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FLOWERS IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY |
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Daphne -Laurel tree
She
was a young beautiful nymph, daughter of the river god Peneus. She
was a huntress who dedicated herself to Artemis, goddess of the
hunt, and, like the goddess, refused to marry. She was pursued by
many admirers but she rejected every lover, including the powerful
son of Zeus, Apollo.
Apollo fell in love with Daphne, and when she rejected his advances, he pursued her through the
woods. Daphne got frightened and prayed to her father for
help. Whereupon her father told her that he would protect her by
turning her into a Laurel Tree on the bank of his river (Greek
native daphne). When Apollo came looking for Daphne, her father
told him that she was transformed into a Laurel tree. Apollo
then cut off some branches and made himself a wreath
in memory of
her beauty and his love for her.
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Apollo made laurel
his sacred tree. He appropriated the laurel wreath, since then
called DAPHNE in Greek, for champions and those who strived for
excellence in their chosen fields, i.e. in the ancient Olympic
Games all the champions were crowned with a DAPHNE.
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 Rose-Rose
Many
legends exist about the rose. In a Greek myth, the rose was
created by the goddess of flowers, Chloris. On day, she found the
lifeless body of a nymph in the woods and she turned her into a
flower. She called upon Aphrodite, goddess of love, and Dionysus,
the god of wine. Aphrodite gave the flower beauty as her gift and
Dionysus added nectar to give it a sweet fragrance. Zephyrus, god
of the West Wind, blew the clouds away so Apollo, the sun god,
could shine and make the flower bloom. That is how the rose was created and rightfully crowned
"Queen of Flowers".
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 Aster-Elegance and Daintiness. Talisman of
Love.
It is said that this kind of flowers began to grow from the tears of
Asterea, the Greek
goddess of the starry sky (also known as Virgo in Rome), who cried because she saw no stars
when she looked down upon the earth.
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