Aster amellus Aster amellus Aster amellus, the European Michaelmas-daisy, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus "Aster", belonging to the Asteraceae family. In the language of flowers, the Michaelmas-daisy symbolizes a farewell or a departure. The genus name ("Aster") comes from the Greek and means "star-shaped flower." The specific name ("amellus") is first used in the Georgics (Book IV, 271-280), a poem of the Latin poet Publius Vergilius Maro (70 BC - 19 BC), but the etymology is obscure and uncertain. "Aster amellus" reaches on average a height of . The stem is erect and branched, the leaves are dark green.
Maro Douka Prize for Literature for "Η πλωτή πόλη" (declining the latter). "Αθώοι και φταίχτες", was awarded the Balkanika Prize for Literature, the Kostas and Eleni Ouranis Prize of the Academy of Athens and the Cavafy prize. She has also been awarded the N. Themelis prize for her last novel "Έλα να πούμε ψέματα". She is a founding member of the Hellenic Authors' Society. At the 2014 local elections, she was elected to the City Council of Athens under the "Anoihti Poli" Syriza ticket, led by the candidate Gabriel Sakellaridis. Maro Douka Maro Douka (; born 1947) is a Greek novelist. She