There was a poignant Greek myth about sunflowers. Clytie is a sea goddess. She was once the lover of the sun god Helios, but later Helios fell in love with the Persian princess Leukothoe. The jealous Clytie reported the relationship between Leukothoe and Helios to the Persian king Orcamus. Orcamus ordered his unfaithful daughter to be buried alive. After Helios learned of this, he completely cut off all contact with Clytius. The infatuated Clytie went without eating or drinking for several days, watching Helios driving the sun chariot rising in the east and setting in the west. He became increasingly haggard, and finally turned into a sunflower (sunflower).