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.
I have a jar of garlic infused olives that I bought as Sam’s Club. They are hidden in the back of the frig, or I wouldnt have them any more. LOL.
It would grow. :’D Olive trees were cultivated not least because the oil could be used for illumination and heat as well as cooking. Thanks Red_Devil 232! I considered sending this article in hopes you’d post it. ;’)
probably something they could grow relatively easily, make oil from and it was a food. It was one of those products that could probably be used for currency.