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What is the Ancient Greek word for sea?
θάλασσα [thalasa] (th as in theater, thesis)θάλαττα [thalata]ἅλς [als] (may also mean salt)πόντος [pontos]πέλαγος [pelaghos] (open /deep sea)ωκεανός [oceanos] is ocean
What god in ancient Greece was the god of the sea?
Poseidon was the god of the ocean/sea.
What was pontus responsibilities as a Greek god?
He was god of the sea; father of the most ancient sea gods.
Was Mediterranean Sea plus the ancient Greece?
The Greek world was spread around the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
Which ocean or sea was named the Erythraean sea in ancient times?
The Indian Ocean, specifically the arm between Africa and India, was given this name, but it was also applied to either of the two arms of the ocean: the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. The name of the Red Sea country of Eritrea in Africa references this name, a term for a reddish color in the waters.
What is the Greek for the sea?
The Greek word for sea is Thalasa and ocean is Okeanos
What is the Ancient Greek word for sea?
θάλασσα [thalasa] (th as in theater, thesis)θάλαττα [thalata]ἅλς [als] (may also mean salt)πόντος [pontos]πέλαγος [pelaghos] (open /deep sea)ωκεανός [oceanos] is ocean
Which ocean or sea was known in ancient times as the Erythraean Sea?
The Erythraean Sea is an ancient name for the Indian Ocean or its attached gulfs, specifically, the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.
How was ancient greek society influenced by sea?
nicly by the sea
What is a part of ocean or sea that extends into the land?
A gulf. The word is derived from the Old French word "golfe" and the Greek word "kolpos" meaning "bosom, gulf."
What god in ancient Greece was the god of the sea?
Poseidon was the god of the ocean/sea.
Who is the ancient Greek god Poseidon?
God of the sea.
What is an ancient Greek region for which a sea is named?
Ionia
What is the largest sea named on the map that was not part of the greek world?
In ancient times, the Greek world was centered upon the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Greek explorers and traders ventured into the Black Sea, the Central Mediterranean, the Western Mediterranean, even what would become known (much later) as the Atlantic Ocean, among other bodies of water. The largest sea that would not have been on Greek maps would have been the Pacific Ocean, which was not generally known by Europeans (or Greeks) until the 16th century.
What was Posiedon the Greek God of?
The was the god of the sea and, as "Earth-Shaker," of earthquakes
Is The Greek mainland is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean?
No - The Mediterranean Sea
What does the greek word sea mean?
In the Greek, the word sea literally means sea, lake or body of water. It has no different meaning then the English.
