Tracing the Origins of Wine in the Ancient Mediterranean

This book examines the origins and spread of wine from its earliest beginnings until the time of the Roman Empire, with a special focus on heretofore-underexamined lines of evidence.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Near Eastern Literature; 2. Classical Literature; 3. Linguistics: Tracing the "Wine" Word; 4. A Symposium of Evidence; Conclusion

About the author

Luke Gorton is a faculty member at the University of New Mexico, where he teaches courses on ancient Mediterranean languages, cultures, and religions. His research interests include connections between ancient Mediterranean cultures, Indo-European linguistics, Greek religion, Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity, and specific points of linguistic and cultural overlap such as the translation of the Hebrew Bible into the Greek Septuagint.

Product details

• Authors: Luke Gorton
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 08.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032939551
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3293955-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Global Perspectives on Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Middle East, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Middle & Near Eastern archaeology