In ancient Greece, epic poems like the Iliad and the Odyssey were typically passed down orally through generations. As a child, you would likely learn about these epic poems by listening to professional storytellers or bards recite them during community gatherings, festivals, or religious ceremonies. These oral traditions were an important means of transmitting cultural values, history, and entertainment in ancient Greek society.
The chordophone used in ancient Greece was the kithara. It was a lyre-like instrument with a large wooden body and several strings that were plucked to create music. The kithara was popular in both formal settings, such as performances of lyrical poetry, and as an accompaniment for traveling musicians.
The Elf on the Shelf tradition is not widely known or practiced in Greece. Local customs and traditions related to Christmas may differ in various regions, but the specific Elf on the Shelf tradition is not common.
Yes, Socrates was from Greece. He was born in Athens in 470 BC and is considered one of the founders of Western philosophy.
You pronounce it almost like the word "key," but with a bit of an "h" sound in front of it.
Just like you pronounce:
He is a doctor
Hero
History
Hint
The Mediterranean Sea borders these three countries as well as southern France, Monaco, Spain, northern Morocco, Algeria , Tunisia, Malta, Libya, Egypt Israel, Lebanon and Syria, Cyprus, , Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, and Slovenia,
In particular, the coasts of Italy, Greece and part of Turkey are on specific bodies of water which are part of the Mediterranean Sea and are determined by the geographical shape of this sea in these areas. The western coast of Italy is on the Tyrrhenian Sea. The eastern coast of Italy is on the Adriatic Sea. The southern coast of Italy and the western coast of Greece are separated by the Ionian Sea. The eastern coast of Greece and the western coast of Turkey are separated by the Aegean Sea.
It is the currency/money of Greece.
It used to be. Now Greece's currency is Euro. 1 euro equals to 345,70 drachmas.
The smaller denomination of drachma [GRD] are 100 lepta. There were coins of 5, 10, 20, 50 lepta and 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 30 drachmas. Paper bills of 50, 100, 500, 1000 drachmas. Later there were introduced coins of 50 and 100 drachmas and paper bills of 200, 5000 and 10000 drachmas. Greece joined the European Monetary system in 2001 and euros were introduced.
psari = In the Greek alphabet "ψαρι." In ancient Greek it was "ἰχθύς" (ichthus).
The most common word would be γεια σου (gia su). meaning ''...in you health''.
We use it as a word for hi, good bye, so long, etc. We also use it for 'cheers''. We just use it everywhere, you cant go wrong with it. There is a more formal way of use it, because it is actually an abbreviation of '' εις την υγεία σας'' (is -s like 's' not like 'z'- is tin igia sas) but only foreigners will tell that.
I know it is confusing but it is the most important phrase in our langouage. Just try ''stin igia su'' or ''gia su''. Every letter like it sounds in its original form. u like ouuuu like you are booing the Celtics.
I have many suggestions, and you can choose one of them: flash cards, creating games, creating songs, re-teaching what you are studying to someone, rewriting what you are studying on a piece of paper, make a dance that can help you remember, make one of these: ex. If you are trying to remember the elements of culture you could do this:
History
Arts, and agriculture
Religion
Daily life
Language
Economy
Government
Social and ethnic groups
see, it spells HARDLEGS! You can also make one of these to remember a fact that may be hard to remember: ex. in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That`s all Ive got
kids in Turkey go to school when they are 18 months old
θερμός/thermos: warm +μέτρον/metron: meter, measure =
θερμόμετρο/thermometron = thermometer("warmth-measure")
Also: thermos, thermal, thermostat, thermonuclear, thermodetonator, hypothermia, thermodynamics, etc.
"Great grandmother" in English is progiagiá (Προγιαγιά) in Greek.
phlosophia, impotable, pollution interaction kelosanokalafa, matakaka, kakakaka, xacaca. der u go dats ur answer :D
Technically, "gyro" is just the lamb meat however a complete gyro comes with pita bread, tatziki sauce, tomatoes and onioins. Sometimes in America you can get it with chicken or beef.
Pineapple is a tropical plant with an edible fruit. Mostly grown in Southeast Asia and the tropics. It was not known in Greece until introduced from abroad, so in that sense it is not a Greek food.
Gyro (correct pronunciation is "year-o", not "ji-ro") is a kind of sandwich of Greek origin. The meat is traditionally ground lamb. Mixed with spices and cooked on a vertical rotisserie. As the meat cooks it is sliced off in thin strips put on Pita bread.Then the customer gets to pick what he or she wants in it, (onions, fries, ketchup, mustard,tomatoes and a sauce made of Cucumbers and yogurt with garlic and olive oil called tzatziki. You won't be getting anything like the original anywhere else but Greece, because people change it around, adding lettuce and not a lot of the original. But if you ever go to Greece you will love them.
The geography of Greece is very mountainous with many valleys around them making it hard for other city states to come and attack them.
Trick question. The letter J did not exist, it was invented a couple of thousand years later. Their equivalent was the letter I (IOTA), and this applied also to Rome (Julius Caesar spelt his name Iulius).
They established dominance at sea, which limited the land force which Persia could supply in such a poor country as Greece. After losing its sea supply line, Persia had to send half its army home, which made the Greeks superior on land as well as sea.
The rest is ... history.
The Greek national currency of the Drachma has been removed from circulation and discontinued. It has been replaced by the implementation of the Euro. The Drachma notes included imageries of both modern and ancient Greek leadership.