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In Classical mythology, Crocus (Ancient Greek: Κρόκος, Krókos) was a mortal youth who was changed by the gods into a saffron flower. [1] Mythology
Saffron played a significant role in the Greco-Roman pre-classical period bracketed by the 8th century BC and the 3rd century AD. [26] The first known image of saffron in pre-Greek culture is much older and stems from the Bronze Age.
In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Eos (/ ˈ iː ɒ s /; Ionic and Homeric Greek Ἠώς Ēṓs, Attic Ἕως Héōs, "dawn", pronounced [ɛːɔ̌ːs] or ; Aeolic Αὔως Aúōs, Doric Ἀώς Āṓs) [1] is the goddess and personification of the dawn, who rose each morning from her home at the edge of the river Oceanus to deliver ...
It is derived via Latin crocus from the Greek κρόκος (krokos), [76] which is itself probably a loan word from a Semitic language, related to Hebrew כרכום karkōm, [77] Aramaic ܟܟܘܪܟܟܡܡܐ kurkama, and Arabic كركم kurkum, meaning saffron (Crocus sativus), "saffron yellow" or turmeric (see Curcuma), another yellow dye. [78]
A degree of uncertainty surrounds the origin of the English word "saffron". It might stem from the 12th-century Old French term safran, which comes from the Latin word safranum, from the Persian (زعفران, za'farān), [10] from the Persian word zarparān (زرپران) meaning "gold strung" (implying either the golden stamens of the flower or the golden colour it creates when used as flavour).
Aurōra appears most often in sexual poetry with one of her mortal lovers. A myth taken from the Greek by Roman poets tells that one of her lovers was the prince of Troy, Tithonus. Tithonus was a mortal, and would therefore age and die. Wanting to be with her lover for all eternity, Aurōra asked Jupiter to grant immortality to Tithonus ...
Featuring top notes of Saffron, Thyme, and succulent Raspberry, with middle notes of Olibanum and Jasmine, this opulent cologne is rounded out with base notes of Leather, Suede, Amber, and sigh ...
The colour saffron is associated with the goddess of dawn (Eos in Greek mythology and Aurora in Roman mythology) in classical literature: Cymon and Iphigeneia c. 1884 by Frederic Leighton - saffron suffuses the canvas at sunrise. Homer's Iliad: [39]