Wine of Ancient Greece Was Thick Like Syrup
…The wine of ancient Greece did not taste anything like the wine we know today. It was thick like syrup, and was often heavily flavored with honey, thyme, aloes, and juniper berries. Most people today would find it awful. Even then they had to water it down to avoid toxic intoxication….
— Jean Houston, The Hero and the Goddess, p. 109
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