 Persephone wanted to keep Adonis; Zeus settled the dispute by decreeing that Adonis would spend one third of the year with Aphrodite, one third with Persephone, and one third with whomever he chose.Adonis chose Aphrodite, and they remained constantly together.Then, one day while Adonis was out hunting, he was wounded by a wild boar, and bled to death in Aphrodite's arms.