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The artichoke is mentioned as a garden plant in the 8th century BC by Homer and Hesiod. The naturally occurring variant of the artichoke, the cardoon, which is native to the Mediterranean area, also has records of use as a food among the ancient Greeks and Romans. Pliny the Elder mentioned growing of ‘carduus’ in Carthage and Cordoba.
He holds him with his skinny hand, There was ship,' quoth he. ‘Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!’ An artichoke dropt he.