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- The term Greek mythology refers to the collection of tales belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their pantheon of gods as well as their ...45 KB (6,635 words) - 21:33, 28 May 2024
- The Indo-Greek Kingdom (or sometimes Graeco-Indian Kingdom covered various parts of the northwest and northern Indian subcontinent from 180 B ...61 KB (8,976 words) - 19:50, 4 March 2024
- Greek philosophers prior to Socrates are called Pre-Socratics or pre ... were considered pre-Socratics (or early Greek Philosophers) according to ...29 KB (4,267 words) - 07:47, 25 May 2024
- Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek language from the earliest texts, dating back to the early Archaic period ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- Comedy, together with tragedy was one of two principal dramatic forms of ancient Greek theater. Athenian comedy is conventionally divided into ...16 KB (2,442 words) - 19:24, 26 July 2023
- The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), also commonly known as the Greek Revolution was a successful war waged by the Greeks to win independence ...61 KB (9,207 words) - 07:39, 25 May 2024
- The Greek conquests of India took place in the years before the Common Era, and a rich trade flourished between India and Greece, especially ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 07:42, 25 May 2024
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- title=Ancient Greek literature| image_name=Homer British Museum.jpg| ... text=Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the ...793 bytes (114 words) - 17:47, 13 November 2021
- figures, Saturn was appropriated from the Greek tradition, and his mythology is commonly mixed with that of Cronus, the god of the harvest and ...686 bytes (98 words) - 14:45, 31 August 2022
- title=Greek War of Independence| image_name=Epanastasi.jpg| ... text=The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), also commonly known ...702 bytes (104 words) - 21:41, 12 July 2023
- synagoge, from Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek σῠνᾰγωγή or sunagōgḗ (assembly, gathering), from συνάγω or sunágō (I gather together ...929 bytes (125 words) - 21:30, 30 November 2023
- text=The term drama comes from a Greek word meaning "action." The enactment of drama in theater, performed by actors on a stage before ...744 bytes (111 words) - 17:18, 16 August 2023
- text=Sappho was an Ancient Greek lyric poet. Along with the other nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, Sappho's poetry was required reading ...763 bytes (116 words) - 18:02, 14 November 2021
- and their source Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ), from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”), an Ancient Greek ...966 bytes (114 words) - 16:43, 3 August 2023
- |style="text-align: center;" | Greek Dark Ages ... |style="text-align: center;" | Greek War of Independence ...3 KB (344 words) - 22:05, 3 June 2021
- Back-formation from eponymous, from Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος or epṓnumos (concerning giving one's name to something; named in ...1 KB (151 words) - 20:06, 16 December 2023
- auto-, learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”) + biography, from New Latin biographia, formed from Ancient Greek ...640 bytes (68 words) - 20:15, 28 June 2023
- text=Homer was a legendary early Greek poet traditionally credited with the composition of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. Throughout ...761 bytes (114 words) - 16:46, 14 November 2021
- title=Greek mythology| image_name=Otricoli Zeus - 1889 drawing.jpg| ... text=The term Greek mythology refers to the collection of tales belonging ...691 bytes (110 words) - 21:31, 12 July 2023
- sections. The term orchestra derives from the Greek name for the semicircular area in front of the ancient Greek stage reserved for the chorus in theatrical ...744 bytes (109 words) - 00:22, 30 May 2023
- Socratic philosophers, the first philosophers in Greek philosophy, made a series of attempts to identify the fundamental principles (arche) that determined ...792 bytes (110 words) - 17:13, 15 November 2021
- from the Latin nudus for "naked," and the Greek brankhia for gills, describes their feathery gills and horns that many have on their dorsal ...807 bytes (116 words) - 20:19, 25 February 2023
- text=A polymer (from the Greek words polys, meaning "many," and meros, meaning "parts") is a chemical compound consisting ...757 bytes (113 words) - 16:10, 21 February 2022
- , from Latin haeresis, from Ancient Greek αἵρεσις or haíresis (choice, system of principles), from αἱρέομαι or hairéomai ...881 bytes (116 words) - 23:11, 29 August 2023
- From Latinized form of Ancient Greek κόσμος or kósmos (order ... From the genus name Cosmos, from Ancient Greek κόσμος or kósmos ...758 bytes (92 words) - 00:15, 1 February 2024
- {{Unification Aspects|Crete is the largest and most populous of the ... Knossos that also has connections with Greek mythology. Thus, Crete can ...1 KB (200 words) - 23:36, 28 May 2024
- etymon Late Latin orthodoxus, from Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos ... * Greek Orthodox * orthodoxy * Russian Orthodox * Serbian Orthodox ...997 bytes (113 words) - 17:08, 7 August 2023
