Aphrodite loved Adonis more than she did to heaven, for 1.________
0 N9 N# e# X, ~6 O& [ He was a brisk, lovely young hunter. She abandoned her residence! J) [: D: f4 W# U: w5 ]
at Olympus and took to the woods, where she dressed4 z, Y# D! V# I! |! M6 W6 A5 z
herself up like a huntress and kept the youth companion all day 2.________
8 q% Y4 Q* i1 H long. With him she roved through bushy grounds and groves and
' v8 q/ C1 V( q/ ] O0 C3 m over hills and dales, cheering hounds and pursuing game of a
8 D; l( G l! k9 @ y harmless sort. They had a great time together. However, she
' f. s' b. i* F4 w! w5 h warned him many times to chase wild beasts like lions and 3.________
: c3 V! a0 I2 \4 D. |8 H wolves, but the young man just laughed at the idea. One day, after warning him thus, she left to Olympus in 4.________; w2 U- Y9 j. P% H. Z5 h. h
her chariot. Quite by chance Adonis' hounds found a boar, that 5.________: A$ {/ P1 ^* D7 }, W
roused Adonis to enthusiasm. He hit the beast with a dart, and 6.________
8 q$ f: _: ^0 b0 J, O h; a the boar, turning on him ,buried its white tusk deep into his, y. @# P% G+ B' y* B
tender side and trampled him to death.
6 C1 W1 j2 J3 k When Aphrodite came back to find her lover cold in death,
! F I, I& f6 ^0 H% I she burst into a passion of tears. Unable to wrest him back from
5 l3 x0 U0 q P% z; ?: F- ]% ~1 L the low world, she sprinkled nectar on Adonis' blood and 7.________5 c: Q/ G: y: @9 Z$ H/ h
turned it into anemone, a delicate purple flower.
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