Poppy

A poppy is a flowering plant in the family . Its juices are used to create opium, which medicinally serves as a morphine, but it can also be abused as a recreational drug or even in the concoction of poisons.
==History==
===Antiquity===
In 5th century BCE Greece, poppies were grown in abundance throughout Lakonia.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
The blacksmith of Opous, Kosta, once asked the misthios Kassandra to gather some of the flowers from the nearby forest of the Red Lake, as he believed they would have an invigorating effect on a human, carrying "the fire from one's heart to one's crotch".Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Family Values
In the 1st century BCE, a type of mace called the Minoan Poppy Pin, was used across the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. It was so named due to the similarity of the mace's head to the seedpod of the poppy.Assassin's Creed: Origins
===Renaissance===
During the Renaissance, the was known as a source for the addicting drug opium.Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood − Trade objects The Italian Assassins would mix this drug with nutmeg and ricinus to concoct one of their many poisons, with Tessa Varzi being exceptionally skilled in creating and using the mixtures.Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy − Rome: Chapter 3 – Francesco Vecellio Her team would gather these in Rome, as did their Mentor Ezio Auditore da Firenze.Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
==Symbolism==
To the ancient Greeks, poppies were commonly known as the 'flowers of Aphrodite', said to have been planted by the Greek goddess of love and beauty herself.
According to the Victorian era document the Language of Flowers, the red Oriental poppy () symbolized consolation while the white variety was used to express "my bane, my antidote". This metaphor is derived from the use of its juices as a sedative for pain and restlessness.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Database: Poppy
==Gallery==
PL opium 1.png|The 'opium' flower
ACOd-poppy.jpg|A poppy growing in 5th century BCE Greece
ACO Minoan Poppy Pin.png|Minoan Poppy Pin with its seedpod-like head
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy 
*Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
*Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
*Assassin's Creed: Mirage 
==References==
Category:Plants
Category:Flowers
Category:Medicine
Category:Culture and society