Medicinal Wine in Ancient Greece
Figure 1. Kylix by Douris (480 BCE). A bearded, nude man appears to be dancing around a kylix. The context of this dance is the drinking party known as the symposium. To the left is a couch upon which his clothes lay. Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Public domain.
Featured in the Fall 2023 issue of the Journal of the American Herbalists Guild, the article "Medicinal Wine in Ancient Greece" by Maria Christodoulou explores the historical evidence and efficacy of herbal wines in Greek antiquity.
“Piecing together historical and archaeological evidence of ancient herbal customs can help us understand the value of these natural remedies and provide inspiration to herbalists today who wish to connect to their own heritage from this region.”
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