diet rules: to be an Olympic victor, "you have to eat according to regulations, keep away from desserts (…); you must not drink cold water nor can you have a drink of wine whenever you want". It seems this diet was primarily based on meat, for Galen (ca. 180 AD) accused athletes of his day of "always gorging themselves on flesh and blood". Pausanias also refers to a "meat diet". See also Byzantine cuisine Greek cuisine List of ancient dishes Nutrition in Classical Antiquity References Works cited Briant, P. Histoire de l'Empire perse de Cyrus à Alexandre. Paris: Fayard, 1996. , translated in English as From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2002 Dalby, A. Siren Feasts: A History of Food and Gastronomy in Greece. London: Routledge, 1996. Dodds, E.R. "The Greek Shamans and the Origins of Puritanism ", The Greek and the Irrational (Sather Classical Lectures). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1962 (1st edn 1959). Flacelière R. La Vie quotidienne en Grèce au temps de Périclès. Paris: Hachette, 1988 (1st edn. 1959) , translated in English as Daily Life in Greece at the Time of Pericles. London: Phoenix Press, 2002 Migeotte, L., L'Économie des cités grecques. Paris: Ellipses, 2002 (in French) Wilkins, J., Harvey, D. and Dobson, M. Food in Antiquity. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1995. Further reading Amouretti, M.-Cl. Le Pain et l'huile dans la Grèce antique. De l'araire au moulin. Paris: Belles Lettres, 1989. Delatte, A. Le Cycéon, breuvage rituel des mystères d'Éleusis. Paris: Belles Lettres, 1955. Detienne, M. and Vernant, J.-P. (trans. Wissing, P.). The Cuisine of Sacrifice Among the Greeks. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1989 (1st edn. 1979) Davidson, James. Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens. Fontana Press. 1998. External links "Végétarisme, au commencement…" (French language article on the origins of vegetarianism) A Taste of the Ancient World (University of Michigan) Ancient Greek Recipes and posts about Ancient Greek Cuisine Greek Greek cuisine Ancient Greece