? Hello, my name is Aphrodite goddess of love and beauty. Some of you know me by my Roman name, Venus. Today I would like to tell you the tale of Adonis and our love that was lost through his tragic death. Appropriately, Adonis means ?Lord? which he was. There is some confusion as to who Adonis? parents were. Hesiod believed him to be the son of Phenox and Aephesiboea. While Apollodorus believed the son of …showed first 75 words of 614 total…

…showed last 75 words of 614 total…He had not heeded my warning and speared the boar only to wound him. The beast ran him down and killed him. Though my beloved was dead I couldn?t bare his passing. Holding his lifeless body I beat my chest and tore at my hair but his passing will not be in vain. To console myself I changed his blood into a wild red flower that would bloom yearly to keep his memory alive.