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The mother of Adonis and daughter of the mythical king of the island of Cyprus, Kinyras (Cinyras).
Myrrha was the mother of Adonis by the unnatural union with her father; Myrrha had dishonored Aphrodite (goddess of Love) and, as a punishment, the goddess caused Myrrha’s father to seduce her; Adonis was the result of that union; when Kinyras came to his senses, he intended to kill Myrrha but the Immortals intervened and turned the disgraced girl into a myrrh tree.
Her name is usually rendered as Zmyrna and sometimes as Smyrna.
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