The Greek one-euro coin can rightly claim that it has roots planted deep in history with a story longer than two millennia.

Image caption, Ancient Greek ruins of the Temple of Apollo ... This jar shows people harvesting olives. The olive is a very valuable tree in Greece. People ate the fruit, but also crushed olives ...

Historians believe the olive tree originated in the Middle East and was spread from Syria to Greece via Anatolia. The plant gradually spread throughout the Mediterranean region as the Ancient Greeks ...

While one legends claims the games were established by Heracles (Hercules), who brought a sacred olive tree to Olympia ... name of the Peloponnese region of Greece originates) establish the ...

His belief that the gods must be good or otherwise not be gods ran contrary to almost all Greek mythology ... (Hercules), who brought a sacred olive tree to Olympia, an alternative myth has ...

As far as Mediterranean cuisine goes, Italy and Spain get the most attention, but Greece ... since ancient history, and Crete is no exception. In fact, it's home to the olive tree of Vouves ...