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C O NNECT                                                                                                                                                          THE OLIVE TREE WAS OFTEN DEPICTED IN MINOAN ART



                                                                                                                                                                            AS A SYMBOL OF ABUNDANCE AND PROSPERITY, AND

                                                                                                                                                                           THE MINOANS LIKELY ASSOCIATED THE TREE WITH THE
                                                                                                                                                                                GODDESS OF NATURE, FERTILITY, AND ABUNDANCE.































































                                                                                                                                                   Who isn't familiar with Cretan herbs?
                                                                                                                                                   The emblematic dittany, Origanum
                                                                                                                                                   dictamnus, from Mount Dikti in the
                                                                                                                                                   prefecture of Lasithi, the exceptional
                                                                                                                                                   local mountain tea, malotira, which
                                                                                                                                                   grows on Psiloritis and the White
                                                                                                                                                   Mountains, or the wild oregano,
                                                                                                                                                   Origanum microphyllum, create
                                                                                                                                                   wonderful beverages beneficial for
                                                                                                                                                   the body that have been used for
                                                                                                                                                   centuries as natural tonics.
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