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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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