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Greek Culture: Music
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Sunday, February 14, 2010. Greece has a diverse and highly influential musical tradition, with ancient music influencing the Roman Empire, and Byzantine liturgical chants and secular music influencing the Renaissance. Modern Greek music combines these elements, as well as influences from the Middle East, to carry Greeks' interpretation of a wide range of musical forms. A kind of guitar, clearly visible in ancient statues, especially female figurines of the "Tanagraies" playing cord instruments. The curre...
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Greek Culture: Hellenic Foundation for Culture
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Monday, February 15, 2010. Hellenic Foundation for Culture. Visit the site and take the english option if preferable:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Hellenic Foundation for Culture. Philosophy, science and mathematics. The current President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias.
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Greek Culture: Greek language
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Saturday, February 13, 2010. An independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, is the language of the Greeks. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. In its ancient form, it is the language of classical ancient Greek literature and the New Testament of the Christian Bible. In its modern form, it is the official language of Greece and Cyprus, and spoken by approximately 13 million people.
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Greek Culture: Philosophy, science and mathematics
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Sunday, February 14, 2010. Philosophy, science and mathematics. Marble bust of Aristotle. The tradition of philosophy in Ancient Greece accompanied its literary development. Greek learning had a profound influence on Western and Middle Eastern civilizations. The works of Socrates. And other Greek philosophers profoundly influenced Classical thought, the Islamic Golden Age, and the Renaissance. In medicine, doctors still refer to the Hippocratic oath, instituted by Hippocrates. Was a mathematician often d...
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Greek Culture: Ottoman rule
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Thursday, February 4, 2010. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Hellenic Foundation for Culture. Philosophy, science and mathematics. The current President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias.
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Greek Culture: The current President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010. The current President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Hellenic Foundation for Culture. Philosophy, science and mathematics. The current President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias.
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Greek Culture: Modern Greek state
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Thursday, February 4, 2010. Greco-Turkish War, and the League of Nations. In World War I, Greece sided with the entente powers against Turkey and the other Central Powers. In the war's aftermath, the Great Powers awarded parts of Asia Minor to Greece, including the city of Smyrna (known as İzmir today) which had a Greek population of significant size. In 1925, Greece and Bulgaria faced off during the "incident at Petrich." Unlike Corfu, resolution of this conflict was a League of Nations' success. Despit...
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Greek Culture: Literature
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Sunday, February 14, 2010. The first recorded works in the western literary tradition are the epic poems of Homer and Hesiod. Early Greek lyric poetry, as represented by poets such as Sappho and Pindar. Was responsible for defining the lyric genre as it is understood today in western literature. Aesop. Classical Greece is also judged the birthplace of theatre. Aeschylus. Trilogy of plays is judged his crowning achievement. Other refiners of playwriting were Sophocles. While his pupil Aristotle. Formulate...
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Greek Culture: 20th century
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010. As a result of the. Greece increased the extent of its territory and population. In the following years, the struggle between. And charismatic Prime Minister. Over the country's foreign policy on the eve of. Dominated the country's political scene, and divided the country into. In the aftermath of WWI, Greece. Against Turkish nationalists led by. A war which resulted in a. Massive population exchang between the two countries. According to various sources,. The next 20 years ...
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Greek Culture: Greek actors/actresses
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Sunday, February 14, 2010. Born December 19, 1967), better known by his stage name Criss Angel. Is aGreek American musician, and stunt performer. He is best known for starring in his own television show, Criss Angel Mindfreak. Born February 11, 1969) is a Greek American actress. She established her acting career in the 1990s with her role as Rachel Green in the U.S. sitcom Friends. A role for which she won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. The crime thriller Derailed.
