Mythic Plants
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In a beautiful, fully illustrated package, this modern, witty take
on familiar Greek myths with a focus on the wild and wonderful role
plants have played in the stories over centuries is Song of
Achilles meets The Secret Life of Trees. See the ever-popular Greek
myths anew by focusing on the fascinating roles plants play in the
stories. When Prometheus stole fire from the Olympian gods and gave
it to mankind, he hid it in a stalk of giant fennel.Ancient Greeks
waiting to question the oracles were given cannabis as part of
their cleansing rituals. A quince fruit started the Trojan war. The
goddess Demeter was so distraught when Hades kidnapped her daughter
that she caused winter to blanket the earth, killing all plants.In
Greek mythology, plants were used for tools, intoxication, warfare,
food, medicine, magic, and rituals. Achilles used yarrow (now named
after him as Achillea) to stanch the flow of blood from his
soldiers' wounds. (It still works.) Wine was long used by the gods,
but there is evidence that other plants -- such as oleander,
mandrake, and ivy-- were added to wine to create the frenzy for
which Dionysus's followers were well known.Some of those plants
were real and still exist today, some of them are mythological,
with powers we can only imagine. This book will focus on how the
ancient Greeks used plants in their lives and loves and conquests -
focusing particularly on ones we can cultivate today. Includes tips
throughout for bringing these ancient plants into your garden.
Výber kníh autorov
Workman Publishing ,
Ellen Zachos
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Workman Publishing,
Ellen Zachos
Výber kníh vydavateľa
Slovart
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Slovart
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