The Hesperides Hesiod’s Theogony describes the Nymphs of the Sunset as Daughters of the Night, but Greek mythology also had them as daughters of Zeus and Themis, Tethys and Oceanus, Forco and Ceto. The most confirmed version sees them daughters
The Persian apples of Alexander the Great Alexander the Great, king of the Macedonians, was used to eating the yellow fruit during his Persian campaigns, from here the epithet: ” Persian apple”. Columbus’s lemons Christopher Columbus discovered America and Americans
Symbol of the Mediterranean warmth and sun, the lemon has nevertheless Asian origins and comes precisely from the Far East (India and China) were it was found growing wild. Known in China, India and in the Mesopotamian civilizations for its antiseptic, anti-rheumatic and refreshing
