Roses

Roses, Rosa (Latin Rosa) - a genus of plants of the family Rosaceae. When and who managed to withdraw from the common wild dog rose so beautiful flower unknown to anyone. No less than four millennia ago - that's all we can say about it.

Since ancient times, beautiful roses were forced to bow all nations, especially in the East. The earliest information about the rose found in ancient Indian legends claim that each person who brought the king rose, can ask him everything he wanted.

But the birthplace of "queen of flowers" is considered Persia (Iran). In Persian rose called Gul. Gulistan - means "rose garden". Since ancient times Persia affectionately called Gyulistanom.

It is believed that the fragrant Persian rose introduced to India in the XVI century ruler Babur, who laid the foundations of the Mughal empire. He devoted much of his life breeding orchards. And his wife's great-grandson - Emperor Jahangir - Jagan Nur (Light of the world) attributed to the opening of rose oil.

According to one ancient legend, rose blushed because of its petals fell a drop of blood from the legs of Aphrodite, ukolovsheysya thorn roses during searches of Adonis.

Brought from the eastern countries in ancient Greece, where a rose was a symbol of love and beauty. The Greeks believed that the roses came from the snow-white foam, which covered the body of the goddess of love Aphrodite, when she came out of the sea after swimming. Rose and was dedicated to this goddess and the god of love Eros.

And in ancient Rome, a rose was dedicated to the goddess Venus. Rose served as a symbol of bravery. The Romans believed that this flower inspires the hearts of courage, and so instead of helmets worn on the soldiers with wreaths of roses and on billboards knocked image roses. On the occasion of the victory they were decorated with pink wreath head the winner, and in homes are often hung over the table branch of roses as a symbol of what the spoken under the rose will forever remain a mystery. Since then, There is the expression "sub diktum Rose" - "I told you a rose," that is in great secrecy. Consequently, what is said must remain secret.

Cult of roses in Rome surpassed all limits. Patricia showered with roses beloved matrons: girls, privorazhivaya favorite, a pink fumigated with incense; patrician bathed in a pink water to keep you young, and gladiators umaschivali body rose oil to be invincible in combat.

History tells us that one of the feasts the guests were so covered with roses, many of them suffocated.

In Christian mythology, the rose embodies compassion, mercy, forgiveness, divine love, martyrdom or victory.
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