"boat. Kennedy an Englishman intends to make a living teaching English and devises a scam to make money fast. Mitsos is returning to Greece after many years away but finds it impossible to escape the memories of the brutal deaths of his parents at the hands of fellow Greeks during the war and an opportunity arises to take revenge. The two men meet briefly as they disembark the boat but their stories then diverge only to come together at the end of the book with fatal results. The Greeks Have a Word For It The Greeks Have a Word For"
"Name of Greece The name of Greece differs in Greek compared with the names used for the country in other languages and cultures, just like the names of the Greeks. The ancient and modern name of the country is ""Hellas"" or ""Hellada"" (; in polytonic: ), and its official name is the Hellenic Republic ""Helliniki Dimokratia"". In English, however, the country is usually called Greece, which comes from the Latin ""Graecia"" (as used by the Romans) and literally means 'the land of the Greeks'. The English name ""Greece"" and the similar adaptations in other languages derive from the Latin name"
"it as a middle power. It is the largest economy in the Balkans, where it is an important regional investor. The names for the nation of Greece and the Greek people differ from the names used in other languages, locations and cultures. The Greek name of the country is ""Hellas"" () or ""Ellada"" ( or Ελλάδα; in polytonic: (, ) or Ἑλλάδα ' ), and its official name is the Hellenic Republic (Greek: ' ). In English, however, the country is usually called Greece, which comes from Latin """" (as used by the Romans) and literally means 'the land of"
"around the world, including Greek itself: The Georgian name of Greece is derived from the Georgian word ""brdzeni"" (wise), with the meaning ""wise people's country"". From its establishment after the outbreak of the Greek War of Liberation in 1821, the modern Greek state has used a variety of official names, most often designating changes of regime. Primary sources Secondary sources Name of Greece The name of Greece differs in Greek compared with the names used for the country in other languages and cultures, just like the names of the Greeks. The ancient and modern name of the country is ""Hellas"""
"""Graecia"" (Greek: ), literally meaning 'the land of the Greeks', which was used by Ancient Romans to denote the area of modern-day Greece. Similarly, the Latin name of the nation was ""Graeci"", which is the origin of the English name ""Greeks"". Those names, in turn, trace their origin from ""Graecus"", the Latin adaptation of the Greek name Γραικός (pl. ), which means 'Greek', but its etymology remains uncertain. It is unclear why the Romans called the country ""Graecia"" and its people ""Graeci"", but the Greeks called their land ""Hellas"" and themselves ""Hellenes"". Several speculations have been made. William Smith notes"
"the Diafotismos and the current conception of Hellenism. The Greeks today are a nation in the meaning of an ""ethnos"", defined by possessing Greek culture and having a Greek mother tongue, not by citizenship, race, and religion or by being subjects of any particular state. In ancient and medieval times and to a lesser extent today the Greek term was ""genos"", which also indicates a common ancestry. Greeks and Greek-speakers have used different names to refer to themselves collectively. The term (Ἀχαιοί) is one of the collective names for the Greeks in Homer's ""Iliad"" and ""Odyssey"" (the Homeric ""long-haired Achaeans"""
"Greeks. As the Minister of Foreign Affairs proclaimed in front of Parliament in 1844, ""The Kingdom of Greece is not Greece; it is only part of it, a small and poor part of Greece... There are two great centers of Hellenism. Athens is the capital of the Kingdom. Constantinople is the great capital, the City, dream and hope of all Greeks."" In some social situations Greeks can react negatively or be offended if the word Γραικός (""Greek"") is used in a situation where in the modern Greek language the word Έλληνας (""Hellene"") is considered the right word to use. Both"
"Greeks The Greeks or Hellenes (; , ""Éllines"" ) are an ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Italy, Turkey, Egypt and, to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world. Greek colonies and communities have been historically established on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, but the Greek people have always been centered on the Aegean and Ionian seas, where the Greek language has been spoken since the Bronze Age. Until the early 20th century, Greeks were distributed between the Greek"
"in Asia Minor. Other longstanding Greek populations can be found from southern Italy to the Caucasus and southern Russia and Ukraine and in the Greek diaspora communities in a number of other countries. Today, most Greeks are officially registered as members of the Greek Orthodox Church. Greeks have greatly influenced and contributed to culture, arts, exploration, literature, philosophy, politics, architecture, music, mathematics, science and technology, business, cuisine, and sports, both historically and contemporarily. The Greeks speak the Greek language, which forms its own unique branch within the Indo-European family of languages, the Hellenic. They are part of a group of"
"Names of the Greeks The Greeks () have been identified by many ethnonyms. The most common native ethnonym is ""Hellen"" (), pl. Hellenes (); the name ""Greeks"" (Latin: ""Graeci"") was used by the ancient Romans and gradually entered the European languages through its use in Latin. The mythological patriarch ""Hellen"" is the named progenitor of the Greek peoples; his descendants the Aeolians, Dorians, Achaeans and Ionians correspond to the main Greek tribes and to the main dialects spoken in Greece and Asia Minor (Anatolia). Among his descendants are also mentioned the Graeci and the Makedones. The first Greek-speaking people, called"
"Greek (the Griko or Calabrian dialects), which is a form of the Greek language. In recent years, the number of Griko who speak the Griko language has been greatly reduced; the younger Griko have rapidly shifted to Italian. Today, the Griko are Catholics. The name Griko derives from the traditional name for Greeks on the Italian peninsula, it is believed to derive from the Graecians, an ancient Hellenic tribe which according to legend took their name from Graecus. They were one of the first Greek tribes to colonize Italy. The area that came to be known as Magna Graecia took"
"mainly to the writings of Greek historians who referred to all of Iran as (; from Old Persian ), meaning ""land of the Persians"", while Persis itself was one of the provinces of ancient Iran that is today defined as Fars. As the most extensive interaction the Ancient Greeks had with any outsider was with the Persians, the term persisted, even long after the Persian rule in Greece. In 1935, Reza Shah requested the international community to refer to the country by its native name, ""Iran"". As ""The New York Times"" explained at the time, ""At the suggestion of the"
"words have a positive meaning in the Greek language if they are used in the preferred context. Names of the Greeks The Greeks () have been identified by many ethnonyms. The most common native ethnonym is ""Hellen"" (), pl. Hellenes (); the name ""Greeks"" (Latin: ""Graeci"") was used by the ancient Romans and gradually entered the European languages through its use in Latin. The mythological patriarch ""Hellen"" is the named progenitor of the Greek peoples; his descendants the Aeolians, Dorians, Achaeans and Ionians correspond to the main Greek tribes and to the main dialects spoken in Greece and Asia Minor"
"retained their identities, eventually comprising the modern Greek and Cypriot states as well as the Cappadocian Greek and Pontic Greek minorities in Asia Minor. Other Byzantine Greeks, particularly in Anatolia, converted to Islam and underwent Turkification over time. Other than the Western term ""Graikoi"" (""Greeks""), which was not in common use, but used as a term of self-designation up to the 19th century by scholars and small numbers of people related to the West, the modern Greek people still use the Byzantine term ""Romaioi,"" or ""Romioi,"" (""Romans"") to refer to themselves, as well as the term ""Romaic"" (""Roman"") to refer"
"Graecians The Graecians (; also Graei, Graeci; Greek: Γραῖοι, Γραίκοί), were an Ancient Greek tribe. Their name is the origin of the Latin (and English) name of the Greeks as a whole. It is possible that, in spite of Aristotle's testimony of their Thessalian origin, their name is derived from the toponym of ""Graia"" (Γραία), a city in Boeotia, according to Pausanias identical with Tanagra. According to Aristotle and to the Parian Chronicle the city was called ""Graia"" (Γραία, meaning ""old"", from the adjective γραῖα ""old (feminine)"") simply because it was standing there before the Deluge and was considered as"
"I approved 'Greece' because that is what all the enlightened nations of Europe call us."" Hellenes for Korais are the pre-Christian inhabitants of Greece. The absence of a Byzantine state gradually led to the marginalization of the Roman name and allowed Hellene (Ἕλλην) to resurface as the primary national name. requests the exclusive use of Hellene in his ""Cheiragogy"": ""Never desire to call yourselves Romans, but Hellenes, for the Romans from ancient Rome enslaved and destroyed Hellas"". The anonymous author of ""The Hellenic Realm of Law"", published in 1806 in Pavia, Italy, speaks of Hellenes: ""The time has come, O"
"its name after them. The Latins used this term in reference to all Hellenic people because the first Hellenes they came into contact with were the Graecians, hence the name Greeks. Another opinion is that the ethnonym Γρῆκος/-α does not derive linguistically from either Latin ""Graecus"" or Greek ""Graikos""; it may have been the term their ancient Italic neighbors used for local Greek speakers in pre-Roman times, although this is only one linguistic hypothesis among many. The Greek-speaking territory of Bovesia lies in very mountainous terrain and is not easily accessible. In recent times, many descendants of the early inhabitants"
"their national sin; and this is said by others, as well as Epimenides. Crete is, by Ovid, called ""mendax Creta"", lying Crete. Hence, with the Grecians, to ""cretize"", is proverbially used for to lie; this is a sin, than which nothing makes a man more like the devil, or more infamous among men, or more abominable to God. The Ethiopic version, instead of Cretes, or Cretians, reads ""hypocrites"". Other characters of them, from the same Heathen poet, follow, by evil beasts are meant beasts of prey, savage and mischievous ones; see (Genesis 37:20 Genesis 37:33) and are so called, to"
"call themselves (""Hellenes"" referring to pagan Greeks) through the Ottoman era and even into modern times. Greco-Roman world The Greco-Roman world, Greco-Roman culture, or the term Greco-Roman ( or ); spelled Graeco-Roman in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth), when used as an adjective, as understood by modern scholars and writers, refers to those geographical regions and countries that culturally (and so historically) were directly, long-term, and intimately influenced by the language, culture, government and religion of the ancient Greeks and Romans. It is also better known as the Classical Civilisation. In exact terms the area refers to the ""Mediterranean"
"is ethnically diverse (including Arvanites, Aromanians and Slavs). The second group in today's Greece is made up of those who seem to reject any national identity, but have distinct regional ethnic identity, which they may call ""indigenous"" (, ""dopia""), which might be understood as Slavomacedonian, or Macedonian, and the smallest group is made up of those who have a so-called ethnic Macedonian national identity. They speak East South Slavic dialects that are usually linguistically classified as Macedonian, but which are locally often referred to simply as ""Slavic"" or ""the local language"". A crucial element of that controversy is the very"
"Autochthon (ancient Greece) In Ancient Greece, the concept of autochthones (from Ancient Greek ""autos"" ""self,"" and ""khthon"" ""soil""; i.e. ""people sprung from earth itself"") means the original inhabitants of a country as opposed to settlers, and those of their descendants who kept themselves free from an admixture of foreign peoples. In mythology, autochthones are those mortals who have sprung from the soil, rocks and trees. They are rooted and belong to the land eternally. An autochthon is not the same as the offspring of Gaia, called ""gegenes"" (earth-born), although later the terms have been conflated. Autochthons are reported in the"
"in your household?"" was added, eighty years since the 1939 Census asked for the Mother tongue of the population. The official language of Greece is Greek, spoken by 99% of the population. In addition, a number of non-official, minority languages and some Greek dialects are spoken as well. The most common foreign languages learned by Greeks are English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. Mayan languages of Guatemala, are the linguistic varieties derived historically from protomaya . The protomaya is a protolengua hypothetically reconstructed by the comparative method and other techniques of historical linguistics, to diversify the language to be their"
"Greece Greece (), officially the Hellenic Republic (Greek: ), historically also known as Hellas, is a country located in Southern and Southeast Europe, with a population of approximately /1e6 round 0 million as of . Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki. Greece is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Situated on the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the"
"the Greek Genocide in 2015. In the Greek language, Armenia is called Αρμενία (""Armenia""), the Armenians are called Αρμένιοι (""Armenii"") and the Armenian language is called αρμένικα (""Armenica""). In the Armenian language, Greece is called Հունաստան (""Hounastan""), the Greeks are called հույներ (""Houyner"") and the Greek language is called Հունարեն (""Hounaren""). The Greek transcription of the Armenian word for Armenia (""Հայաստան"") is Χαγιαστάν (""Hayiastan""). The Armenian transcription of the Greek word for the Greek language (""Ελληνικά "") is էլլինիկա (""Ellinika""). Both being ancient civilizations, Armenians and Greeks have co-existed for centuries. There are ancient notes by Greek historians suggesting of"
"been the Greek peninsula and the Aegean Sea, Southern Italy (Magna Graecia), the Black Sea, the Ionian coasts of Asia Minor and the islands of Cyprus and Sicily. In Plato's ""Phaidon"", Socrates remarks, ""we (Greeks) live around a sea like frogs around a pond"" when describing to his friends the Greek cities of the Aegean. This image is attested by the map of the Old Greek Diaspora, which corresponded to the Greek world until the creation of the Greek state in 1832. The sea and trade were natural outlets for Greeks since the Greek peninsula is rocky and does not"
"Hellenes, to liberate our home"". The leader of the Greek War of Independence began his ""Declaration"" with a phrase similar to the above: ""The time has come, O men, Hellenes"". After the name was accepted by the spiritual and political leadership of the land, it rapidly spread to the population, especially with the onset of the Greek War of Independence where many naïve leaders and war figures distinguished between idle Romans and rebellious Hellenes. General Theodoros Kolokotronis in particular made a point of always addressing his revolutionary troops as Hellenes and invariably wore a helmet of ancient Greek style. General"
"therefore, naturally called them ""the Rûm"", their territory ""the land of the Rûm"" and the Mediterranean ""the Sea of the Rûm"". They called Ancient Greece by the name ""Yūnān"" (Ionia) and ancient Greeks ""Yūnānīm"" (similar to Hebrew ""Yavan"" [יוון] for the country and ""Yevanim"" [יוונים] for the people). Ancient Romans were called ""Rūm"" or sometimes ""Latin'yun"" (Latins). ""Al-Rūmī"" is a nisbah designating people originating in the Byzantine Roman Empire or lands that formerly belonged to Byzantine Roman Empire, especially Anatolia. Historical people so designated include the following: The Greek surname Roumeliotis stems from the word Rûm borrowed by Ottomans. Later,"
"numbers of Greeks took refuge in the areas of Calabria, Salento and Sicily. Greeks from Coroni, the so-called Coronians, were nobles, who brought with them substantial movable property. They were granted special privileges and tax exemptions. Other Greeks who moved to Italy came from the Mani Peninsula of the Peloponnese. The Maniots were known for their proud military traditions and for their bloody vendettas, many of which still continue today. Another group of Maniot Greeks moved to Corsica. Magna Graecia Magna Graecia (, ; Latin meaning ""Great Greece"", , ""Megálē Hellás"", ) was the name given by the Romans to"
"were summarized by Danforth: Schoolbooks and official government publications in the Republic have shown the country as part of an ""unliberated"" whole, although the constitution of the Republic, especially after its amendment in 1995, does not include any territorial claims. Danforth describes the Greek position on Macedonia as follows: because Alexander the Great and the ancient Macedonians were Greeks, and because ancient and modern Greece are bound in an unbroken line of racial and cultural continuity, it is only Greeks who have the right to identify themselves as Macedonians. According to Danforth, this is why Greeks generally refer to Ethnic"
"or the region in general. Bulgarians and ethnic Macedonians seek to deny the self-identification of the Slavic speaking minority in northern Greece, which mostly self-identifies as Greek. Certain terms are in use by these groups as outlined below. Any denial of self-identification by any side, or any attribution of Macedonia related terms by third parties to the other side, can be seen as highly offensive. General usage of these terms follows: The last eight terms are often considered offensive in the Republic of Macedonia. The first three terms are often considered offensive in Greece. Macedonia (terminology) The name Macedonia is"
"borrowed from the Greek name ""Ionia"", a once Greek region of Asia Minor, and the Ionians: The third form is ""Hellas"", used by a few languages around the world, including Greek: Other forms: The first people speaking an ancient Proto-Greek language entered mainland Greece during the Neolithic period or the Bronze Age. From the Ancient Greek dialects as they presented themselves centuries later, it seems that at least two migrations of Greeks followed, the first of the Ionians and the Aeolians probably in the 19th century BC and the second of the Dorians probably in the 13th century BC. The"
"language of Greece is Greek, spoken by almost all as a second language at least. Additionally, there are a number of linguistic minority groups that are bilingual in a variety of non-Greek languages, and parts of these groups identify ethnically as Greeks. Languages spoken in Greece: According to the Greek constitution, Eastern Orthodox Christianity is recognized as the ""prevailing religion"" in Greece. During the centuries that Greece was part of the Ottoman Empire, besides its spiritual mandate, the Orthodox Church, based in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), also functioned as an official representative of the Christian population of the empire. The Church"
"saying that their nationality is defined by Christianity. Statistics on metaphysics and worldview, do not concern narrowly only the hyponym religion. As of 2015, 93% of the population of Greece were Christians. The Greek Orthodox Church, a member of the Eastern Orthodox Communion, is accorded the status of ""prevailing religion"" in Greece's constitution, and Greece is the only country in the world where an Eastern Orthodox Church is clearly recognized as a state religion. Since 1850, Greek Orthodoxy within Greece is handled by the Church of Greece. Its members comprise between 88% and 95-98% of the population, the most recent"