Mythos

Flowers are often born from tragedy, such was the case of the romance between Farhad and Shirin, whose doomed love birthed the first tulip.

“The hunger of a dragon is slow to wake, but hard to sate.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin

According to Greek myth, many plants were once human - run afoul of a god's temper, or pity. We take a look at some of these unlucky people.

"Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beautiful, but because it is his." ― W. H. Auden