1 posted on
08/15/2010 10:35:48 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Olives and People, Past and Present Today, many people consider olive oil a health food. Did the ancient Greeks view it in a nutritional sense or was it valued simply for flavor or other properties?
It was not only considered as a health product but something that had in essence a divine power embedded in it--defined in a pragmatic way not in a occult or abstract way. It was a gift of the goddess Athena to the Athenians, therefore, it had the emblematic presence of the goddess.
5 posted on
08/15/2010 10:45:31 AM PDT by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: SunkenCiv
..and this is news?
10 posted on
08/15/2010 11:03:04 AM PDT by
Young Werther
("Quae cum ita sunt" Since these things are so!)
To: SunkenCiv
A huge quantity of olive stones on an ancient shipwreck more than 2,000 years old has provided valuable insight into the diet of sailors in the ancient world, researchers in Cyprus said Thursday...............................................or, perhaps they drank a lot of martinis ;-)
17 posted on
08/15/2010 11:19:22 AM PDT by
varon
(Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
To: SunkenCiv
As a kid, grown up on watching Westerns, I thought Poseidon got shafted losing that mythical contest against Athena. He produced the horse, and she provided the olive tree. Phooey on stinky olives! Give me a horse to ride any day.
Now that I’m grown, and can appreciate Greek culture, well, I’d still rather retire to Arizona and ride a horse.
18 posted on
08/15/2010 11:19:48 AM PDT by
Rinnwald
To: SunkenCiv
these pips must have been part of the crew's food supply,
...or they drank lots of martinis.
26 posted on
08/15/2010 12:32:45 PM PDT by
Hot Tabasco
(Peanut bunker was just peanut bunker until I found Free Republic.........)
To: SunkenCiv
May I suggest that if you ever get a chance, you try “Graber Olives”. Ummm, ummm, ummm!. Tree ripened, green-brown with a unique nut-like flavor. Well worth the price (close to $10 a can). Great for special occasions.
28 posted on
08/15/2010 12:49:11 PM PDT by
ADemocratNoMore
(Jeepers, Freepers, where'd 'ya get those sleepers?. Pj people, exposing old media's lies.)
To: SunkenCiv
My favorite fruit!
Masarap!
42 posted on
08/19/2010 3:51:22 AM PDT by
cerberus
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