In Greek mythology, Myrice ( /ˈmɪərɪsiː/ MEER-ee-see; Ancient Greek: Μυρίκη, romanized: Muríkē, lit. 'tamarix' pronounced [myríkɛː]) is a minor figure from the island of Cyprus. Like both of her siblings Myrrha and Amaracus, she was transformed into a plant bearing her name.
She was the daughter of Cinyras, a king of Cyprus, and thus sister to Myrrha and Amaracus, thus aunt/half-sister to Adonis.
The mournful [a] Myrice was transformed into a tamarix tree (μυρίκη in ancient Greek), [2] [3] [4] possibly by Aphrodite, as the tamarisk was her sacred tree. [5] The implication seems to be that Myrice was grieving the death of her kinsman Adonis, who was gored by a boar during hunting. [6] Additionally, a Hellenistic and Roman-era cult dedicated to Myricaean Apollo (Μυρικαίος Ἀπόλλων, "Apollo of the Tamarisk") is attested on the Northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos. [7] [8]
In Greek mythology, Myrice ( /ˈmɪərɪsiː/ MEER-ee-see; Ancient Greek: Μυρίκη, romanized: Muríkē, lit. 'tamarix' pronounced [myríkɛː]) is a minor figure from the island of Cyprus. Like both of her siblings Myrrha and Amaracus, she was transformed into a plant bearing her name.
She was the daughter of Cinyras, a king of Cyprus, and thus sister to Myrrha and Amaracus, thus aunt/half-sister to Adonis.
The mournful [a] Myrice was transformed into a tamarix tree (μυρίκη in ancient Greek), [2] [3] [4] possibly by Aphrodite, as the tamarisk was her sacred tree. [5] The implication seems to be that Myrice was grieving the death of her kinsman Adonis, who was gored by a boar during hunting. [6] Additionally, a Hellenistic and Roman-era cult dedicated to Myricaean Apollo (Μυρικαίος Ἀπόλλων, "Apollo of the Tamarisk") is attested on the Northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos. [7] [8]