Adonis

Adonis is a term that, according to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), refers to a young woman of great beauty. The meaning of the concept derives from the mythology of the Ancient Greece.

Mythological accounts tell that Adonis was a young man who was born from an incestuous relationship between Ciniras (his father) and Myrrh (his mother and also sister). From his childhood he caused admiration for his beauty: seeing it, the goddess Aphrodite she was delighted and fell in love. In this way, Aphrodite decided to take Adonis and lock him in a chest that she gave to Persephone for your care. Persephone, upon learning the contents of the chest, also marveled at the beautiful Adonis and did not want to return it.

Continuing with the mythology, People say that Zeus He resolved the conflict between Aphrodite and Persephone by making Adonis stay four months with each and the remaining four months of the year with whomever he chose. Adonis, in this framework, chose Aphrodite.

The death of Adonis was caused by the attack of a wild pig. His blood gave rise to the anemones; the blood of Aphrodite, who was injured when helping him, allowed the emergence of another flower that is known, precisely, as adonis.

Within the artistic sphere, mythology has become a marked source of inspiration. Precisely for this circumstance, there are numerous works that exist and that revolve around episodes of it or its characters. Therefore, it is not surprising that there is one that takes Adonis as the protagonist.

Specifically, we are referring to the painting entitled "Venus and Adonis", an oil on canvas dated 1520 that was made by the famous artist Titian. However, we cannot ignore other paintings that also revolve around this figure, such as those made by Hurtado de Mendoza or Lodovico Dolce.

From all this storyToday every young man who stands out for his beauty is known as adonis. For example: "Mauro is an adonis: all the girls in the neighborhood are crazy about him", "When he was young he was an adonis, but now the passage of time can be seen in his face".

Besides a genus of plants, Adonis is also the Name of a asteroid, a genus of moths and the pseudonym of the Syrian writer Ahmad Said Esber.

This author has to his credit important international recognitions such as the Picasso Medal (1984) awarded by UNESCO, the Nonino Poetry Prize (1999) or the Goethe Prize (2011), without forgetting that he is one of the “eternal” candidates to achieve the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Among his best-known and published works in Spanish, some such as these stand out: "Songs of the Mihyar el de Damasco" (1997), "Epitaph for New York" (1987), "Shadow for the desire of the sun" (2012) or "History tearing into a woman's body ”.

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