Historical and mythical

Aphrodite protected him and appointed Persephone to raise him. Adonis grew into an astonishingly beautiful young man, causing Persephone to fell in love with him too. Persephone refused to give Adonis back to Aphrodite; this led to a dispute that was solved by Zeus . As a result, Adonis would spend a third of a year with each goddess, and one third... See more

Beautiful and enchanting, she was frequently depicted nude, as a symmetrically perfect maiden, infinitely desirable and as infinitely out of reach. She was sometimes represented alongside Eros and with some of her major attributes and symbols: a magical girdle and a shell, a dove or a sparrow, roses, and myrtles.