The name of the herb is a compound of the two words Dikti and thamnos. Thamnos means ‘shrub’, while Dikti refers to the mountains around the Lassithi Plateau, where Zeus was born. And the myth explains that he was the one who brought the herb to Crete in return for the loving care at his birth. A mantinada says of the plant: Ο έρωντας εφύτρωξε στου Δία το μιτάτο The erondas grew at Zeus’ mitato (lodge), Γι’ αυτό ‘ναι όμορφο φυτό, λουλούδι μυρωδάτο. That is why the plant is a beautiful and sweet-smelling flower.
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