Adonis in Greek mythology, was the most beautiful of young men. He was the son of King Cinyras of Cyprus and his daughter Myrrha. The god's turned Myrrha into a tree, and out of her wood/bark, Adonis was born. However, because of the fact that Adonis was the reuslt of incest, he was hidden in the underworld and looked after by Persephone (the daughter of Zeus, she was the Queen of the Underworld as she was abducted by Hades).
When Aphrodite saw him, she fell despertately in love, and when she was killed while hunting by a wild boar, she pleaded with Zeus to bring him back to life. Zeus agreed to get the young man back, but he has to stay in the under world during winter to and be with Aphrodite during the summer, thus making the vegetation die in winter and blossom in summer.
I don't really know what he has to do with the theme of tragedy or the theories of tragedy but I thought I'd research him as you said too.
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