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Greece
Greece is a country made up of many islands. It has a rich history filled with gods, goddesses, wars, tragedies, romances, and some of the best myths of all time. Questions in this section can include things about current or ancient Greece.
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Which two battles show Greece's power and cleverness in defeating Xerxes?
The sea battle of Salamis 480 BCE and the land battle of Plataea 479 BCE.
Major Ethnic groups in Greece?
Majority: Greeks
Minority: * Muslims * Slavs * Albanians * Armenians * Bulgarians * Jews * Vlachs
Name of the kingdom north of Greece?
North of the ancient Greek kingdoms of Macedonia and Epirus (Greece) were the foreign kingdoms of Paeonia, Dardania to the north and to the west Illyria.
From mythology, Greece, is named Hellas.
"Hellas" is the name that we Hellines (Greeks) use when referring to our country; in simpler terms, "Hellas" means "Greece" in Hellinika (Greek language).
ut how did we reach the point of using two completely different names for the same country? We have managed to gather information concerning the origin of the word "Greek", using as main reference the Dictionary of Hellenic Language by professor G. Babiniotis, a renowned linguist and scholar.
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The Hellines were first called "ΓÏαικοί" ("Graeki" with the letter "G" pronounced "Y" as in "Yard") by the Illirians (present day Italians), when the former arrived in Italy from ancient Dodoni (city in Epirus, Greece) as colonists. According to another source, these colonists named ΓÏαίοι or ΓÏαίκοι ("Graii" or "Graeci"), came to Italy from ΓÏαία ("Graia"), an ancient town in Viotia, Greece (maybe contemporary Tanagra) and founded a new Hellenic Colony there with the name Nea Polis (which means New City, later to become known as Napoli, or Naples in English). This was the very first time that the Latins came close to the Hellines (Greeks) and thus named them all "Graeci" after the citizens of Graia; and given that most modern European languages originate from Latin, the word "Graecus" became the root for all other respective names for Έλληνας and Ελλάς (Ελλάδα) ("Hellin" and "Hellas" or "Hellada"), e.g. Greek-Greece, Grec-Grèce, Grieche-Griechenland.
Later on, during the first Christian centuries, the word " Έλληνες" (Hellines) became a synonym to "heathen", in order to distinguish the followers of old faith from those of the new -official- religion, and along with Ρωμιοί ("Romii", originating from "Romans") and Ελλαδικοί (=of Greece), the name ΓÏαικοί (Graeki) stayed in use until the foundation of the new Hellenic state in 1832AC. From that time on, the ancient terms Hellas and Hellines are used primarily in the interior of this small peninsula in South-East Europe to identify the country and its inhabitants, while the ones originating from Graeci remain in the vocabularies of the European languages.
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What Is The Most Visited Place In Greece?
Athens, because of the Colosseum that's where the first Olympic games were held. Only boys played in the games. The girls couldn't watch the games because the men who played in the games played the naked.
Why do old greek women wear black clothing?
That is usually an indication that they are in mourning for the death of a near and dear one. The prescribed period of mourning usually lasts the five years between the actual death and the exhumation of remains [Danforth 1982: 148-149]
How long does it tke to get from sydney to Macedonia?
Sydney to Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece is 23h 45m duration, approx 2 stops 9,588 miles or 15,431 km by air.
Sydney to the Former Yugoslav Republic (FYROM) is about 20 hours 5 minutes i.e 9673 miles or 15567 kilometers by air.
Why did Hera throw Hephaestus off of Mt. Olympus?
Many variations of this myth. Some say Hera through him off Olympus and Zeus covered for her but the general idea is that it is because Hephaestus was not pretty and the Olympian Gods were generally really vain. Meaning that they valued looks, Hephaestus was ugly therefore he was thrown from a mountain. There are different variations of course but this is the one I'm familiar with.
Why did Greece need assistance from the US according to Truman?
The United States has received from the Greek government an urgent appeal for financial and economic assistance. Preliminary reports from the American economic mission now in Greece and reports from the American ambassador in Greece corroborate the statement of the Greek government that assistance is imperative if Greece is to survive as a free nation.
Words used in English originated by Greek Mythology?
Well, for starters, all the planets' names come from the Roman names of the Greek gods. Mercury=Hermes
Venus=Aphrodite
Earth=Gaea, the Earth
Mars=Ares
Jupiter=Zeus
Saturn=Cronus
Uranus=Ouranus, the Sky
Neptune=Poseidon
Pluto=Hades
The names of the months also come from Greek/Roman words and names
January=Janus
February=februo
March=Mars
April=aperire
May=Maia
June=Juno
July=Julius Caesar
August=Augustus
September=septem
October=octo
November=novem
December=decem
apollonian: Apollo (god of music, medicine, light, and reason), poised and disciplined
atlas: Atlas (the Titan who held up the weight of the Earth), a thick book of maps
cereal: Ceres (Roman name for Demeter, goddess of the harvest), a common breakfast food, made from grain
chronology: Cronus (Titan, god of time), the order in which things occur
dionysian: Dionysus (god of wine and a kind of chaos), undisciplined, unrestrained
herculean: Hercules (Greek hero of superhuman strength), immensely strong
muse: the Muses (nine sisters, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who sang stories of the gods and heroes), to comment thoughtfully
odyssey: Odysseus (clever Greek hero who thought of the Trojan horse and did not see his home for twenty years), a long journey
volcano: Vulcan (Roman name for Hephaestus, god of the smith), a mountain over a magma pool and can or once did erupt
And there are more here http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/greekm/mythconn.html
Yes the canals of Venice are connected to the mediterranian sea, which is a hot spot for the great white, hammer head, mako, tiger and bull sharks among other genera. Bull Sharks will be the most likely they like rivers and canals as well as the ocean. They even live in fresh water as there kidney is adaptes to conserve mineral salts in their blood stream.
What countries do not have extradition treaties with Greece?
All countries not on this list: Argentina, Australia, Austria, the Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Germany, Kenya, Lesotho, New Zealand , Paraguay, Peru, Singapore, Sri Lanka, the US, Uruguay, and the Vatican.
How was cloth connected to greek mythology?
Clotho ( /ˈkloʊθoʊ/, Greek Κλωθώ [klɔːˈtʰɔː] - "spinner") spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Roman equivalent was Nona, (the 'Ninth'), who was originally a goddess called upon in the ninth month of pregnancy.
Types of punishments in Greece?
Ostracized--banished outside the city limits for 10 years. This was determined by the jury. This was mainly used in Athens.
What are Greece renewable resources?
Greece has coal, a non renewable fossil fuel, mined at Megalopoli.
What are the warmest places in Greece in July?
The hottest places in Greece would be Sparta and Tora.
Which characteristic was common to the golden age of Greece and the Italian renaissance?
a strong military led to national unity
a strong military led to national unity
a strong military led to national unity
How long was Greece occupied by the Turks?
Turkish Ottomans started to expand to Bulgaria and Serbia in the Balkans in the 14th century and remained as an important power, in varying degrees, in the region until the end of WWI in 1918. Today, modern Republic of Turkey still has a small part of southeastern Balkans.
What is the other name for Salonika in Greece?
Thessaloniki in Greek, Selanik in Turkish, founded by King Cassander 315BC
Greece is surrounded by the Mediterranean, Aegean, & Ionian Seas.
It is called the Peloponnesus.
How long is flight from Amsterdam to Mykonos Greece?
The flight from London to mykonos is approximately seven hours and thirty six minutes. It also depends on which airline you take and the number of delays.
