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AdonisGroupFive：AlenkaIsabellaDreamslink2013.11.18PartⅠBriefIntroductionAdonis：

godofplants,inGreekmythology,abeautifulyouthbelovedbyAphroditeandPersephone(冥后).AphroditeandAdonis----AMythaboutBeautyandLoveThemythofAphroditeandAdonis.Version1:Adonis’sborn

Version2:Adonis’sdeathandAphrodite’sroleinitVersion1：Adonis’sborn

ThefirstmythofAphroditeandAdonisinvolvestheman’sparentsandisastoryaboutbeauty,loveandjealousy.Myrrhawasaverybeautifulyounglady.BecausesheneglectedtheworshipofAphrodite.Aphroditecausedhertofallinlovewithherownfather---KingCinyrusofCyprus.塞浦路斯之王Aphroditetrickedhimintounknowingspendingthenightwithhisdaughter.Whenhediscoveredwhathappened,hetriedtokillMyrrhaandherunbornchild—Adonis.Version1：Adonis’sborn

AphroditewassoregretthatsheturnedMyrrhaintoamyrrhtree（沒藥樹）.ImpressedbyAdonis’sbeauty,AphroditegavehimtoPersephone（冥后）toraise.WhenthetimecameforPersephonetogiveAdonisbacktoAphrodite,sherefused.Finally,ZeusdecidedthatAdonisliveswithPersephoneincoldseasonandcanreturnstothegroundlivingwithAphroditeinthespring.Version2：Adonis’sdeathwhenAres

heardthatAphroditelovesAdonis,hegotjealousanddecidedtotakerevenge.AphroditelovesAdonissomuch,butAdoniswasmoreinterestedinhunting.AphroditebeggedAdonistogiveuphuntingbecauseshefearedlosinghim.Adonisignoredheradviceandwaskilledwhilehuntingbyawildboar,thatwasactuallyAres.Version2：Adonisdeath

WithAdonisstillinherarms,Aphroditeturnedthebloodthatfellfromhiswoundsontothesoilintowindflowers(風(fēng)信子)asamemorialtotheirlove.Inresponsetothetearfulgoddess,ZeusdeterminedthatAdonisshouldstayjustforthehalfoftheyearintheUnderworld.PartⅡChapter1TheexplanationsofnaturalphenomenaVersion1:Adonisistospendonepartoftheyearundergroundandanotherpartaboveground.Hisannualdisappearanceandreappearancereferstospringandwinterinnature.Version2:

ThedeathandresurrectionofAdonisrepresentsthedecayandrevivaloftheplantyear.Chapter2：ThehumannaturereflectedinthetaleⅠJealousy

Conclusion:Theonewhoisalwaysjealousofanotherperson’spossessionsorqualitieswillbesufferedorlosttheirloveforever.ⅡThedesiretoseekthestimulusConclusion:usually,wehumanbeingsaretiredofobsoletethingsandcuriousaboutthefreshthings.Itistheprocesstoseekthestimulus.However,sometimesweneedtodoitmoderatelyandwiththeprinciples.ⅢPeople’spursuitforloveandthebeautifulthingsConclusion：

ThecontestbetweenAphroditeandPersephoneforthepossessionofAdonisclearlyreflectsthestrugglebetweenloveanddeath.PartⅢAphroditeandAdonis

Incest（亂倫）