Editing Adonis (section)

=== Death ===
Then, one day, while Adonis was out hunting, he was wounded by a wild boar and bled to death in Aphrodite's arms.{{sfn|Kerényi|1951|page=76}} In different versions of the story, the boar was either sent by Ares, who was jealous that Aphrodite was spending so much time with Adonis,{{sfn|Cyrino|2010|page=96}} by Artemis, who wanted revenge against Aphrodite for having killed her devoted follower [[Hippolytus (son of Theseus)|Hippolytus]],{{sfn|Cyrino|2010|page=96}} or by Apollo, to punish Aphrodite for blinding his son [[Erymanthus (person)|Erymanthus]].<ref>According to [[Nonnus]], ''Dionysiaca'' 42.1f. [[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]] on [[Virgil]]'s ''[[Eclogues]]'' x.18; ''Orphic Hymn'' lv.10; Ptolemy Hephaestionos, i.306u, all noted by Graves. Atallah (1966) fails to find any cultic or cultural connection with the boar, which he sees simply as a heroic [[Mytheme|myth-element]].</ref> The story also provides an [[etiology]] for Aphrodite's associations with certain flowers.{{sfn|Cyrino|2010|page=96}} Reportedly, as she mourned Adonis's death, she caused [[anemone]]s to grow wherever his blood fell,{{sfn|Kerényi|1951|page=76}}{{sfn|Cyrino|2010|page=96}} and declared a festival on the anniversary of his death.{{sfn|Kerényi|1951|page=76}} In one late account, his blood transformed into [[rose]]s instead.<ref name="10.18">[[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]] ''Commentary on Virgil's Eclogues'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Serv.+Ecl.+10.18&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2007.01.0091 10.18]</ref>

In a very different version from the standard, surviving in the works of fifth century AD grammarian [[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]] and perhaps originating from the island of [[Cyprus]], Adonis was made to fall in love with a mortal girl named [[Erinoma]] by Aphrodite herself at the command of [[Hera]]. Erinoma, a virgin girl favoured by [[Artemis]] and [[Athena]], rejected his advances, so Adonis crept up stealthily in her bedroom and raped her. Adonis then fled and went into a cave to hide from Zeus, who also loved Erinoma and would surely avenge the violence done against her. [[Hermes]], however, lured him with a trick, as [[Ares]] wounded him mortally in the form of a boar. Adonis died, but was eventually restored to life after Aphrodite begged Zeus. Erinoma bore him a son named Taleus.<ref name="10.18"/>{{sfn|Fontenrose|1981|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=tD4lJxC95mEC&pg=PA171 171]}}