The name of Greece differs inGreek compared with the names used for the country in other languages and cultures, just like the names of the Greeks. The...
In many languages, the names given to the seven days of the week are derived from the names of the classical planets in Hellenistic astronomy, which were...
(Ἕλληνες); the nameGreeks (Latin: Graeci) was used by the ancient Romans and gradually entered the European languages through its use in Latin. The mythological...
made very much in the same way as inGreece (see above). Namedays are almost as important as birthdays, and those who have the name of that particular...
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, Greece shares land borders...
According to Greek law every Sunday of the year is a public holiday. In addition, there are nine mandatory, official public holidays: New Year's Day, 6...
of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons...
Ancient Greece (Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized: Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries...
The use of the country name "Macedonia" was disputed between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) between 1991 and 2019. The dispute...
recognised by Greece as one of its national symbols and has 5 equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white. There is a blue canton in the upper...
The Kingdom of Greece was ruled by the House of Wittelsbach from 1832 to 1862 and by the House of Glücksburg from 1863 to 1924 and, after being temporarily...
association football league inGreece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The...
Ancient of Days (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: עַתִּיק יֹומִין, romanized: ʿatīq yōmīn or עַתִּ֤יק יֽוֹמַיָּא֙, ʿatīq yomaya; Koinē Greek: παλαιὸς ἡμερῶν...
other divine and semi-divine figures from ancient Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion. The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes...
KREET; Greek: Κρήτη, Modern: Kríti [ˈkriti], Ancient: Krḗtē [krɛ̌ːtεː]) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the...
The history of Greece encompasses the history of the territory of the modern nation-state of Greece as well as that of the Greek people and the areas...
to inGreek as the President of the Republic (Greek: Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας, romanized: Próedros tis Dimokratías), is the head of state of Greece. The...
Athens (/ˈæθɪnz/ ATH-inz) is the capital and largest city of Greece. A major coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica...
The Greeks or Hellenes (/ˈhɛliːnz/; Greek: Έλληνες, Éllines [ˈelines]) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia...
The economy of Greece is the 54th largest in the world, with a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of $250.276 billion per annum. In terms of purchasing...
official language of Greece is Greek, spoken by 99% of the population. In addition, a number of non-official, minority languages and some Greek dialects are spoken...
Religious practices in ancient Greece encompassed a collection of beliefs, rituals, and mythology, in the form of both popular public religion and cult...
in the Northern Hemisphere. The English name is a calque of the Latin dies caniculares (lit. "the puppy days"), itself a calque of the ancient Greek κυνάδες...