Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest...
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in Greece History of Greece Timeline of Greek history Neolithic Greece Helladic period Ancient Greece Greek Dark Ages Archaic Greece Classical Greece Hellenistic...
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Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology...
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The wildlife of Greece includes the diverse flora, fauna, and funga of Greece, a country in southern Europe. The country is mostly mountainous with a...
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Goúves (Greek: Γούβες) is a village and former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since 2011, local government reform it is a...
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B-flat major Problems playing this file? See media help. The "Horst-Wessel-Lied" (German: [hɔʁst ˈvɛsl̩ liːt] ), also known by its incipit "Die Fahne hoch"...
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Mycenaean Greece (or the Mycenaean civilization) was the last phase of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1750 to...
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Greece is a country in Southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. It is bordered to the north by Albania, North Macedonia and Bulgaria; to the east...
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Testament accounts of lying include: The midwives lied about their inability to kill the Israelite children. (Ex. 1:15–21). Rahab lied to the king of Jericho...
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Ancient Greek philosophy arose in the 6th century BC. Philosophy was used to make sense of the world using reason. It dealt with a wide variety of subjects...
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Kourtesi (redirect from Kourtesi, Greece)
Kourtesi (Greek: Κουρτέσι) is a village and a community in the southwestern part of the municipal unit of Vouprasia, Elis, Greece. It is in a flat rural...
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Aegean on the islands of Thira (Santorini) and Therasia, in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality...
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Gonia (redirect from Gonia (Rethymno), Greece)
Gonia (Greek: Γωνιά) is a village in the Rethymno regional unit in Crete, Greece, lying at an altitude of ca. 222 m amsl, about 10 km southwest of the...
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This list of earthquakes in Greece includes notable earthquakes that have affected Greece during recorded history. This list is currently incomplete,...
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Kythira (category Mediterranean port cities and towns in Greece)
kih-THEER-ə, KITH-irr-ə; Greek: Κύθηρα [ˈciθira]), also transliterated as Cythera, Kythera and Kithira, is an island in Greece lying opposite the south-eastern...
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Marousi (redirect from Maroussi, Greece)
Maroussi (Greek: Μαρούσι), also known as Amarousio (Αμαρούσιο), is a city and a suburb in the northeastern part of the Athens urban area, Greece. Marousi...
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south. Its port, Paralio Astros lies 4 km to the northeast of the inland town. The name of the town, built during the Greek War of Independence, is supposed...
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Ilion (Greek: Ίλιον; before 1994: Νέα Λιόσια, Nea Liosia) is a town and a suburb in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Ilion lies southeast...
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Crete (redirect from Crete (Greece))
Crete (/kriːt/ KREET; Greek: Κρήτη, Modern: Kríti [ˈkriti], Ancient: Krḗtē [krɛ̌ːtεː]) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest...
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The Pontic Greek genocide, or the Pontic genocide (Greek: Γενοκτονία των Ελλήνων του Πόντου), was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the indigenous...
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Elafonisos (redirect from Elafónisos, Greece)
Elafonisos (Greek: Ελαφόνησος) is a small Greek island between the Peloponnese and Kythira. It lies off the coast of Cape Malea and Vatika. The area of...
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Gortyna, Arcadia (redirect from Karitaina, Greece)
Gortyna (Greek: Γόρτυνα), is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality...
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Acharnes (redirect from Acharnes, Greece)
inhabitants (2021 census), it is the ninth most populous municipality in Greece. It lies just north of the Athens urban area. The northern part of the municipality...
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Olympia (Modern Greek: Ολυμπία [oli(m)ˈbi.a]; Ancient Greek: Ὀλυμπία [olympí.aː]), officially Archaia Olympia (Greek: Αρχαία Ολυμπία lit. 'Ancient Olympia')...
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Heraion of Argos (category Temples in Greece)
site, which might mark the introduction of the cult of Hera in mainland Greece, lies northeast of Argos between the sites of Mycenae and Midea, two important...
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Ozolian Locris, and Phocis. It is the original homeland of the Dorian Greeks. It lies between Mounts Oeta and Parnassus, and consists of the valley of the...
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Aitoliko (redirect from Aitoliko, Greece)
Aitoliko (Greek: Αιτωλικό) is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is...
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Chalcis (redirect from Chalkida, Greece)
Chalcis (/ˈkælsɪs/; Ancient Greek & Katharevousa: Χαλκίς, romanized: Chalkís), also called Chalkida or Halkida (Modern Greek: Χαλκίδα, pronounced [xalˈciða])...
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Deutschlandlied (redirect from Lied der Deutschen)
(pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃlantˌliːt] ; lit. 'Germany Song'), officially titled "Das Lied der Deutschen" (IPA: [das ˈliːt dɛɐ̯ ˈdɔʏtʃn̩]; lit. 'The Song of the Germans')...
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Ampelakia (redirect from Abelakia (Salamina), Greece)
Ampelakia (Greek: Αμπελάκια, meaning vineyards) is a town and a former municipality of Salamis Island, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it...
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