“Την μακροφροφτέρουγη Σελήνη ακολουθήστε, Μούσες,
γλυκόλαλες κόρες του Κρονίδη Δία, γνώστριες τη ωδής.
Λάμψη ουρανόφαντη χύνεται γύρω στη γη από εκείνην,
από τα αθάνατο κεφάλι της, και πολλή χάρη ξεσικώνεται
με τη δική της λάμψη. “
“Follow the long-crowned Moon, Muses, sweet-talking daughters of Zeus, knowledgeable in song. A radiant, sky-revealing glow spills around the Earth from her, from her immortal head, and much grace is adorned with her own radiance.”
The “Saffron Gatherers” fresco (1600–1500 BC) at the Akrotiri site. Museum of Prehistoric Thera.
The “woman” as the principle of creation (after all, Nature is feminine) through the cycle of reproduction creates, reproduces, completes, and destroys. A recurring cycle, like that of the moon. Water, earth, air, and all the materials that emerge from nature worship and transcend it. Saffron, which the women of the Cyclades gathered to dye their fabrics, is another symbol that plays a central role in the narrative. Saffron was also the sacred plant of King Minos. It was a great honor for someone to wear clothing dyed with saffron. Thus, our earth provides us with the ingredients for the creation of fabric, the material, its dye, and its transformation into a garment that dresses and highlights the feminine. The view of the moon that adorns the night with its veil.