The two were in love, but tragedy struck: one day, while out hunting, Adonis was gored by a boar. Adonis chose to spend his free time with Aphrodite. The thunder god decreed that Adonis would spend a third of his year with Aphrodite, a third with Persephone, and the remaining third as he wished. He was a handsome young man, and both Aphrodite and Persephone vied for his affections, until Zeus intervened. He was not a god, but a mortal who had been raised by Persephone, the queen of the Underworld.
But the theme of Aphrodite’s tears also draws upon the story of Aphrodite and Adonis from Ancient Greek mythology.Īdonis was one of Aphrodite’s lovers. So, Aphrodite’s Tears refers to that watchful presence a mother yearning for her son to find happiness and a family of his own. They say when it rains that it’s tears for her children pouring down on to the island.’ Since then, I write in the novel, ‘People say on rainy nights in winter, if you listen carefully, you will hear Aphrodite sobbing, the sound trembling on the wind. He burst in on the lovers, surprising them in bed, shot them both dead and then turned the gun on himself, leaving Damian and his brother Pericles orphans. When Hephaestus found out, he went crazy with rage. Aphrodite and Ares fell passionately in love.
Over time, Aphrodite, who was beautiful and charming, grew bored of Hephaestus, who was hardworking but rather dull, and was drawn to his brother, Ares: strong and handsome and something of a playboy.ĭen vazoun mia asfaleia para poly konta sti fotia, don’t put a fuse too near a fire, goes the Greek proverb, because from a little spark a mighty flame might burst – and so it did. Theirs is a story straight out of the Greek tragedies.ĭamian Lekkas, the hero of the story, was the son of Hephaestus and a woman named after Aphrodite. But why in my book title is she crying?Īphrodite’s Tears is set on Helios, a small island in the Ionian Sea that is privately owned by the Lekkas family. Most readers will know of Aphrodite – the Greek goddess of love. My new novel is entitled Aphrodite’s Tears.
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