recently read a wonderful book called , by Pat Barker. It is a reimagining of Homer’s , told from the perspective of the Trojan women captured by the Greeks. It is the era of Achilles, paranoia for the gods is at its highest, and crucially, through all the gory battles, hydration comes in the form of watered-down wine. “Whenever a man is tired, wine is a great restorer of strength,” says Homer. was written some time between 725 and 675 BC, according to the British Museum. The birth of the Olympic Games is thought to have been around 776
