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It's worth noting that the ancient Greeks usually watered their wine (and indeed frowned upon those barbarians like the Macedonians who drank it unadulterated).
by thom 4y ago
It's worth noting that the ancient Greeks usually watered their wine (and indeed frowned upon those barbarians like the Macedonians who drank it unadulterated). I've always thought this line was more about how some water you could see through (to the bottom perhaps) and some you could not - unwatered wine is opaque, and the open sea hides what's below (and indeed beyond).
- dotancohen 4y agoThere are places in Greece where the water is so clear and still you cannot even tell that it is there. I myself have been to Greek beaches where you look at your feet, and you can not tell where the water starts.
- hgsgm 3y agoRefraction?
- dotancohen 3y agoNot an issue when you're looking almost 90 degrees down at your feet. I might have a video of me slowly moving my finger down, the eye absolutely could not tell when it would hit water and it looked like there was no water. I'll see if I did in fact make the video, I certainly wanted to.