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Venus and Adonis
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Characters in Venus and Adonis
Meet the Cast
Adonis
Adonis was the biggest hottie ever – kind of like if Robert Pattinson and Brad Pitt had a baby. (We wonder if Angelina would adopt that kid.) Anyway, Adonis was such a hunk that even Venus (Aphro...
Venus (Aphrodite)
What do you get when the goddess of love gets with the hottest guy in the world? Trouble. Venus (Aphrodite) was the goddess of love, beauty, and procreation. As you might expect from a goddess of t...
Myrrha
Myrrha is Adonis' mom – not that he ever knew her. You see, Myrrha fell in love with her father, and with a little help from her nurse, she tricked her father into sleeping with her. Myrrha was h...
Cinyras
Cinyras is Adonis' dad … and grandpa. You see, Adonis' mom, Myrrha, fell in love with her own father. She even managed to trick her father into sleeping with her, and that's how she conceived Ado...
