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OriginGreek Mythology
Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite in Sestos, and Leander, a young man from Abydos, fell deeply in love despite the treacherous Hellespont separating them. Every night, Leander swam across the strait...
OriginGreek Mythology
The beautiful youth Adonis, loved by the goddess Aphrodite, meets a tragic end during a hunt near the sacred grotto of Afqa. Despite warnings to avoid dangerous beasts, Adonis is mortally gored...
OriginGreek Mythology
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...