OF THE SACRED HERBS OF THE GODS:

Adonis: myrrh, corn, rose, fennel, lettuce, white heather
Aesculapius: bay, mustard
Ajax: delphinium
Anu: tamarisk
Apollo: leek, hyacinth, heliotrope, cornel, bay, frankincense, date palm, cypress
Attis: pine, almond
Ares: buttercup

ADONIS (lord)

ORIGIN Hellenic name adopted predominantly in Phoenician and Syrian culture and based on an old western Semitic deity [Lebanon and Syria]. Fertility and vegetation god.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 200 BC (Seleucid period) to circa AD 400.

SYNONYMS Adon (lord, Semitic).

CENTER(S) OF CULT mainly at Berytus and Aphaca.