02-04-2011, 03:55 AM
I have seen a number of websites using a supposed line from Thucydides about wine. I have searched in Thucydides a number of times and can't find the quote. The websites do not cite where in Thucydides they found the quote, they only ever cite H. Johnson's "Vintage: The Story of Wine" (Simon & Schuster, 1989, p. 35).
Here is the quote:
"The people of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learnt to cultivate the olive and the vine."
I am beginning to think this is a dubious quote. Does anybody know if this is a real quote from somewhere? Thanks!
Here is the quote:
"The people of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learnt to cultivate the olive and the vine."
I am beginning to think this is a dubious quote. Does anybody know if this is a real quote from somewhere? Thanks!
Scott B.
