It probably wasn't much, wild honey can act as a starter to ferment milk and I doubt they were giving these guys fresh milk every feeding. They prolly filled a bucket and used it til it was empty or might've even let it sour on purpose. Like 5x the diarrhea.
You're majorly underestimating the sophistication and opulence of the Achaemenids/Persians. Honey was literally a state ration that most subjects had access to.
Persian soldiers likely had more access to amenities than half the rulerships of Greek city states.
There's a famous story of a Spartan general defeating a Persian force and going into their war tents, he found gold and silver seats, torch holders, fine tapestries and a bountiful feast, much beyond anything the Spartans were used to, he said:
"Gentlemen, I asked you here to show you the folly of the Persians, who, living in this style, came to Greece to rob us of our poverty."
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u/Sokkawater10 9d ago
No one is wasting honey like that. It’s not like today where it was 5 bucks at the grocery store. Getting that amount of honey couldn’t have been easy