希腊神话与花的传说（Greek mythology and the legend of flowers）.docVIP

希腊神话与花的传说（Greek mythology and the legend of flowers） According to Greek mythology, the origin of many plants is related to gods and heroes, which is closely related to the myth of greeks. Some plants are named from ancient gods, while others are derived from deformed goddesses. This part will deal with these stories and provide us with the meaning and relationship of ancient Greek people given to each plant. The Pan and the Greek fir and reed: In addition to the evergreen pine, also known as the Greek Greek (Grecian fir, Abies cephalonica and Pitys), it is endemic to Greece, widely distributed in the following 800 meters above sea level, it and central European silver fir (silver fir, Abies alba) is different, sharp needles and covered with resin ball fruit. The sacred Faun associated with Pan, Pan and Boreas together with the legend of Boreas pursuit of nature goddess Pitys, Pitys love Pan, the wind had blown her God and the cliff, when Pan found her dead, put her into the tree, the tree has become the sacred tree of Pan. But even so, when wind blows, still make the deformation of Pitys tears, so in autumn, tears like transparent resin appeared in fir cones. Another plant related to Pan is Phragmites australis. Pan fell in love with the goddess of nature Syrinx, while Syrinx has become a variety of things to avoid him, finally she begged her sister took her into a clump of reeds (giant reeds, Arundo donax), hiding in a Cartier (Arcadia) of the radon River, Pan off the different length of the reed, and with beeswax seams, hence creating a shepherds flute. The sacred objects of Pan are pillars and pine trees. The offerings to Pan contain grape juice.. The Apollo and laurel, cedar and spice tree: Apollo fell in love with Alpheus Ladons daughter Daphne, she is a beautiful and shy girl, in order to avoid the pursuit of Apollo, she fled to her mother Gaia there, and was turned into a laurel tree (Laurel Laurus nobilis). So the laurel has become Apollos sacred tree, and b