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:) Wreaths made of what vegetable were awarded to victorious athletes at the Nemean games in ancient Greece?

Answer:  Fresh wild celery (at that time known as parsley).  Both, celery and parsley, were called selinon by the ancient Greeks.

 

Source:  The 365 amazing trivia facts calendar for 2007

 

 

Published Monday, February 26, 2007 5:11 AM by irenak

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# re: :) Wreaths made of what vegetable were awarded to victorious athletes at the Nemean games in ancient Greece?

Saturday, April 07, 2007 10:22 AM by Angelo

Nice!

# re: :) Wreaths made of what vegetable were awarded to victorious athletes at the Nemean games in ancient Greece?

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:09 AM by Aleksiu

Nice

# re: :) Wreaths made of what vegetable were awarded to victorious athletes at the Nemean games in ancient Greece?

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 12:22 PM by Giatas

Nice...

# re: :) Wreaths made of what vegetable were awarded to victorious athletes at the Nemean games in ancient Greece?

Saturday, April 14, 2007 8:52 PM by Periklis

interesting

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