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Healing, purification and holiness: how ancient Greeks, Romans and early Christians used olive oil

By Tamara Lewit, Honorary Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne
Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote that ‘There are two liquids that are especially agreeable to the human body: wine inside and oil outside.’The Conversation


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