Myrrha

American  

[meer-uh] / ˈmɪər ə /

noun

1. Classical Mythology. a daughter of King Cinyras of Cyprus who had incestuous relations with her father and was changed into a myrrh tree by the gods. Their child, Adonis, was born from the split trunk of the tree.

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Example Sentences

The walls of his home are covered in paintings, including a 17th-century depiction of Adonis and his mother Myrrha by an anonymous Venetian artist.

From New York Times • May 25, 2023

Stangenberg, an striking and eccentric comédienne, returns later in the evening as Myrrha, an enslaved Greek woman who is Sardanapalus’s lover.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2023

Myrrha Stanford-Smith, who has had her debut novel published at 82.

From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2010

Boötes 'mid the Triönes had bent “His wain with sloping pole; when Myrrha came “To her flagitious crime.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

What is thy motive, Myrrha, thus to urge me?

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley