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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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What are some reliable car rental companies from Santorini?
There are a few reliable car rental companies from Santorini. Examples would include Hermes, Drossos, Euro Dollar, Sunbird, Spiridakos, Tony's, and Vazeos.
Greece refers to a wide variety of city-states each with their own governments. Also, it depends on what time in history, for example: Athens was first a monarchy, then an aristocracy, then a tyranny, and finally a democracy. But, Sparta was ruled by an oligarchy and there are other city-states that we do not know what their governments were.
Why is seafood very popular in Greece?
It has a very long coastline for size of the country and fishing has long been a very important industry.
Can you grow bamboo in Greece?
Yes, bamboo plants can be found in gardens in Greece, though they are not very common.
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What are the drug interactions associated with kava kava?
Increases the effect of barbiturates and other psychoactive medications. Produces dizziness and other negative side effects when taken with phenothiazines. Reduces the effectiveness of levodopa. And more . . .
No. Troy was situated on the mouth of the Dardanelles in present day Turkey. It was attacked by Greece , supposedly because Paris of Troy had abducted a Greek queen.
What is the correct chronological of the following events in the history of ancient Greece?
3, 4, 2, 1
What is the greek meaning for the name adriana?
it mins a great name that Anna sendrovicz named me! an if you say that it is a stupid name then i am coming to kill you!
What is the typical body type of a person of greek ethnicity?
It would be a fat type, from all of the baklava, of course. Maria Topalidis- Dziubla
The Greeks were actually the first to make coins. The Lydians invented them in about 670 BC. The first coin to be minted outside of Anatolia (modern day turkey) however, was the Aginian turtle. Since then greek coins have always been being minted in almost every city/ Formerly city-state.
Did Spanish language comes from Greek?
No, Spanish roots are primarily Latin, and Latin come from Greek.
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.
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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.
How many islands neighbor Greece?
there are 400 islands that neighbor greece. remember these are neighboring islands not islands in greece?
