The Basil-Plant and the King’s Daughter: Greek Folktale of Love and Loss
In the island kingdom of Chios, surrounded by the blue shimmer of the Aegean Sea, there lived a mighty king who had but one child, a daughter as radiant as the dawn. Her beauty was sung of in distant lands; her kindness was as fragrant as the lilies that bloomed in the royal gardens. Princes from every corner of Greece