Editing Adonis (section)

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[[File:Nahr Ibrahim, river in Lebanon 2011 - P1060155 r1.jpg|thumb|left|The Adonis River (now known as the [[Abraham River]]) in [[Lebanon]] was said to run red with blood each year during the festival of Adonis.{{sfn|Kerényi|1951|page=76}}]]

In ''Idyll'' 15 by the early third-century BC Greek [[bucolic]] poet [[Theocritus]], Adonis is described as still an adolescent with down on his cheeks at the time of his love affair with Aphrodite, in contrast to Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'', in which he is portrayed as a fully mature man.{{sfn|Hull|2010|page=7}} Pseudo-Apollodorus (''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheke]]'', 3.182) describes Adonis as the son of [[Cinyras]], of [[Paphos]] on Cyprus, and [[Metharme]]. According to Pseudo-Apollodorus's ''Bibliotheke'', [[Hesiod]], in an unknown work that does not survive, made of him the son of [[Phoenix (son of Agenor)|Phoenix]] and the otherwise unidentified [[Alphesiboea]].<ref>Ps.-Apollodorus, iii.14.4.1.</ref>

In one version of the story, Aphrodite injured herself on a [[Thorns, spines, and prickles|thorn]] from a [[rose]] bush{{sfn|Cyrino|2010|page=96}} and the rose, which had previously been white, was stained red by her blood.{{sfn|Cyrino|2010|page=96}} In another version, an anemone flower grew on the spot where Adonis died, and a red rose where Aphrodite's tears fell.<ref>Roman, L., & Roman, M. (2010). {{Google books|tOgWfjNIxoMC|Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman mythology.|page=11}}</ref> The third century BC poet [[Euphorion of Chalcis]] remarked in his ''[[Hyacinth (mythology)|Hyacinth]]'' that "Only [[Cocytus]] washed the wounds of Adonis".<ref>Remarked upon in passing by [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photius]], ''Biblioteca'' 190 ([http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/photius_copyright/photius_05bibliotheca.htm on-line translation]).</ref> According to [[Lucian]]'s ''[[De Dea Syria]]'',{{sfn|Kerényi|1951|page=279}} each year during the festival of Adonis, the Adonis River in [[Lebanon]] (now known as the [[Abraham River]]) ran red with blood.{{sfn|Kerényi|1951|page=76}}