By the way, it was in ancient Greece that they gave the names and two other beautiful colors — Piono and hyacinte. According to the first legend, Peon was a healer and student of Asclepius, the god of healing. Once the young man cured the god Aida, and for this the teacher hated him. Peon was so afraid of death that he turned to the gods for help, and they, in gratitude for the fact that he always helped them, turned him into a wonderful peony. As for the hyacinth, the name of this plant translates as «rain flower». According to the legend of the Greeks, the name of the flower was given in honor of the young man who was a friend of the gods. Once he competed with Apollo in the throwing of the disk. Zephyr, the god of the southern wind, wanted to help hyacinth. When he threw the disk, Zephyr blew at him, but the misfortune happened: the disk hit the young man in the face and killed him. Saddened by the death of a friend, Apollo turned drops of his blood into beautiful flowers.