"The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine." Well, it could have come from Thucydides' account of the early development of Greece, but it doesn't; why do all the wine writers think it does, then?

"The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine." Well, it could have come from Thucydides' account of the early development of Greece, but it doesn't; why do all the wine writers think it does, then?

"The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine." Well, it&nbsp;could have come from Thucydides' account of the early development of Greece, but it doesn't; why do all the wine writers think it does, then?

Thucydiocy Episode 10: Vines, Olives, Barbarism and Civilisation

No, Thucydides did not say that! Historian Neville Morley explores the origins and significance of Thucydidean misquotations and misattributions.

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Thucydiocy Episode 10: Vines, Olives, Barbarism and Civilisation

Thucydiocy Episode 10: Vines, Olives, Barbarism and Civilisation