If we go back to the works of Homer, animal husbandry It was a symbol of power and wealth, it was not very widespread because the terrain did not help much.
La Minoan civilization She was familiar with herding herds, as the empire grew and the unfavorable lands were depleted, it was quickly reduced. Goats and sheep were the ones that remained, because they were easy to raise, they gave meat, wool, milk to make cheese. Chickens and geese were also raised. Oxen were rarely used as pack animals, they were in high demand for sacrifices, hecatombs. Donkeys and mules were raised as pack animals.
On the plains of Thessaly and Argolis horses were raised, they were luxury animals and having them gave them social status, aristocracy, because they were very expensive, since there were few, most of them Greece they are hills and steep mountain ranges, unsuitable for equine breeding. According to Pliny, alfalfa was introduced into Greece around 490 BC, with the First Medical War, it is not known how, perhaps some seeds brought in the food of the Persian horses. Later it began to be cultivated as fodder for horses.
Some farmers raised poultry, and other small animals that grazed on the moors and ate the remains of other animals, many combined the farm with livestock. Goats grazed in the great Greek forests located in the mountains.
Beekeeping produced honey, the Greeks only knew honey as a substitute for sugar.
They also used it in medicine and to make mead.
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