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Greek (1001 bytes)
1: The word '''Greek''' has a number of meanings relating to [[Greece]... 5: * [[Greek alphabet]] 6: * [[Greek colonies]] 8: * [[Ethnic Greek]] 19: * [[Greek islands]] Greek coins (2414 bytes) 3: ... as the ''Hobby of Kings'', it has been primarily Greek coins that kings have collected over the millenni... 5: Ancient Greek coins are generally classified into three categor... 7: ...ronze coins. The bronze units of coins from other Greek states remain largely unknown. 9: ...he president’s vision of duplicating the artistic Greek coinage was realized. Many believe it to be the m... 12: * [[Greek art]] Greek Old Calendarists (5078 bytes) 1: ...rologites'') are groups that separated from the [[Greek Orthodox Church|Orthodox Church]] of [[Greece]] o... 10: ...ies, old-calendarists comprised a majority of the Greeks in the U.S.; as new immigrants poured in from Gr... 12: ...]]. However, no official links exist between the Greek Old Calendarists and ROCOR at the present day. 14: ... the United States accepted the leadership of the Greek Orthodox Church in the U.S. (which uses the revis... 19: ...arists prefer to adhere rigorously to traditional Greek Orthodox practices. While they are called (and m... Aeolic Greek (3414 bytes) 1: ...an island close to [[Asia Minor]]) and in other [[Greek colonies]]. 3: ...esent the second (i.e. Achaean) migratory wave of Greeks (Hellenes) from the plains of [[Central Europe]]... 5: ... shows many archaisms, in comparison to the other Greek dialects (i.e. Ionian-Attic, Doric, Northwestern ... 9: ...point to an especially close relationship between Greek (Hellenic), Celtic and Italic branches of Indo-eu... 10: * The original Indo-european (and Proto-Greek) long a [a:] was retained everywhere, in contrast... Modern Greek (1592 bytes) 4: ...ken in [[Cyprus]]), and is descended from [[Attic Greek]]. 6: ...ine" had assimilated elements from many different Greek dialects but its nucleus had always been [[Attic]... 8: ...omparison to other [[European languages]], Modern Greek has a negligible amount of foreign vocabulary. Greek religion (12705 bytes) 1: ... Mediterranean, such as [[Massilia]] (Marseille). Greek examples tempered [[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan c... 4: ...not even a guarantee of a similar [[cult]]us; the Greeks themselves were well aware that the Artemis wors... 6: ...me; by the time of the earliest major monument of Greek literature, the ''[[Iliad]]'' attributed to [[Hom... 8: ...local [[legend]]ary history; they too had local [[Greek hero cult|hero-cults]], and often served as [[ora... 12: ...ood sacrifice of animals. The [[temple]]s of the Greek religion generally were not public gathering plac... Live at the Greek (2237 bytes) 2: [[Image:JimmyPageLiveAtTheGreekcover.jpg]] 5: '''''Live at the Greek''''' is a double live album by [[Jimmy Page]] and... 52: Recorded at the Greek Theatre, [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] ... Greek Anthology (2810 bytes) 1: ... that span the Ancient and Byzantine periods of [[Greek Literature]]. 3: ...und in [[Egypt]], the earliest known anthology in Greek was compiled by [[Meleager of Gadara]], under 6: ...lonika]] and [[Agathias]] were preserved in the ''Greek Anthology'' to attest to their additions of later... 8: ... [[Maximus Planudes]] also made an edition of the Greek Anthology, which while adding some poems, primari... 10: ...nce its transmission to the rest of Europe, the ''Greek Anthology'' has left a deep impression on its rea... Nick the Greek (2805 bytes) 1: '''Nicholas Andreas "Nick the Greek" Dandolos''' (born in [[Rethymno|Rethymnon, Crete... 3: ... was the son of wealthy parents. He attended the Greek Evangelical College and earned a degree in [[phil... 11: ...rd Feynman]] is also alleged to have met Nick the Greek, according to one of his biographies (''Surely Yo... 17: ...in [[1968]] titled ''Gambling Secrets of Nick the Greek''. 19: ...arry Marks Petrakis in [[1978]] titled ''Nick the Greek''. The Greek Passion (419 bytes) 1: '''''The Greek Passion''''' is an [[opera]], in [[English langua... 4: The story concerns the attempts of a [[Greece|Greek]] village community to stage a [[Passion play]]. 5: [[Category:Operas|Greek Passion, The]] Temple (Greek) (1262 bytes) 1: The '''Greeks''' began to build monumental '''temples''' in th... 3: ...merely a porch at the front; and also in that the Greek temple was not raised far off ground level on a h... 5: As the Greeks became more adept at monumental building, region... 7: The Parthenon, one of the most famous Greek temples, was dedicated to [[Athena]], goddess of ... 13: [[Category:Ancient Greek architecture]] [[Category:Places of worship]] Greek alphabet (30825 bytes) 2: {{Table_Greekletters}} 3: ...ers were also used to represent numbers, called [[Greek numerals]], in analogy with [[Roman numerals]]. I... 7: ...rought to [[Greece]] via [[Phoenician]] traders. Greek is derived from a Semitic script, but there is co... 9: ...s were only used numerically. For number 6 modern Greeks use an old digraph called stigma ({{polytonic|&#... 13: The Greek letters and their derivations are as follows (pro... Greek numbers (1048 bytes) 15: <tr><td>Greek</td> Greek-American (979 bytes) 1: ...]] who has significant [[Greece|Greek]] heritage. Greek-Americans have a heavy concentration in [[New Yor... 3: ==List of famous Greek-Americans== 18: *[[Greg Louganis]] (Greek by adoption; ethnically Samoan and Swedish) 32: [[Category:Greek people]] 34: [[Category:Lists of people by nationality|Greek Americans]] Greek theatre (1255 bytes) 1: '''[[Greek]] [[theatre]]''' or '''Greek Drama''' came into its own between 600 and 200 BC... 3: ...modern theatre]] is that ours is [[secular]], and Greek theatre grew out of [[religion]]. The religious a... 9: See also: [[Greek comedy]] 11: ==Major Greek playwrights== Milesians (Greek) (1169 bytes) 1: ...he Milesians of [[Hellenic civilization|Hellenic (Greek) civilization]] were the inhabitants of [[Miletus... 5: * [[Thales]] - "first" Greek philosopher; "the father of science" Greek language (32191 bytes) 1: {{language|name=Greek|nativename=<i><font lang="el">Ελλ&... 7: [[Greek languages|Greek]]<br> 9: '''Modern Greek''' 13: ...reece]]. Greek is traditionally written in the [[Greek alphabet]]. 17: ''Main article: [[History of the Greek language]]'' Greek rock (682 bytes) 1: ...ering Greece in the middle of the latter decade. Greek performers in the field include [[Jimi Quidd]] (b... 3: The [[Idol series]] of television shows has Greek counterparts in ''[[Fame Story]]'' and ''[[Super ... 9: [[Category:Rock music by nation]] [[Category:Greek music]] Greek languages (759 bytes) 1: '''Greek languages''' are a subgroup of the [[Indo-Europea... 5: *East Greek 6: **[[Mycenaean language|Mycenaean Greek]] 8: ****[[Attic Greek]] 9: *****[[Koine Greek]] The Greek Myths (196 bytes) 1: ... Greek Myths''' is a comprehensive anthology of [[Greek mythology]], each myth is followed by theories of...
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