What did the Ancient Greeks eat?

They loved oysters if you go to roman town silchester find shells all way around wall

My grandfather used to eat Akratisma for breakfast before going to the fields to work, a piece of homemade bread dipped in homemade wine. I eat the same meal sometimes but mostly in the evening. I am Greek.

You just talk about south and central Greece. What about north?

So... you're not a cook, just a commentator. Disliked.

How the fk do you know ??

What a great video. Least I owe you is a subscription.

(Billy Crystal voice) "Wove....twooo wovee"

That wasn’t the Roman Agora, it’s the Ancient Greek Agora. The Roman Agora is smaller and is a couple of blocks down from the Greek one.

How did the ancient Greeks wash their dishes? Did they have a sink or basin in their kitchens? Did they wash them in a spring?

I have been looking for the answer for over an hour I need help 😭

Greeks have forgotten their food after second world war

Very similar to modern Greek diet . Only additions are pasta , rice and potatoes

Great vid! Very informative indeed! If I'm not wrong, Aristophanes named the Thracians "beefeaters", ironically, because in Attica the regular consume of beaf was extraordinary.😂

I'm sorry, but I can't help but think of the "Biggus Dickus" part of The life of Brian

My Famoly in Rural Greece still eats like this.

I wonder if the Greeks ever open gyro joint in Athens ? Or Sparta ? 😮

Storytellers.

meat and milk and fish
they didn't have much soil for farming

First vegetables and then legumes, but Legumes is just French for vegetables, so they had vegetables and vegetables....

No mention of types of fish and wild horta and meat products I felt it should have been longer or apart 2 available

So basically the same as Greece today. The Greeks sure know how to hold on to their wonderful traditions.

I'm obsessed with the Mediterranean diet.

Beautiful video .Thank you .

Interesting video. Modern Greek diet is based on similar premises, some dishes even remain the same after thousands of years! Sadly, with the introduction of junk food to Greece some decades ago many have changed their daily eating habits and that has harbored health dangers. My opinion is that whatever grows in a certain land is best for consumption for the people living there, following the seasons and what is ripe, I personally try to stick close to this original Mediterranean diet model as much as possible. Honey with greek yoghurt and nuts still remains one of my most favorite delicacies, and I love different types of bread (although in moderation) since I find those connecting me to chthonic powers, Demeter talking to me this way. I prefer fish to meat and I think I'm not the only one. Figs, yes, connected with Dionysus (not just grapes or wine), are perhaps my most preferred of fruits, Persephone's pomegranates as well, antioxidant and so nourishing. And if I had to choose between meat or cheese, well cheese would be my choice. Lentils soup (still called "fakes") is usually still cooked at least once a week. Our cuisine is simple, still based on extra virgin olive oil and lots os salads and vegetables, not complicated dishes are best for digestion as well as our nervous system. Traditional forms of pasta and pies could perhaps complete the picture.

I live in Andalucía, Spain and the food here is very similar-fresh bread, local olives and olive oil, a lot of fresh seafood, fresh produce, cheeses, etc. It's basically a Mediterranean diet.

Who cares what these fools ate? ROMA kicked their asses and ended their game forever.

There is an huge error when talking about legumes, beans didn't existed in europe before America discovery becauase were imported from the new world

What did ancient Greeks eat? Olives
What they drink? Wine

Epic poetry is debatable.

Very good and very comprehensive. I studied human ecology ay university. This video could be used in those courses.

Everyone knows ancient greeks lived on a diet of grapes and olive oil exclusively.

Food would come to my mind.

I've watched this and suddenly I'm hungry.😢

Our diet hasn't changed much over the past 3000 years lol. Our diet is basically the same we eat almost everything mentioned in the video but not the insects😅 and the blood broth soup. This is the Mediterranean diet only negative thing is that we have added more meat like beef and pork on the table l bet Klaus Schwab isn't happy about it and with his great reset intentions wants us to go back to insects yuk

Persians declared war on Greeks to free the slaves. Sometimes evil wins.

Love from Romania 🇷🇴 Orthodox brother's Greece 🇬🇷 ❤️ amazing culture and history.

Life goes on & on
like the sands of time
an eternal river

Deez

I find the background music quite disturbing,makes listening quite tough!

Even the sweets were very healthy, hearty and nutritious.

Do fresh olives taste as nasty as pickled and canned olives? For instance olive oil doesn’t taste nasty, but pickled and canned olives do.

This is info we learned in books. Videos are for movement, new info and actual sounds from the area.

So the "ancient" Greek had breakfast, lunch, tea and supper.

No tomatoes hence no pizza ! it sucked !

They had lots of fresh fish. Now it is usually so expensive that most people would rather buy imported frozen fish. Not just as good, alas. It is sad, i like fish (sob sob)

All good, but alas no avocados ! Now we have it but it is still too expensive and hardly ever ripe enough when you find it, you have to wait several days until is good to eat. (sob sob !) So sad.

If olives grew like apples here in eastern europe, I would be world conquerror, its the best food for training

Im Greek. We eat almost the same in nowdays!!!

A day you eill make a documentary how ancient greeks pooped or farted

Very good idea, very good information, very bad video.

Things haven't changed that much. The foods that were expensive/exclusive then (i. e. fresh deep sea fish and game) are still expensive now. Also good honey. Thyme and rosemary honey from the Mediterranean is the best imo and is costly. Of course, people in the West are wealthier now, so we probably eat like only upper class families did in ancient times. Just a 100 years ago most folk in the country (here in Austria) ate a daily diet of bread and milk or a type of porridge with meat only served on holidays. I saw an interview with an old lady who descibed her life as one of 9 children of poor mountain farmers. Only on their birthday a child would be given an egg for breakfast as a present 😢.