Adonis’ and Aphrodite

What is this myth mostly about?

• Love, cherished, and gratefulness

• Beauty, love, and jealousy

• Curses, revenge, and fighting

• Nature, love, and peace

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What’d Aphrodite turn Myrrha into to save her?

• Olive tree

• Myrrh tree

• A grape

• Animal

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What’d Aphrodite put Adonis in to keep him safe and who’d she leave in charge?

• On top of a mountain; Artemis

• A cave; Persephone

• Swallowed; Zeus

• Chest; Persephone

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Who helped settle the dispute and what was the solution?

• Athena; Took him for herself

• Myrrha; She let Aphrodite have him

• Zeus; let both of them have him for different parts of the year

• Cinyrus; He let Persephone have him

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When it was sunny and beautiful outside, who was Adonis with?

• Aphrodite

• Persephone

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Why’d Persephone fall in love with Adonis?

• His powers

• His beauty

• His talent

• His charms

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Why’d Cinyrus chase Myrrha around with a sword?

• Aphrodite told Cinyrus, Myrrha was cheated on him

• Myrrha disobeyed him

• He got angry and took it out on her

• He found out he got betrayed

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Why was Aphrodite jealous of Myrrha?

• Her child

• Her beauty

• Her powers

• Her husband

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