Definition
Ancient Greek festivals held in honor of Adonis, featuring songs of lamentation and celebration of the vegetation god's death and rebirth.
Etymology
From Greek Adonis, a beautiful youth in mythology who dies and returns to life seasonally, representing plant growth cycles. The -ia suffix denotes a festival or celebration. The tradition reflects ancient Mediterranean agricultural societies' attempts to understand seasonal changes.
Kelly Says
The Adonia festivals show how people turned confusing seasonal patterns into stories—when plants died in summer, Greeks told tales of beautiful Adonis dying, making nature's cycles feel meaningful rather than random. This is basically ancient climate psychology!
Translations
ARالعربية
أدونيا
a-do-ni-ya
BNবাংলা
আদোনিয়া
a-do-ni-ya
CACatalà
Adonia
a-do-ni-a
CSČeština
Adonia
a-do-ni-a
DEDeutsch
Adonia
a-do-ni-a
ELΕλληνικά
Αδωνία
a-do-ni-a
ESEspañol
Adonia
a-do-ni-a
FAفارسی
ادونیا
a-do-ni-ya
FRFrançais
Adonia
a-do-ni-a
HEעברית
אֲדוֹנִיָּה
a-do-ni-ya
HIहिन्दी
अदोनिया
a-do-ni-ya
HUMagyar
Adonia
a-do-ni-a
IDBahasa Indonesia
Adonia
a-do-ni-a
ITItaliano
Adonia
a-do-ni-a
MSBahasa Melayu
Adonia
a-do-ni-a
MYမြန်မာ
အဒိုနီယာ
a-do-ni-ya
NLNederlands
Adonia
a-do-ni-a
PAPA
ਅਦਾਨਾਇਆ
a-da-na-i-ya
PLPolski
Adonia
a-do-ni-a
PTPortuguês
Adonia
a-do-ni-a
RORomână
Adonia
a-do-ni-a
RUРусский
Адония
a-do-ni-ya
SVSvenska
Adonia
a-do-ni-a
SWKiswahili
Adonia
a-do-ni-a
TAதமிழ்
அடோனியா
a-do-ni-ya
TEతెలుగు
అదోనియా
a-do-ni-ya
TRTürkçe
Adonia
a-do-ni-a
UKУкраїнська
Адонія
a-do-ni-ya
VITiếng Việt
Adonia
a-do-ni-a