Adonis
Adonis is a Phoenician god of beauty, desire, and vegetation whose worship was centered at Byblos in ancient Lebanon. His name derives from the Semitic word 'Adon' meaning 'Lord,' and he represents the archetypal dying-and-rising deity whose death and rebirth symbolized the annual cycle of seasons. According to myth, Adonis was born from a myrrh tree. The goddess Aphrodite fell deeply in love with his extraordinary beauty, but Persephone also claimed him. Zeus decreed Adonis would spend part of the year with each goddess. Adonis died after being gored by a wild boar, and from his blood Aphrodi