ANCIENT VESSEL

ANCIENT GREEK VESSEL

Ancient Greek poet and philosopher of Gela or Syracuse Archestratus, is often referred to as the Father of Gastronomy. In his humorous didactic poem Hedypatheia (Life of Luxury) written in the 4th century BC, he advises a gastronomic reader on where to find the best food in the Mediterranean world and reveals the secrets of the ancient Greek cuisine. Archestratus was the first to approach cooking as an art and made extensive references on eating fish and pulses and drinking wine, which were highly appreciated by the ancient Greeks and remain to date among the typical ingredients of a healthy modern Greek diet. The origin of modern day word gastronomy (meaning Rules of the Stomach) is attributed to Archestratus, Europe’s first gourmet writer, and his later readers who knew his poem by the name Gastronomia.

1. Who is the father of Gastronomy?

a. Archestratus

b. Hercules

c. Pythagoras

d. Zeus

2. His poem is entitled.....

a. Gastronomy

b. Hedypatheia

c. Gourmet

d. Greek Diet

3. In his poem Archestratus reveals the secrets of...........

a. ancient Greek cuisine

2. French cuisine

c. Eastern cuisine

d. West cuisine

4. Archestratus lived in ........ century.

a. 20th

b. 15th

c. 4th

d. 8th