As an infant, he is found in the trunk of a tree, the result of his mother Myrrha's incestual affair with her father Cinyras.
In Book X of the Metamorphoses, this character is told the fate of Atalanta and Hippomenes as a warning to fear wild animals. This character is conceived after an old nurse organizes twelve nights of lovemaking between a drunk king and a young maiden. He is not Perseus, but shortly after his birth, this character is locked in a chest and given to Persephone to be fostered. The blood of this character creates the (*) anemone flower. As an infant, he is found in the trunk of a tree, the result of his mother Myrrha's incestual affair with her father Cinyras. In most accounts, it is Artemis that sends a wild boar to gore this character to death after he is instructed to spend part of each year with his lover Aphrodite. For 10 points, name this beautiful youth from Greek mythology.
In Book X of the Metamorphoses, this character is told the fate of Atalanta and Hippomenes as a warning to fear wild animals.
Adonis