Al Kowsky Posted February 19 · Member Share Posted February 19 (edited) Yesterday Philip Chrysopoulos posted an interesting article on Google, The Incredibly Diverse - And Healthy - Diet of the Ancient Greeks. The article also has an informative & amusing YouTube video attached to the article, Olive Relish. My mother's side of the family came from Sicily, so I wasn't too surprised at the similarity of the modern Sicilian diet compared to the ancient Greek diet 😉. https://greekreporter.com/2024/02/18/incredibly-diverse-healthy-diet-ancient-greeks/ Ancient Greeks drinking wine from a Kylix. Greek pottery fish plate, 325-290 BC. The oldest olive tree in the world, documented by ancient writers to be over 2,000 years old, Ano Vouves, western Crete. This tree was declared a protected natural monument in 1997, & amazingly still produces olives today 🤩. Edited February 19 by Al Kowsky spelling correction 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimitriosL Posted February 19 · Member Share Posted February 19 Southern Italians are our cousins. Friends of mine that visited Calabria this summer managed to communicate to a certain extent with the local elderly! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted February 19 · Supporter Share Posted February 19 I think there are some small communities there that still speak a form of Greek, which is amazing! Just re the olive trees, when I was last in Akragas/Agrigento there were beautiful groves not far from the temples. I was gently told off for saying "old olive tree" as apparently they planted several trees on the same rough spot. I may be completely wrong, but something like tree sisters, so the huge thick intertwined trunks are several trees. Perfectly possible it was a joke at my expense! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Kowsky Posted February 19 · Member Author Share Posted February 19 24 minutes ago, Deinomenid said: I think there are some small communities there that still speak a form of Greek, which is amazing! Just re the olive trees, when I was last in Akragas/Agrigento there were beautiful groves not far from the temples. I was gently told off for saying "old olive tree" as apparently they planted several trees on the same rough spot. I may be completely wrong, but something like tree sisters, so the huge thick intertwined trunks are several trees. Perfectly possible it was a joke at my expense! The first time I saw a photo of this famous tree my jaw dropped 😮. Religious sects in China & Japan believe old trees are inhabited by the spirits of ancestors; I get that feeling when viewing photos of this tree.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 19 · Member Share Posted February 19 (edited) Yes, in fact it is a rare dialect unique to Southern Italy which is a combination of Greek and Latin and is apparently still spoken today. ~ Peter Edited February 19 by Phil Anthos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 19 · Member Share Posted February 19 Just now, Al Kowsky said: The first time I saw a photo of this famous tree my jaw dropped 😮. Religious sects in China & Japan believe old trees are inhabited by the spirits of ancestors; I get that feeling when viewing photos of this tree.... there is another ancient olive tree on the Acropolis in Athens. I've never been there, but my sister-in-law scattered some of my wife's ashes beneath it. I only hope someone will do the same for me when the time comes and we can be together again for the vacation we never got to take together. ~ Peter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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