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In Homer and Arabian Nights, there are repeated mentions of mixing wine with water before drinking. Why did people in these societies do that? Was the practice widespread? Why did it end?

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A lot of the fruit and vegetable varieties in the current western diet are relatively recent developments courtesy intensive cross-breeding, etc. What fruit/veg. varieties would we find on the “plate” of a Golden Age Athenian of Pericles’ time?

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In Homer and Arabian Nights, there are repeated mentions of mixing wine with water before drinking. Why did people in these societies do that? Was the practice widespread? Why did it end?	329
A lot of the fruit and vegetable varieties in the current western diet are relatively recent developments courtesy intensive cross-breeding, etc. What fruit/veg. varieties would we find on the “plate” of a Golden Age Athenian of Pericles’ time?	97