Definitions for Myrrha

Myrrha Myr·rha

Spelling: [meer-uh]
IPA: /ˈmɪər ə/

Myrrha is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in Myrrha (ahmrry).

Definitions for Myrrha

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.

Examples for Myrrha

The corpse is afterwards inuncted with the gum of cedar, and strewed with Myrrha, cinnamon, and various spices.

Anatolius, Myrrha, and Arsino rushed into the inner gallery.

They are said to have been brought from the city of Myrrha in Lycia, in the year 1097.

Before the wound healed, she looked upon Adonis, the son of Cinyras and Myrrha, and was captivated by him.

Polyphonte she transformed into an owl, Arsinoë into a stone, and Myrrha into a myrtle tree.

Arsino kissed Myrrha, who answered her by a smile without ceasing to play.

"Sardanapalus and Myrrha," begun within the same period, was finished later.

Incense was burnt in the morning, Myrrha during the day, and cyplis at eve.

Forgiveness of my disobedience— That may be won from him with Myrrha's face.Rhasis.

Thomas Medwin, indeed, thought that the story which she was writing in 1819 was specifically based on Myrrha.

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