Does any one have some facts about olives from ancient Greece?

Question

i need some bad! if u have any on figs then click on my picture and find my other questions then click the one about figs.thanks for your help! love ya!

Answer 1

The Olive is another great product of Greece. Athena is the Goddess of the olive. There is a legend that Athena bid Poseidon, the god of the sea, for the city of Athens. Poseidon said he would give them the sea. Olives have pits at the center. Olives were first cultivated 5000 years ago about 3000 years after the grape. Olives are crushed and made into olive oil. Olive oil is used to flavor foods. . Olives grow separately on a tree. Some olives are used as soap. The olive is symbol of peace.

Greece

Olive trees were certainly cultivated by the Late Minoan period (1500 BC) in Crete, and perhaps as early as the Early Minoan period.[16] The cultivation of the olive tree in Crete became particularly intense in the post-palatial period, and played an important role in the island's economy. From Crete started the first export of the olive oil not only to mainland Greece but to Northern Africa and Asia Minor as well. The Minoans used olive oil in religious ceremonies. The oil became a principal product of the Minoan civilization, where it is thought to have represented wealth. The Minoans put the pulp into settling tanks and, when the oil had risen to the top, drained the water from the bottom.

Olive oil was thus very common in Greco-Roman cuisine. According to legend, the city of Athens obtained its name because Athenians considered olive oil essential, preferring the offering of the goddess Athena (an olive tree) over the offering of Poseidon (a spring of salt water gushing out of a cliff).

The Spartans were the first Greeks to use the oil to anoint themselves while taking exercise in the gymnasia. The practice was intended to eroticise and highlight the beauty of the male body. From its beginnings early in the seventh century BC the decorative use of olive oil quickly spread to all of Greece, together with naked athletics, and lasted close to a thousand years despite its great expense.

Olive curing is the process used to remove the bitterness of the raw olives. In ancient Greece olives where put in bags and hung over the side of boats so that the salt water would extract the bitterness. They were then placed in oil and seasoned. Today we use easier & somewhat quicker methods with a large variety of processes to choice from. Some processing methods are quite time consuming however and others are a matter of simple steps over 3-5 days. It's all up to you!


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Answer 2

There are no olives left from ancient Greece. The ancient Greeks ate them all.

Answer 3

I do not understand your question.
What do you need to know about? Figs or olives?
It is not the same thing.

Answer 4

I'm not sure what you mean.
Maybe this will help
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_oil#History