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I have seen a number of websites using a supposed line from Thucydides about wine. I have searched in Thucydides a number of times and can't find the quote. The websites do not cite where in Thucydides they found the quote, they only ever cite H. Johnson's "Vintage: The Story of Wine" (Simon & Schuster, 1989, p. 35).

Here is the quote:
"The people of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learnt to cultivate the olive and the vine."

I am beginning to think this is a dubious quote. Does anybody know if this is a real quote from somewhere? Thanks!

Check out this URL:
http://books.google.com/books?id=1tHgNM ... es&f=false

Look at page 316, which says the attribution of the quote to Thucydides is a matter of some debate.

Very interesting, thank you very much! I kind of expected as much. I appreciate your searching.