god Eol, wife of the Thessalian king Creteus (Krefei) and mother of Aeson, king of Iolka, Feret and Amyphaon, gave birth to the god Poseidon, who took the form of her beloved god Enipeus, the twins Pelius and Neleus

EVEN

god of the river of the same name in Aetolia, son of Ares, father of Marpessa, beloved of the god Apollo, and then wife of Idas and mother of Cleopatra

CORONID

daughter of Lapith Phlegia, beloved of Apollo, mother of the god Asclepius. Killed by Apollo and burned for treason with a mortal. Apollo took the baby Asclepius from the womb of the burning Coronis
in Greek mythology, the daughter of Lapith Phlegia, the beloved of Apollo, the mother of the god Asclepius

HYPOSTASIS

in Christianity - the name of each of the persons of God in the Trinity (God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit)
well. church Greek face, person; accepted about the Holy Trinity, one of the persons of the Holy Trinity. God, one in essence, three in person. hypostatic, related to hypostasis
personality, each of the persons of the Holy Trinity, hence the "trinitarian God" (mythical)
substance, essence in Christianity denotes each of the persons of the triune god

MERCURY

in Roman mythology, the god of communication and trade, the messenger of the gods and the guide of the souls of the dead to the underworld; originally identified with the Greek god of commerce Hermes (mythical)
m. on behalf of the Greek god of trade, the name of the first planet from the sun; the name of mercury. Mercurial, Mercury. Merculian days, short, last autumn, end of November (24th)
male name: (Latin) after the god of eloquence and commerce
god of trade in ancient Roman mythology
Roman god of trade, merchants and profit
this god of ancient Roman mythology was usually depicted with a purse
Which ancient Roman god corresponds to the Greek Hephaestus?

Adonis - Beloved of Venus Literature repeatedly mentions a beautiful legend about the plant Adonis, the Latin name of which is Adonis. This legend was very popular in ancient Greece, but it reached its greatest fame during the Renaissance, when numerous paintings and sculptures were created on the basis of the legend of Venus and Adonis. According to one version of the legend, Venus was angry with the wife of the Cypriot king Kimir for disrespect and inspired his daughter with a passion for her own father. The king, unaware of the truth and succumbing to temptation, entered into a relationship with Mirra, but, having discovered the truth, cursed her. The gods turned the unfortunate woman into a myrrh tree, with precious fragrant juice eternally oozing from wounds. A child was born from a cracked trunk, who was named Adonis. The boy was unusually handsome. Venus gave him to be raised by Persephone, the wife of the god of the underworld Hades, on the condition that when the child grows up, he will return to her. But when the appointed time came, Persephone did not want to part with him. Zeus himself had to become a judge in this dispute, who decided that in the summer Adonis would live on earth with Venus, and in the winter he would return underground with Persephone. Happy Venus wandered through the forests with Adonis, begging him not to take risks and not hunt ferocious animals - bears and boars. But one day Adonis went hunting alone and died from the fangs of a wild boar. Venus mourned bitterly for her lover, and then turned him into a flower, sprinkling the blood of the young man with nectar. The genus Adonis (Adonis), or Adonis, has about 45 perennial and annual species. And even if the color of the corolla in most species is not blood-red, all of them, in the understanding of botanists, are relatives of the “flower of Adonis”. Representatives of the genus live both on the plains and in the mountains, rising up to 4500 m above sea level. Due to their habitat in hard-to-reach areas, many species remain poorly studied to date. First of all, it is spring adonis (Adonis vernalis), adonis. This is a plant of the steppes of the European part of Russia, the Crimea, Ciscaucasia, Siberia, as well as Central and Southern Europe. Spring Adonis is a component of forbs of meadow steppes and steppe meadows. This is one of the very beautiful plants with glowing gold flowers, blooming in late April and ending flowering in late May - early June. The lower leaves are scaly, amplexicaul, stem leaves are sessile, repeatedly dissected. The flower is large with a diameter of up to 6 cm, consisting of 15-20 free yellow, shiny petals, supported by five pubescent sepals, located at the top of the stem. There are many stamens and pistils. The height of flowering plants is 10-15 cm, fruit-bearing, 40-60 cm. The fruits are wrinkled with a hooked nose, ripen in July. The fruit is assembled from dry numerous nuts - a multi-nutlet. Adonis spring in Europe introduced into the culture. There are garden forms. Care and reproduction All adonis grow slowly and are very sensitive to transplants. The soil must be kept loose and moist. Renewal buds are laid 2-4 years in advance, so you need to carefully cut the plant, trying not to damage the buds. Propagated by seeds and division of the bush. Planting is carried out in August - early September, so that the plants can take root well before the onset of frost. The division and transplantation of adonis should be carried out not earlier than 4-5 years of cultivation, in one place without a transplant, adonis develop well up to 10 years. The best option is to transplant plants with a clod of earth, without disturbing the roots, they grow slowly, it is not recommended to divide them into small parts. In the first year after planting, the plants bloom and develop poorly, normal flowering occurs only from the second year. Reproduction of perennial adonis by seeds is difficult, since they have low germination, in addition, some of the seeds germinate only in the second year. Sowing seeds, preferably cleaned, should be done immediately after harvest. Until winter, boxes with crops must be stored in a cold basement, and then dug under the snow. It is possible to store seeds in a slightly damp substrate in the refrigerator until the beginning of spring, followed by germination in a greenhouse at 18-22 degrees. Young plants grow slowly, reaching full development only for 4-5 years. Use For cutting, perennial adonis are not suitable, but they are very effective in group plantings or among sparsely planted shrubs. When landing, they should be placed closer to the paths, they are also good on rocky hills on the east and west sides. Valuable medicinal raw material - already in the XIV century it was widely used in folk medicine for convulsions, various heart and kidney diseases. Species Golden Adonis (Adonis chrysocyathus) is one of the rare plants of Central Asia. This herbaceous perennial is an extremely valuable medicinal and ornamental plant that is found in the Tien Shan, Kashmir, Western Tibet, where adonis curtains create colorful bright yellow spots on rocky mountain slopes. The radiance of the yellow color is especially expressive against the background of the snow that has not yet melted and the blue of the alpine sky. A limited number of localities of this species are known, and the number of populations is constantly and significantly reduced due to human intervention. The aerial part is represented by one or a group of semi-rosette shoots, the number and size of which depend on age. So, a middle-aged individual has up to 30 rosettes 45-50 cm high. Generative shoot, as a rule, with a single large bright yellow flower. The shoot is equal to the height or slightly exceeds the height of rosette leaves. Adonis Turkestani (Adonis turkestanicus) - one of the valuable medicinal plants of Central Asia - endemic of Pamir-Alay. The main part of its range is connected with the mountain systems of Gissar-Darvaz, where it can form continuous thickets in juniper and tragacanth forests at an altitude of 2000-3500 m above sea level. The cleanest thickets are noted in the places of former long-term cattle camps. This indicates a positive attitude of plants to soil rich in organic matter. Adonis Turkestan at the beginning of flowering has a height of 10-20 cm, and during the period of fruit ripening up to 70 cm. The whole plant is pubescent with curly hairs. The flowers at the ends of the shoots are solitary, 4-6 cm in diameter, the perianth is double, regular, consists of a corolla and a calyx. Petals yellow-orange, bluish underside. A characteristic feature of this species is that at the same time the plant has newly formed buds, opened flowers and set seeds. Since each shoot has lateral shoots of the first, second, third, and sometimes fourth orders, there can be up to 250 flowers on one middle-aged individual. Flowers appear first on the axis of the first order. As the plant grows, flowers bloom on the axis of the second, third orders, which leads to the extension of the timing of flowering and fruit formation. Such long flowering is an important adaptation to the harsh conditions of the highlands. Mongolian Adonis (Adonis mongolica) is an endemic plant of Mongolia. It occurs within Khangai, in mountain and meadow steppes, along the edges of larch forests. It is most abundant in the places of old cattle camps. It grows on loose, humus-rich soils. Shoots of a middle-aged plant are numerous (up to 20-30 or more), have lateral shoots of the second and third orders. Basal leaves are reduced. Median leaves, in the axils of which shoots of the following orders are formed, are sessile. The flowers are large, 2.5-5 cm in diameter. The sepals are light green, sometimes with a purple tint, pubescent with small hairs. Petals are white. Adonis Mongolian is one of the early spring plants of Mongolia. It is difficult to imagine a brighter and more beautiful picture - caps of snow-white flowers on the steppe slopes with last year's brown foliage against a bright blue sky. Flowering begins in April-May, and mass - at the end of May, June. The first wave of flowering is formed by the apical flowers of the main shoots. They are replaced by apical flowers of the second, third and so on orders. You should pay attention to the fact that all side shoots, regardless of their location on the main one, end at the same level. This explains the abundant flowering, in which the flowers form, as it were, a dome in the form of a snow-white "cap". The next wave of flowering is formed from flowers located on the branches of the following orders. Such a rhythm of flowering contributes to the constant decorativeness of the plant and increases the possibility of seed ripening at the most favorable time for the weather. Here it is appropriate to recall the sharp continental climate of Mongolia, especially its mountainous regions, when sharp temperature fluctuations are possible during the growing season, up to frost, snow and hail. The leaves unfurl as the flowers open. Shoot growth continues until seeds ripen. Mongolian Adonis grass serves as a raw material for obtaining valuable cardiac glycosides. Amur Adonis (Adonis amurensis) is a perennial herbaceous plant from the Far East, where it grows in cedar-deciduous forests. The leaves are pinnately dissected on long petioles, develop after flowering and persist until July, August. Blooms from April for 2-3 weeks. The flowers are golden yellow, wide open, up to 5 cm in diameter. Blooms before leaves appear. The height of plants during the flowering period is not more than 10-15 cm. It bears fruit in late May, June. Propagated by seeds. Shoots appear in a year. The plant is introduced into culture. In Japan, numerous decorative varieties with double flowers of white, pink, red color are bred.

Picou, Henri Pierre - The Birth of Venus - 1874.

Wherever Aphrodite stepped, flowers flourished there. The whole air was full of fragrance. Eros and Gimerot led the wondrous goddess to Olympus. The gods greeted her loudly. Since then, the golden Aphrodite has always lived among the gods of Olympus, forever young, the most beautiful of the goddesses.

Battista Dossi (1490–1548)

Tall, slender, with delicate features, with a soft wave of golden hair, like a crown lying on her beautiful head, Aphrodite is the personification of divine beauty and unfading youth. When she walks, in the splendor of her beauty, in fragrant clothes, then the sun shines brighter, flowers bloom more magnificently. Wild forest animals run to her from the thicket of the forest; flocks of birds flock to her when she walks through the forest. Lions, panthers, leopards and bears meekly caress her. Aphrodite walks calmly among wild animals, proud of her radiant beauty.

Adolphe William Bouguereau

Her companions Ora and Harita, goddesses of beauty and grace, serve her. They dress the goddess in luxurious clothes, comb her golden hair, crown her head with a sparkling diadem.
Aphrodite awakens love in the hearts of gods and mortals. Thanks to this power, she reigns over the whole world. No one can escape her power, not even the gods.
But the goddess of love knew the torments of love herself, and she had to mourn her beloved Adonis. She loved the son of the king of Cyprus, Adonis.

West (1738–1820)

Adonis ("lord") - the son of the king of Cyprus Kinira and Mirra, a young beautiful god who rules the order of things on earth.

Mirra and Kinir. Engraving by Virgil Solis for Ovid's Metamorphosis

Kiner, having learned that his daughter had conceived a child, whom she was soon to give birth, from him by deceit, was so furious that he drew his sword, and the frightened Mirra rushed out of the palace.

("Birth of Adonis", oil on copper painting by Marcantonio Franceschini, c. 1685-90, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden)

Picart - Birth Adonis.

When her father overtook her at the cliff, Aphrodite hastily turned her into a myrrh tree, and her parent's sword split its trunk in half. A tiny Adonis fell out of the crack.
Aphrodite, already lamenting what she had done, put Adonis in a casket and handed it over to Persephone, the queen of the dead, asking him to hide it in a secluded place.
Burning with curiosity, Persephone opened the casket and found Adonis in it. He was so sweet that she took him in her arms and carried him to her palace, where she raised him.

Persephone Boris Vallejo

Hendrik de Klerk, Flemish, 1570-1629. Venus and Adonis.

Bartholomaus Spranger

She recognized equal rights for Aphrodite and Persephone and decided that he would spend time with each in turn. But in order for Adonis to have a rest from the encroachments of the loving goddesses, Calliope divided the year into three equal parts, one of which Adonis had to spend with Persephone, the second with Aphrodite, and the third - at his discretion.

Cornelis Cornelissen (1562–1638)

But Aphrodite, using her power over love and a belt woven from lust, also enjoyed the free time of the young god, who, of his own free will, remained with Aphrodite.

Annibale Carracci - Venus, Adonis and Cupid

Hendrick Goltzius

Abraham Blumarth (1564–1651)

Christiaen van Couwenbergh (1604–1667)

Ferdinand Bol (1616–1680)

Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665)

Abraham Janssens (1567–1632)

Bartholomeus Spranger (1546–1611)

Simon Vouet (French, 1590 - 1649)

But sometimes she had to leave her lover to visit Olympus. And Adonis hunted alone.

Venus attempts to keep Adonis from the hunt.After Peter Paul Rubens

Augustin Van den Berghe (Belgium 1756-1836)

Charles-Joseph Natoire - Venus et Adonis

Titian (1490–1576)

Persephone, having learned that Aphrodite dishonestly spends twice as much time with Adonis, decided to take revenge. She went to Aphrodite's lover Ares and told him that the Foamborn prefers him, the great Ares-Enialius, some kind of mortal, effeminate, handsome Adonis. Inflamed with jealousy, but not wanting a quarrel with Aphrodite, Ares turned into a wild boar and headed for the rival's hunting grounds. When the dogs of Adonis attacked the trail of a huge boar, the young man rejoiced at such rich prey. He had no idea that this was his last hunt. The boar pounced on him and mortally wounded him.

The Death of Adonis - Antonio Tempesta, c. 1593

The Death of Adonis - Giuseppe Mazzuoli, 1709

Rushed past
A shaggy beast and how he stumbled,
Feeling the breeze of love
And ambrosial female flesh
And the blood of kissing caresses,
What is for him as a sign of ferocity.
Pierced Adonis with fangs
And swirling over your head,
The boar threw the body to the ground
And, as if in a fright, he ran away.

Cambiaso Luca.

A. P. Losenko. "Death of Adonis". 1764

Cornelis Holstein, 1647