. ughterAlcestis (II. ii. 715), if he came to her in achariot drawn by lions and boars. This Ad-metus performed by the assistance of god tended the flocks of Admetus when hewas obliged to serve a mortal for a year forhaving slain the Cyclops. On the day of hismarriage with Alcestis, Admetus neglected tooffer a sacrifice to Artemis, but Apollo recon-ciled the goddess to him, and at the same time ADONIS 15 Adonis, -is, -idis, also Adon, -onis). 1. Abeautiful youth, beloved by Aphrodite (Venus),a son of Cinyras, king of Papho
. ughterAlcestis (II. ii. 715), if he came to her in achariot drawn by lions and boars. This Ad-metus performed by the assistance of god tended the flocks of Admetus when hewas obliged to serve a mortal for a year forhaving slain the Cyclops. On the day of hismarriage with Alcestis, Admetus neglected tooffer a sacrifice to Artemis, but Apollo recon-ciled the goddess to him, and at the same time ADONIS 15 Adonis, -is, -idis, also Adon, -onis). 1. Abeautiful youth, beloved by Aphrodite (Venus),a son of Cinyras, king of Paphos in Cyprus,and Myrrha (Smyrna). The gods changedMyrrha into a myrtle-tree, to save her from thewrath of her father, for whom she had anunholy passion; and from this tree Adonis wasborn, the offspring of Myrrha and her , charmed with the beauty of the in-fant, concealed him in a chest, which she en-trusted to Persephone ; but the latter refused togive it up. Zeus decided the dispute by declar-ing that Adonis should have a third of the year to. Horactea and AlccHtls.(From a. naH-reliei at Florence.) induced the Moirae to grant him deliverancefrom death if his father, mother, or wife woulddie for him. Alcestis died in his stead, but wasbrought back by Heracles from tin: lower worldI Apollod. i. 9, 15; Eurip. Ale).—2. King of theMolossians, to whom fled forprotection when pursued as a party to the trea-son of Pausanias (Thuc. i. 130; Plut. : Nep. Them. 8). Adonis (,AoWis, -iSos, ASac, -vivos: Lat.
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