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Show Mythical Greek Hero In Greek mythology Adonis was ; beautiful young boy, beloved by Venus and Proserpine. They quarreled about j his possession, but the dispute was settled by Jupiter, who decreed that i Adonis should annually spend eight ' months with Venus in the upper world and four months with Proserpine In : the lower world. Adonis was fatally wounded by a wild boar, during the chase, and was changed hy Venus Into i an anemone. She yearly mourned him on the anniversary of his death Sh.-ikesper.re has commemorated the love of Venus for Adonis in a long descriptive de-scriptive p.-ein entitled "Venus am1 , Adonis '' Kansas Ciiy Tinic |