plant

Narcissus

Nature

The named daffodil / nargis bloom of Greek Narcissus myth and West Asian spring speech. Not hyacinth as the Apollo youth flower, and not lily as the Lots pale stem.

Also known as Daffodil · Nargis · Jonquil

Hellenic religion

  • Narcissus appears in Hellenic religion.

    Pausanias names the narcissus flower and the Thespian Narcissus story among Boeotian itinerary. A named narcissus in that periegesis, not the Ovid pool episode alone and not every daffodil dump.

    from Pausanias · Description of Greece, c. 150–180 CE

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  • Narcissus is used in Medicine.

    Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists narcissus (νάρκισσος) root among drawing and cleansing bulb drugs, noting its heavy scent. A named narcissus in that handbook, not the youth-myth as this sentence and not lily as the pale stem already walked.

    from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE

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