Ellen Zachos

Mythic Plants

Potions and Poisons from the Gardens of the Gods

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In a beautiful, fully illustrated package, this modern, witty take on familiar Greek myths with a focus on the wild and wonderful role plants have played in the stories over centuries is Song of Achilles meets The Secret Life of Trees.

Produktdetails

• Workman Adult
• Verlag: Workman Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 207mm x 153mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9781523524396
• ISBN-10: 1523524391
• Artikelnr.: 70954744

Autorenporträt

Ellen Zachos

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
 
Intoxicants
Barley
Cannabis
The Flying Herbs
The Grape
Mandrake
The Poppy
 
 
It’s All in the Dosage
Aconite
Dittany
Medicinal herbs
Pennyroyal
Poison Hemlock
Yarrow
 
A Culinary Odyssey
The Acorn
Asphodel
The Cornelian Cherry
The Fig
The Lotus
Silphion
 
Shape Shifters
Laurel
The Linden
Moly
The Mulberry
The Pine
Plant Metamorphoses
 
Gifts of the Gods
Fennel
Ivy
The Rose
The Oak
The Olive
Three Trees
 
Divine Trickery
The Apple
Myrtle
The Narcissus
The Pomegranate
 
Love Potions and Libido Killers
The Chaste Tree
Lettuce
Myrrh
The Quince
 
Epilogue
 
Appendix – Ancient Authors