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- From: peter_kirk AT SIL.ORG
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- Subject: Re[2]: Adonis
- Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 16:53:23 -0400
From "The Greek Myths" by Robert Graves (Penguin 1960):
"Adonis (Phoenician: adon 'lord') is a Greek version of the Syrian
demi-god Tammuz, the spirit of annual vegetation... the Adonia, a
mourning festival in honour of Tammuz, was held at Byblus every
spring."
See also Ezekiel 8:14: mourning for Tammuz reached Jerusalem also, and
was condemned as idolatry.
Peter Kirk
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Adonis,
George Athas, 05/10/1999
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Adonis, Kevin W. Woodruff, 05/10/1999
- Re: Adonis, George Athas, 05/11/1999
- Re[2]: Adonis, peter_kirk, 05/11/1999
- Re: Adonis, George Athas, 05/11/1999
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