Just a quick hit on Venus and Adonis:
Seems as if I’ve been been pronouncing “Adonis” wrong my entire life.
I’ve been saying the name with that middle stressed syllable being a soft O sound, kind of like the first syllable in “tonic.”
But no.
It’s with a long O, kind of like the first syllable in “doughnut” or “donut.”
Mmmmmmmm, donuts.
So not Adahhhhhhnis, but Adohhhhhhnis. And I think Venus would like that.