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Venus found Adonis as a baby and took him to the underworld to be fostered by Persephone and to protect him from the wrath of Apollo and Artemis. Once he had grown up she returned to collect him and - after being accidentally wounded by one of her son Cupid's arrows - fell in love with him. Persephone had also fallen in love with him and so Jupiter decreed that he should spend one third of each year with Venus, one third with Persephone and the remaining third with whomever he chose - Adonis opted for Venus, but was later gored to death by a wild boar.
Persephone Cupid Artemis Venus Apollo Adonis