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Delian sweets
Today, the Greek island of Delos in the Cyclades is uninhabited, and visited mostly on day-trips from nearby Mykonos. But for about a millennium from around 900 BC, it was an important cult centre where the deities Dionysus and Leto were venerated.
It was also – according to Athenaeus, writing about dining and other aspects of social life in the ancient world around the turn of the third century AD – the place where Delian sweets originated. Munching on these honeycoated nuggets, it’s easy
