Adonis, having become androgynous, behaved as a man for Aphrodite and as a woman for Apollon." - Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History Bk5 (as summarized in Photius, Myriobiblon 190)

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Adonia (Gr Ἀδώνια), or Adonic feasts, were ancient feasts instituted in honor of Aphrodite and Adonis, and observed with great solemnity among the Greeks, Egyptians, etc ( Read more... )

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Searching through wikipedia.org (which this site is one of my favs) I came across information based on the Cult of Adonis ( Read more... )