ABSTRACT
No sooner do we attempt to approach the topic of Greek agriculture than we are confronted with a question of principle: is 'Greek agriculture' the kind of agriculture practised by Greeks, or is it agriculture as practised in the area which has been called 'Greece' since Roman days? In the historical period Greeks were settled all along the coasts of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. From the time of the Mycenaean civilization, and later on from the beginning of the historical period, the Greeks had increased the number of their settlements by the hundreds as if by gemmation; they had founded city-states wherever they could gain a foothold.
