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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Origin and etymology
- Myth
- Ovid's version
- Other versions
- Interpretation
- Cultural impact
- Literature
- John Dryden's translation
- Music
- Art
- Science
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Works cited
- External links
thumb|Marcantonio Franceschini - The Birth of Adonis, 1690
Myrrha (; ), also known as Smyrna (), is the mother of Adonis in Greek mythology. She was transformed into a myrrh tree after having coitus with her father, and gave birth in tree form to Adonis. Although the tale of Adonis has Semitic roots, it is uncertain where the myth of Myrrha originated, though it probably came from Cyprus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Myrrha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.