Figs, meat – and not too much sex. A good diet in ancient times was more than what you ate
Some advice for staying healthy may sound familiar. But other recommendations – such as a fig-only diet for athletes – may ...
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The next must-see art exhibit? Look behind the fish counter
Around the corner from the cavernous aisles — past the frozen hunks of galangal, tinned lychees in their syrupy baths and smooth plastic jugs of peanut oil — sits the sparsely stocked fish ...
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Wine, Women, and Wisdom: The Symposia of Ancient Greece
Fish Rather Than FleshFish rather than meat ... The word skolion means “sideways” in ancient Greek, a reference to how the guests took turns to sing, afterward passing a myrtle branch to ...
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Met Museum Returning Ancient Bronze Thought Stolen from Greek Museum
The ancient Greeks ... by the Met and Greek authorities showed the antiquity had been stolen. The head came to the Met in a bequest from Walter C. Baker, a financier and art collector and Met ...