Viático de Vagamundo: Adonis

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Aphrodite and Adonis

Aphrodite (Venus) is supposed to have been hit by one of the arrows of her son Eros (Cupid). For this reason she fell in love with Adonis. During one of the goddess’s travel in her winged car pulled by swans, she heard the screams of pain of her beloved one mortally wounded by a wild boar.

Afrodite (Vénus) ter-se-á ferido numa das setas de seu filho Eros (Cupido). Por essa razão apaixonou-se por Adónis. Durante uma deslocação da deusa no seu carro alado puxado por cisnes apercebeu-se dos gritos de dor do seu amado mortalmente ferido por javali.

Dirk Quade van Ravensteyn (ca 1576-1612)-'Aphrodite, Adonis and Eros'-oil on canvas Paris-Musée du Louvre

François Lemoyne (1688-1757)-'Aphrodite, Adonis'-oil on canvas-1729

(afrter) Joseph Heintz the elder (1564-1609)-'Aphrodite, Adonis'-oil on canvas-1603

Pyotr Ivanovich Sokolov (1753-1791)-'Aphrodite, Adonis'-oil on canvas-1782

Jacopo Amigoni (1622-1752)-'Aphrodite, Adonis'-oil on canvas München-Alte Pinakothek

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Adonis and Aphrodite (Adónis e Afrodite)

The Phoenician and Greek mythologies show that Adonis was born out of the incestuous love of Ciniras, king of Cyprus, and his daughter Myra. Adonis was a young man of rare beauty, so Persephone and Aphrodite fought for him. Zeus stipulated that Adonis would spend a third of the year (winter) with the first and the remaining time with Aphrodite, his favourite mistress. He became a symbol of vegetal activity.

As mitologias Fenícia e Grega indicam que Adónis terá nascido dos amores incestuosos do rei Ciniras de Chipre e de sua filha Mirra. Jovem de rara beleza terá sido disputado por Perséfone e Afrodite. Zeus terá estipulado que passaria um terço do ano (Inverno) com a primeira e o restante tempo com Afrodite, a sua amante predilecta. Tornou-se símbolo da actividade vegetal.