So Aphrodite cheats the court’s
decision. No, she doesn’t flat out break the rules as that would not be
allowed. The details of the case are that Adonis gets four months to spend
however he wishes. Now if he chooses to spend it with one of the goddesses,
that’s his choice, except when it’s not.
Aphrodite still has her magic and
irresistible girdle, and so she gets a double portion of Adonis-time. So there it
is, with a score of two-to-one, Aphrodite beats Persephone. Aphrodite
definitely seems to be the victor of all things even touching on sexuality,
which makes sense given it’s who she is.
But let it never be said that the
gods and goddesses are good losers. Because they’re not. Ever. Persephone will
not prove the exception, either. Persephone tells on Aphrodite. No, not to
Zeus, he doesn’t care. She tells Ares. Ares doesn’t care except that he’s a
little bit the jealous type. He doesn’t like the idea of Aphrodite having
Adonis as a boy toy, even though the shipping of Aresdite is long over. Yes,
confabulating the names was a horrible idea, and I already regret it.
Ares takes the form of a boar, and,
when Adonis tries to prove himself as manly to Aphrodite, gores the boy toy to
death. Adonis’s soul moves on to the underworld, where Persephone declares
utter victory over Aphrodite. Even in death the guy can’t get a break.
Aphrodite petitions Zeus to let
Adonis’s soul be with her for half the year, and he says yes, most likely just
to not have to deal with the situation. So Adonis’s soul is with Persephone
half the year, and Aphrodite for the other half. Now, before we get into issues
of whether or not they are all engaged in similar activities as when he was
alive . . . it’s possible.
The Greek underworld often
represents the souls as having some kind of substance, especially as Sisyphus
is pushing up the boulder and Tantalus can never reach food.
Guy can’t catch a break.