This beautiful and versatile flower, with multiple varieties and colors, has fascinated various cultures throughout time. First cataloged in ancient Greece in commemoration of Zeus, today it is the national flower of Spain, Monaco, Slovenia, and the Balearic Islands. The Romans also associated it with Jupiter and Diana the huntress. Since then, many stories have emerged around this flower, making this plant perhaps the one that has inspired the greatest number of myths in human history. Christians relate it to the maternal love of the Virgin and to the nails of Christ (hence its name in Spanish); for Eastern cultures, it is loaded with religious and political meanings... The carnation, symbol of multiple movements and of the noblest human feelings, has been represented in art since the Middle Ages and endures today in pictorial representations with its characteristic passion.