Myrrha Transformed into a Myrrh Tree
The tragic myth of Myrrha follows a princess of Cyprus cursed by Aphrodite with an unnatural passion for her own father, King Cinyras. After a desperate deception leads to her pregnancy, she flees his wrath and is transformed by the gods into a myrrh tree to escape death. From her wooden trunk, the beautiful youth Adonis is eventually born, while her eternal tears become the precious resin...