Myrrha

[meer-uh]

Myr·rha

[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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Myrrha is always a great word to know.
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a fleece of pure gold, kept at Colchis by King Ae?tes from whom it was stolen by Jason and the Argonauts with the help of Ae?tes's daughter, Medea
a Trojan prince who awarded the apple of discord to Aphrodite and was by her help enabled to abduct Helen
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