Mycenaen - a native or inhabitant of ancient Mycenae Thessalian - a native or inhabitant of Thessaly Thessalonian - a native or inhabitant of Thessalonica Adj. 1. Greek - of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language; "Greek mythology"; "a Grecian robe...
The ancient Greeks created an advanced culture that exerted great influence on the development of the culture of Europe and the Near East. In the Middle Ages the ethnic composition of the Greek population changed greatly through the influx of peoples from the north, including Vlachs, Slavs (sixth...
Play BBC Bitesize's interactive game Ancient Greeks: The Argo Odyssey, a KS2 history game about life in Ancient Greece Paint your own Greek pot online Join a young girl called Delphi on a virtual tour of Ancient Athens, to explore its famous sites and stories Colour in some Ancient Greeks...
The Ancient Greeks were very religious people, and believed that many different gods controlled everything that happened in life. Temples were built for each god. Priests in the temples were in charge of speaking to their particular god or goddess, and making sense of what they wanted the Gree...
The curious thing (to me) is the social and cultural advances of the Ancient Greeks came about because of critical thinking, not accepting the status quo, and reaching out for superior 'modes' of understanding, whether for love or political systems. This approach of querying the norm in inspi...
Google Share on Facebook hymen (redirected fromfenestrated hymen) Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia Hy·men (hī′mən) n.Greek Mythology The god of marriage. hy·men (hī′mən) n. A membranous fold of tissue that partly or completely occludes the external vaginal orifice. ...
Modern Greek also retains from the ancient language a system of three pitch accents (acute, circumflex, grave). In 1982, a monotonic accent (one-stress accent) was officially adopted by the Greek government. Greeks are fiercely proud of the continuity and relative stability of their language ...
‘roots’ of matter, and which was to dominate the worldview of the ancient European, North African and Middle-Eastern peoples right through to the 17th century. Whether or not he was the true originator remains to be seen, but he became an icon of this to the Greeks. His surviving ...
To the ancient Greeks, this ‘event’ of nature – new life starting push through from the dead soil – was given special significance in the very ancient myth of the maiden (Kore) Persephone who, after being abducted by the god of the dead, Hades, was allowed to make an annual return...
34. Asphodeline lutea (Jacob’s Rod); One of the best tasting edible flowers!Cornucopia II: The ancient Greeks and Romans roasted the roots like potatoes and ate them with salt and oil, or mashed them with figs. 35. Allium cernuum – probabbly my favourite edimental onion: see much more...