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<pre>Dear Stan:

I think that you might be close to the answer.

The Parthenon was the Temple of the goddess "Virgin
Athena" who introduced the olive tree to the Athenians
according to the myth.

It could be that the best quality olive oil was named
after this wise Goddess who was known for her wisdom
and was referred by the name Virgin Athena.

Food for thought.

Constantine

--- Stan Kailis <kailis@ca.com.au> wrote:
> Dear all
>
> Regarding virgin olive oil - My gut feeling is that
> it comes from a
> translation - the Greek word Parthenon indicates
> pure, untampered,
> untouched unadulterated. Of course it first applied
> to humans - both men
> and women.
>
> We Greeks use the word in many contexts -
>
> References to Ancient Israeli olive oil production
> there is reference to
> pure crushed olive ol - shemen zeit zah katit
>
> In the Vible - olive oil is refered to as the oil,
> the sacred oil, olive
> oil - but not extra virgin
>
> The free fatty acid test - 1% or less for EVO has
> been used since early
> last century.
>
> I know this does not answer the question - but mat
> trigger others in the
> group to add information.
>
> Stan Kailis
>
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