The Greek word for olives is "elies" pronounced el-YES.

The Greek olives available around the world have been cultivated for thousands of years.

The color of the olives indicates which time during the harvesting season they were picked. Harvesting runs from October to January. The greenest olives are harvested in October, the red or pink in November, the black in December, and the wrinkled black in January.

Greek Food Photos -  Small Cretan Green Olives

Halkithiki Green  Greek Olives

 Stuffed Green Greek  Olives

 Kalamata Red Olives

 Greek plum olives

 Kalamata black olives

 Wrinkled Greek Olives  - Throubes or Throumbes