Myrrha

[meer-uh]

noun

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.

Also called Smyrna.

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They are said to have been brought from the city of Myrrha in Lycia, in the year 1097.
Foot-prints of Travel
Maturin M. Ballou
Anatolius, Myrrha, and Arsino rushed into the inner gallery.
The Death of the Gods
Dmitri Mrejkowski
Forgiveness of my disobedience— That may be won from him with Myrrha's face.Rhasis.
The Immortal Lure
Cale Young Rice
Thomas Medwin, indeed, thought that the story which she was writing in 1819 was specifically based on Myrrha.
Mathilda
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Incense was burnt in the morning, myrrha during the day, and cyplis at eve.
Curiosities of Medical Experience
J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen