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Greece is richer in wild flowers than any other European country, with more than 6,000 species. This book is partly a field guide and partly a guide to their place in literature, mythology, history and art.
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Plants and man in Greece; Greek myths; the botany of the Ancients; the Homeric landscape; cults and myths; medicinal and magic plants; the gifts of Demeter; lotus flowers and acanthus leaves; the celestial fields; satyrion and other orchids; introduced plants.
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