May first... Time to honor Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers, fertility and spring.
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"She was a minor Roman goddess who
typified the season of Spring and generally represented as a beautiful
maiden, garlanded with flowers."
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"Her name is derived from the Latin word
'floris' meaning flower."
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"The goddess Flora was celebrated in the six day
Floralia festival, which climaxed with gladiatorial games. The Greek
counterpart of this ancient Roman goddess was Chloris."~~source
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5 comments:
A lovely post! Happy May to you too.
Amalia
xo
What an interesting post today, Tessa, and I enjoyed it, as I'm part Greek! These are beautiful pictures, and I didn't know about Flora. Oh, those Greeks sure do know how to celebrate life........and even flowers. :)
Happy May!
~Sheri
Wonderful Images!
Happy May Tessa, lovely Greetings :)
Happy May, Tessa. You always post such lovely photos of beautiful images. The goddess Flora is lovely. Have a nice May day! ♥
i always love when you teach us things like this.
and accompany them with such beautiful pictures!
poor little flora ... only a minor goddess.
and yet presiding over one of the most longed for and important seasons...
SPRING!
happy may to you too dear bean! XO♥
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