The Majestic Honey Bee in Ancient Greece + 3 Recipes with Greek Honey to Try at Home
Posted on03 Jan 2023
The majestic honey bee (Apis spp.) has been celebrated for thousands of years by civilizations across the world. In ancient Greece, the […]
Greek Olive Oil Traditions + How to Do an Olive Oil Tasting and Identify the Best Variety
Posted on20 Sep 2022
Olive oil has a rich and magical history in Greece, where the landscape is dotted with millions of majestic olive trees. Derived […]
Herbal Wonders of Greece
Posted on24 Jun 2022
Greece is a beautiful country surrounded on three sides by the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Ionian seas. Ranked as one of the sunniest […]
The Father of Medicine: Was Hippocrates an Herbalist?
Posted on01 Mar 2022
“Where there is love for mankind, there is love for art of healing.” – Hippocrates Considered the father of medicine, Hippocrates was […]
Herbs of Apollo: Greek God of Healing, Prophecy, and the Sun
Posted on14 Jan 2022
Who Was Apollo? Apollo was the ancient Greek god with a multitude of powerful associations, including the sun, music, poetry, healing, oracles, […]
Strange Ways to Heal: Medical Curiosities of Ancient Greece
Posted on22 Oct 2021
Throughout history, humans have sought ways to ease many ailments. Some lasted through millennia. Others fell into disuse. The ancient Greek civilization […]
The Herbs That Got Away: Rediscovering Silphium and Other Missing Historical Plants
Posted on01 Jul 2021
With a landscape brightened by vivid colors and infused with aromatic scents of ocean and mountains, the ancient Mediterranean region provided a […]
Traditional Mediterranean Recipes: Ancient Favorites from Greece, Rome, and Egypt
Cuisine can tell us so much about a civilization—both past and present. The ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians, who lived more than […]
De Materia Medica: The Ancient Text that Changed the World
Posted on13 Nov 2020
There is a grand mystery and pleasure in reading ancient texts that can still fulfill our curiosities about the human experience. Writings […]
Botany Beginnings: Who was Theophrastus?
Posted on21 Jul 2020
Approximately 2,300 years ago, a time which we can somewhat imagine through the marble monuments still standing and the relatively few parchments […]
The Four Humours of Ancient Greek Medicine: Ancient Thought in Modern Practice
Posted on13 Apr 2020
Herbalism is an ancient practice with thousands of years of historical applications. Today, the well-recognized ancient traditions of Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese […]
