There is a beautiful but bleak legend about sunflowers.
It is said that in ancient Greek mythology, the goddess of the sea was named Clytie.
She used to be the lover of the sun god, but later the sun god moved on,
He fell in love with the Persian princess, and Clytie was jealous,
She reported the love affair between the sun god and the princess to the princess’ father, the King of Persia.
The king of Persia was so angry that he ordered his unfaithful daughter to be buried alive.
After the sun god knew about it, he cut off contact with the sea goddess.
The infatuated sea goddess did not eat or drink for several days,
Just watching the sun god driving the sun chariot up and down in the east,
She eventually withered away and turned into a sunflower.
There is also a Greek myth about the water nymph Kelitai.
One day, she saw Apollo, the sun god hunting in the woods,
And fell in love with him. However, the sun god didn’t even look at her,
and left. Curly is looking forward to the day when Apollo talks to her,
But never met Apollo again. She can only look up at the sky every day,
Day after day, year after year, every time the sun rises,
She just looked at the sun. Then the gods had mercy on her,
Just turn her into a sunflower, let her face the sun forever,
Tell Apollo about your eternal love.