21 июн. 2022 г. · Myrrha, Cinyras's daughter, is pursued by many suitors, but she is filled with incestuous desire for her father. Myrrha prays to the gods to ...

The mother of Adonis in Greek mythology. She was transformed into a myrrh tree after having intercourse with her father, and gave birth to Adonis in tree form.

Bk X:298-355 Orpheus sings: Myrrha's incestuous love for Cinyras. 'Cinyras was the son of Paphos, and he might have been counted amongst the fortunate, if he, ...

21 июн. 2022 г. · Myrrha is a character in one of Orpheus's songs who falls in love with her father. Unable to control her incestuous passion, Myrrha decides ...

As Myrrha was turned into a tree by the gods, and because the metamorphosis has mainly been read as the punishment for the realisation of her incestuous love, ...

28 февр. 2024 г. · Myrrha's bones became wood, her blood into sap, her fingers into branches, her skin into bark. Her tears dripped from the tree in the form of ...

Myrrha transformed to a tree. The royal Cinyras was sprung from her; and if he had been father of no child, might well have been accounted fortunate.

Myrrha's transformation into a myrrh tree takes place as a consequence of her transgressive incestuous act of love with her father, Cinyras . Her metamorphosis ...

Ovid is consistently sympathetic toward. Byblis, whereas Orpheus is ambivalent toward Myrrha, with his initial revul- sion ultimately giving way to sympathy.

19 июн. 2023 г. · The unifying theme of Metamorphoses is change or transformation. The gods rape, reward or punish mortals with capricious abandon.