Uniquely beautiful young son of the king of Cyprus Cinyras and their incestuous union with his daughter Myrrha. The very goddess of love Aphrodite, fell in love with him but his life was very short lived, and after death, Zeus ordered to spend six months of the year with Aphrodite and the other six in the Underworld with Persephone. His cult was associated with the vegetation and crops: the flower that bears his name shares its beauty and short life. Adonis