Greece - poppies
During our travels through Greece - late May / early June - it was almost impossible to miss the poppies. Whether it’s surviving between the ancient stones of ruins or flamboyantly splattering on the green fields, we found those striking red ‘paparounes’ everywhere.
Googling around I found out that poppies in Greek mythology were used as symbols of sleep and death. In ancient Greece, the poppy was associated with the god of sleep - Hypnos - and the god of dreams, Morpheus. The drug morphine, got its name from Morpheus.
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Taken on Sunday May 27, 2018
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Posted on Monday March 11, 2019
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Schussentäler said:
Cämmerer zu Nau said:
Jadviga Grase said:
I want to be in May :)
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Madeleine Defawes said:
Have a nice week
sasithorn_s said:
Have a great week, Jaap!
TOZ said:
Regards TOZ
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RHH said:
Have a great day and a great week.