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| When Adonis was slain by a wild boar, Aphrodite created what flower from his blood? | |
| When Zeus transformed himself into a bull, what type of flower did he breathe from his mouth to lure Europa? | |
| After stealing fire from Olympus, Prometheus hid the fire in the stalk of what herb? | |
| Which flower takes its name from the goddess of the rainbow? | |
| What type of tree did Daphne transform herself into to escape Apollo's amorous advances? | |
| Odysseus encountered a tribe of men addicted to the honey-sweet fruit of what tree? | |
| Which herb derives its name from the nymph that boasted to Hades that she was superior to his queen, Persephone? | |
| The star-crossed lovers, Pyramos and Thisbe, secretly met under the shade of what tree, which later would change color after soaking up their blood? | |
| The goddess Nemesis forced a vainful youth to gaze at his own reflection until he wasted away and turned into which flower? | |
| Athena was awarded dominion of Athens by Zeus after creating what tree, deemed by Zeus to be the best gift to humanity? | |
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| What type of tree did Leto cling to while giving birth to Apollo on the island of Delos? | |
| What type of tree did the nymph Pitys transform herself into to escape the god Pan? | |
| After being abducted by Hades, Persephone refused to eat until Hades tempted her with the seed of what fruit? | |
| What type of tree (or shrub) shaded the infant Hermes while he was being nursed? | |
| Which tree takes its name from a princess, who was forced by Aphrodite to fall in love with her own father after she dared compare her beauty to that of the goddess? | |
| Which plant's leaves were used to hide the infant Dionysos from his jealous stepmother Hera? | |
| The earth-goddess Gaia created what type of tree as a wedding gift to Hera? | |
| Which tree is said to have sprung from the castrated genitals of a hermaphroditic deity named Agdistis? | |
| After handsome Hyakinthos was slain by the god Zephyros, Apollo caused which flower to spring from Hyakinthos' blood, later inscribing on the leaves the words, 'Alas, alas'? | |
| The plant that is now named hyacinth is not the same as the ancient Greek 'hyakinthos' | |
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