 Adonis grew into an astonishingly handsome young man, causing Aphrodite and Persephone to feud over him, with Zeus eventually decreeing that Adonis would spend one third of the year in the Underworld with Persephone, one third of the year with Aphrodite, and the final third of the year with whomever he chose.Adonis chose to spend his final third of the year with Aphrodite.One day, Adonis was gored by a wild boar during a hunting trip and died in Aphrodite's arms as she wept.