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The Greek Plant World in Myth, Art, and Literature

The Greek Plant World in Myth, Art, and Literature PDF Author: Hellmut Baumann
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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Draws on primary sources such as Homer, Herodotus, and Plato, and on many later works on botany, history, philology, and archaeology to explore how the ancient Greeks perceived and used plants. Considers the landscape, cults and myths, medicine and magic, dyes and textiles, food, and other uses. Highly illustrated, mostly in color. First published in German in 1982 and translated from the third edition. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR