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Ancient Greek food porn All that meat in Homer? Not what you think

 

I know I come across as an old fuddy duddy, but I do wish that people who had something really interesting to say, like Flint Dibble, an archaeologist, would say it in an article, even an article somewhere awful like Medium. So I’ve attempted to present these 22 tweets here for other old fuddy duddies like me.

If you’re still reading, this will become even more relevant in a week or two.

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