Delirium's Cure. Helleborus x glandorfensis, Winter Rose, Kalkmarkt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The misty, dark winter here is enough to drive anyone mad or into delirium. I went out walking for a cure. Then there was this Hellebore. And that brought to mind the tale of the madness of the Argive women in Antquity. One of the stories goes that Dionysus, visiting Argos, felt that he had not been honored enough by its women. He flew into a rage and made them so crazy that they killed their own children and on a mountain feasted on their flesh. After entreaties from the king, the magician Melampus concocted a brew of Hellebore that cured them.
Well, a look at this pretty Winter Rose just down the canal from me, cured me of winter madness for now... so I could post this photo.
Delirium's Cure. Helleborus x glandorfensis, Winter Rose, Kalkmarkt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The misty, dark winter here is enough to drive anyone mad or into delirium. I went out walking for a cure. Then there was this Hellebore. And that brought to mind the tale of the madness of the Argive women in Antquity. One of the stories goes that Dionysus, visiting Argos, felt that he had not been honored enough by its women. He flew into a rage and made them so crazy that they killed their own children and on a mountain feasted on their flesh. After entreaties from the king, the magician Melampus concocted a brew of Hellebore that cured them.
Well, a look at this pretty Winter Rose just down the canal from me, cured me of winter madness for now... so I could post this photo.