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they were called either merchants or metics.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoBarbarians - the story is that they thought foreign speech sounded like 'bar-bar-bar'.
Resident aliens were called Metics.
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What did people call the Greeks?
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What do the Greeks call the temple of Athena?
The Temple of the ancient Greek Goddess Athena is called Parthenon.
What do modern people call the ancient Greek language?
Modern people call the language of ancient Greece Ancient Greek.
How was Greek Rome?
Rome was Roman. The Greeks were Greeks.
Are greek people lazy?
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What do you call people living in Greece?
The 12 million People who reside in Greece are called Greeks. The language spoken by the Greek people is also Greek.
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Greeks - as the Romans were not yet a major power: but the people we know for Greeks did not call themselves Greek when warring with Troy.
What did the Greeks call anyone who was not Greek?
Barbarian.
What did people call the Greeks?
Greek people typically have olive-colored skin. Greeks have noses that form straight lines from base to tip. They have large eyes and thick eyelashes.
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They call them Xeni, alodapi.********************Ancient Greeks called the foreigners barbarians (βάρβαροι) but without the negative meaning that this word has nowdays. It meant mostly people with another language and also foreigner, people from another land.
What do the Greeks call the Sun in mythology?
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Who spoke the Greek language first?
The Ancient Greeks are credited with speaking the Greek language first, dating back to around the 13th century BC. The Greek language has a rich history and has evolved over time into Modern Greek.
How do you say Minnie Mouse in greek?
There is no real translation, Greeks call it exactly like that.
What did the early Greeks call humans?
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