[B-Greek] Olive oil 'liquid gold'
James Bowick
james at bowick.com
Sun Dec 9 22:17:50 EST 2007
Hi
I heard from a friend of mine a rumour that olive oil is refered to in the
Greek corpus as "liquid gold" going as far back as Homer. Is anyone aware
of any actual examples of this? I would be especially interested in an
instance where CRUSOS without a modifier means 'olive oil' but would
appreciate any citations at all.
I am snooping around the semantic domains of CRUSOS and its synonyms.
Thanks,
James Bowick
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