The shape of the leaf of this plant inspired the ancient Greek sculptor Callimachus (5th c. BCE) to model the capital of the Corinthian column.
Since then, the Corinthian order column has been used extensively in Greco-Roman and Classical architecture.

Virgil describes Helen of Troy as wearing a dress embroidered with Acanthus leaves.
The shape of the leaf of this plant inspired the ancient Greek sculptor Callimachus (5th c. BCE) to model the capital of the Corinthian column. Since then, the Corinthian order column has been used extensively in Greco-Roman and Classical architecture.
Virgil describes Helen of Troy as wearing a dress embroidered with Acanthus leaves.
Acanthus mollis