In Classical mythology, Krokus was a mortal man who, unhappy with his love affair with Smilax, was turned by the gods into a plant bearing his name: the crocus Saffron. Smilax is believed to have been given a similar fate and was transformed into bindweed. In one variation of the myth, Krokus was said to be a companion of Mercury and was accidentally killed by the god in a game of discus. Mercury was so distraught at this that he transformed Krokus' body into a flower. The myth is similar to that of Apollon and Hyakinthos, and may indeed be a variation thereof. In his translation of Nonnos' Dionysiaca, W.H.D. Rouse describes the tale of Krokus as being from the late Classical period and very little is known about it. Species See list of Smilax species Smilax is a genus of about 200 species of perennial woody and thorny climbing flowering plants in the monocotyledon family Smilacaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. ... Binomial name Crocus sativus L. Saffron (IPA: ) is a spice derived from the flower of the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus), a species of crocus in the family Iridaceae. ... Species See text. ... This article treats Mercury in cult practice and in archaic Rome. ... Alternate meaning: Discus fish The discus throw is an athletics (track and field) throwing event. ... The name Apollon could refer to: The ancient Greek god Apollo A defunt Formula One constructor; see Apollon (Formula One) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Nonnus, Greek epic poet, a native of Panopolis (Akhmim) in the Egyptian Thebaid, probably lived at the end of the 4th or the beginning of the 5th century AD. His principal work is the Dionysiaca, an epic in forty-eight books, the main subject of which is the expedition of... Nonnus, Greek epic poet, a native of Panopolis (Akhmim) in the Egyptian Thebaid, probably lived at the end of the 4th or the beginning of the 5th century AD. His principal work is the Dionysiaca, an epic in forty-eight books, the main subject of which is the expedition of...
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