the diet of the ordinary Greek in classical times was largely vegetarian -- vegetables, fresh cheese, oatmeal, and meal cakes, and meat rarely. a and meat rarely b and meat was rare c with meat as rare d meat a rarity e with meat as a rarity
a and meat rarely: 副词修饰名词,不通 b and meat was rare ,meat 和前面的diet并列,根据逻辑意思,应该用but, 而不是and c with meat as rare , as 后面可以跟名词,短语结构或者从句,没见过直接跟ADJ d meat a rarity 错误的结构 e with meat as a rarity 个人觉得这个是做meat cake的同位语,因为前面说到希腊人是素食主义者,而这里说到meat cake,就补充说明下,其实meat很少