Table of Contents

1: Introduction 2: Wealthy Households: Theory, Sources, Methodology 3: The Agricultural Holdings of Large-Scale Households 4: The Domestic Consumption of Olive Oil 5: Cultivating the Olive 6: Processing Olives 7: Arboriculture and Ornamental Gardens in Ancient Greece 8: Conclusions

About the Author

Lin Foxhall is Professor of Greek Archaeology and History at the University of Leicester.

Reviews

...a straightforward and technical study of cultivation and processing...Yet at the same time designed as a case study to shed light on more general characteristics of the pre-Hellenistic Greek economy Walter Scheidel, Times Literary Supplement an outstanding and transcendent piece of research. It is also a fascinating work to read and engage with. David Mattingly, Agricultural History Review