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The Greeks are also called Hellens as they claim the Greek peoples can tarce themselves back to a mythical King Hellen, who was a son of Prometheus, and who was the father or grandfather of the the first leaders of the groups who became none as the Achaeans (Mycenaeans), Aeolians, Ionains, and Dorians, who entered Greece from about 2000BC to 1000BC, and who in combination with earliers peoples (The Pelasgians) gave it its first Greek Character.
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Why were the plays of ancient Greece originally performed?
For entertainment to the *Hellenes*.*This is what Greeks called themselves.*
What are ancient Greeks also known as?
Hellenes
The art of the Hellenes refers to which group of people?
Greeks
By what other name are the ancient Greeks known?
Achaians are the other name the ancient Greeks are known by.
How did Greece get its name?
The name 'Greek' is in fact ancient as well, as the famous philosopher Aristotelis verifies: "...and she was not there forever, but after the cataclysm of Deucalion, which occurred in the Hellenic area, in fact, in the ancient Hellas, which was around Dodoni, and it changed many times the flow of Acheloos river. In that area live the Selloi and the ones that were once called Graecoi and are now called Hellenes..." [Aristotelis Meteorologika, I, 14]Greek was a name used by the Romans when they first ran into the colonies (Tarentum, Sybaris, Croton etc) in southern Italy, named after the Greek tribe they knew as the Graeci who had retained the older name that Hellenes (were known by). According to the Greek tradition, the "Graeci" ("Greeks", Γραικοί, Graikoi) were renamed "Hellenes" probably with the establishment of the Great Amphictyonic League after the Trojan war.____________________The Greeks called themselves Hellenes after their legendary founder Helen.As the Romans penetrated south in the Italian peninsula they ran into a tribe called the Graeci. They then ran into the Hellenic cities in southern Italy, and thinking that they were the same people in large numbers, called them Magna Graeci - Great Greeks.The name Greek stuck. The Greeks still call themselves Hellenes.
What is the nickname of Greece?
Not a nickname, but what they themselves called it was Hellas, after its legendary founder Helen (a male). They called themselves Hellenes. If you want a nickname, it's Greek - the Romans started calling the Hellenes Greeks when they mistook the Greeks in southern Italy for a tribe called the Graeci, and the name has stuck, but Greeks even today call themselves Hellenes.
Which Gods Were The Torjans and which were the Greeks or Hellenes?
Neither the Trojans nor the Greeks/Hellenes were gods. They were real people.
What did the Greeks call Greece?
Greeks call themselves "Ellines", which is commonly translated into English as "Hellenes".
Why were the plays of ancient Greece originally performed?
For entertainment to the *Hellenes*.*This is what Greeks called themselves.*
What is another name for the Greeks?
The Hellenes.
Who discoverd Cyprus?
Ancient Greeks (Hellenes).
What was the Greeks original name?
Έλληνες (Hellenes)
What are ancient Greeks also known as?
Hellenes
The art of the Hellenes refers to which group of people?
Greeks
What is another name for Greek?
'Ελληνες - Hellenes is the name Greeks of all times called themselves.
By what other name are the ancient Greeks known?
Achaians are the other name the ancient Greeks are known by.
Name of ancient Rome?
Not a nickname, but what they themselves called it was Hellas, after its legendary founder Helen (a male). They called themselves Hellenes. If you want a nickname, it's Greek - the Romans started calling the Hellenes Greeks when they mistook the Greeks in southern Italy for a tribe called the Graeci, and the name has stuck, but Greeks even today call themselves Hellenes.
