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What were greek god Adonis' powers, appearance?

I need to know a little about the greek god Adonis.

Can anyone tell me his special powers and his physical appearance?

Thanks!

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    According to Wolfcoven.a.wiki-site.com:

    "Because Adonis is half human he only has super strength and invulnerabiliy. He isn't able to teleport himself or travel at vast distances unlike the other gods like Eros and Apollo but they often take him to where he wants to go. Adonis is extremely strong, able to match an u'Nai blessed Konnor Elles in physical strength. He is also nearly invincible because the gods protect him. "

    I'll tell you the story of Adonis just to add a little knowledge about him.

    According to Wikipedia.com:

    "In the central myth in its Greek telling, Aphrodite fell in love with the beautiful youth (possibly because she had been wounded by Cupid's arrow). The most detailed and literary version of the story of Adonis is a late one, in Book X of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Aphrodite sheltered him and entrusted him to Persephone. The latter was also taken by Adonis' beauty and refused to give him back to Aphrodite. The dispute between the two goddesses was settled by Zeus (or by Calliope on Zeus' behalf): Adonis was to spend one-third of every year with each goddess and the last third wherever he chose. He chose to spend two-thirds of the year with Aphrodite.

    Adonis was killed by a wild boar, said to have been sent variously by Artemis, jealous of Adonis' hunting skills; by Ares, who was jealous of Aphrodite's love for Adonis; or by Apollo, to punish Aphrodite for blinding his son, Erymanthus.[4] Adonis died in Aphrodite's arms, who came to him when she heard his groans. When he died she sprinkled the blood with nectar, from which sprang the short-lived anemone, which takes its name from the wind which so easily makes its petals fall. And so it is the blood of Adonis that each spring turns to red the torrential river, the Adonis River (modern Nahr Ibrahim in Lebanon). Afqa is the sacred source where the waters of the river emerge from a huge grotto in a cliff 200 meters high. It is there that the myth of Astarte (Venus) and Adonis was born."

    Hope this little information helped you.

    Have a great day!

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Adonis Greek God

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Greek God Adonis

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Adonis was loved by the goddess Venus or Aphrodite after cutting herself accidently with one of Cupids arrows.Adonis was known to be an avid hunter and was thought to be extremely handsome. It is said that Persehpone also was in love with him and he juggled both women upon approval from Zeus. Upon his death his blood was transformed into a flower, his mother was thought to have been changed into a tree, considering this and his huntsman skills I would say he had a strong connection to nature.

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  • 1 decade ago

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonis

    Adonis is one of the most complex figures in classical times. He has had multiple roles, and there has been much scholarship over the centuries concerning his meaning and purpose in Greek religious beliefs. He is an annually-renewed, ever-youthful vegetation god, a life-death-rebirth deity whose nature is tied to the calendar. His name is often applied in modern times to handsome youths, of whom he is the archetype.

    http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/adonis.html

    http://rohannaravenwing.webs.com/hellenicpantheon....

  • peggy
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    very good question

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