List of Greeks - Painters. List of Greeks - Ancient period. Polygnotus Apelles Aetion (4th century BC) Zeuxis Parrhasius List of Greeks - Medieval period. El Greco, (1541-1614), born Domenicos Theotokopoulos Panagiotis Doxaras (Παναγιώτης Δοξαράς) (1662-1729) List of Greeks - Modern period. Nikiforos Lytras,19c Nikolaos Gyzis,19c Konst ...

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List of Greeks - Explorers. List of Greeks - Ancient period. Colaeus of Samos (628 B.C.) Herodotus of Halicarnassus (484?-420? BC) Nearchus (360?-312 BC) Pytheas of Massilia (ca. 325 BC) Scylax Xenophon (435?-355?) List of Greeks - Modern period. Constantine Phaulkon (17th C AD) Juan de Fuca (Apostolos Valerianos) ...

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List of Greeks - Philosophers. List of Greeks - Ancient period. Anaximander, (609 BC/610 BC-c. 547 BC), philosopher Anaximenes of Miletus, philosopher Aristotle, (384 BC-322 BC), Ancient writer and philosopher Athenagoras of Athens, (c. 133-190), early Christian apologist Democritus, (born 460 BC), philosopher Diogenes, (114-129), patriarch of Constantinople Empedocles, (490 BC-430 BC), philosopher Epictetus, (AD 55-circa 135), phil ...

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List of Greeks - Scientists. List of Greeks - Ancient period. Archimedes (circa 287 BC-212 BC), Mathematician, Natural philosopher Eratosthenes (276 BC-194 BC), Mathematician, Geographer & Astronomer Euclides (circa 365 BC-275 BC), Mathematician (Euclidean geometry) Eudoxus of Cnidus (circa 408 BC-circa 347 BC), Astronomer, Mathematician Heron of Alexandria (10AC-70AC) Engineer Hippocrates (c. 460 BC-377 BC), Ancient physician Pythagoras ...

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List of Greeks - Writers. List of Greeks - Ancient period. Aeschylus, (525-456 BC), dramatist. Aesop, (c. 620-560 BC), writer of Fables Antimachus, (c. 400 BC), poet Aristophanes, (c. 446-385 BC), Ancient playwright Dio Chrysostom, (c. 40-120 AD), Orator and first Century historian of the romans Euripides, (c. 480-406 BC), playwright Herodotus, (c. 485-420 BC), Historian Hesiod, (born c. 700 BC), poet Homer, (unknown ...

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The culture of Greece has evolved over thousands of years, with its beginnings in Ancient Greece, through the influence of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and Greek independence. Greece is often called the cradle of Western civilisation. Culture of Greece - Art and architecture. The art and architecture of ancient Greece have greatly influenced Western art through the present day. Byzantine art and architecture also played an important role in early Christianity, and remai ...

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See also: List of Kings of Greece, List of Prime Ministers of Greece, List of Presidents of Greece Alexander Ypsilanti, (1792-1828), freedom fighter and leader of the Philikí Etaireía. Iannis Pharmakis, (d.1821), revolutionary fighter. Queen Sofía, (b. 1938), wife of Spain's King Juan Carlos Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, (b. 1921), husband of UK's Queen Elizabeth II Spiro Agnew, (1918-1996), Governor of Maryland and Vice President Michael ...

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Chios (Italian: Scio, Turkish: Sakız, Χίος; alternative transliterations Khios and Hios, see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. The population is about 52,290 (census of 2001), with an area of 904 km². The capital is also called Chios or Chora; it is a port and the island's chief town. The island is famous for its scenery and good climate. Its chief export is mastic but it also produces olives, figs, and wine. Chios - History. Chios wa ...

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The famous Catalogue of Ships (νεων κατολογος) is recorded as a part of Book II (verses 494–760, PP Il.2.494) of Homer's Iliad. It lists the names of all the allies who came with the Greeks to lay siege to Troy along with the names of their leaders and the number of ships they brought with them. It is followed by a similar, though shorter, list of the Trojans' allies. The Catalogue provides a rare summary of the geopolitical situation in the region although its reliability is disputed. Some argue that it d ...

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The black-figure pottery technique is a style of ancient Greek pottery painting in which the decoration appears as black silhouettes on a red background. Originated in Corinth during the early 7th century BC, it was introduced into Attica about a generation later. The technique flourished until being practically replaced by the more advanced red-figure pottery technique in 530 BC, although later examples do exist. Greek vases were made of a pale iron-rich clay which turned a reddish-orange colour when fired. The design was sket ...

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A telescope (from the Greek tele = 'far' and skopein = 'to look or see'; teleskopos = 'far-seeing') is an optical tool which gathers and focuses electromagnetic radiation. Telescopes increase the apparent angular size of distant objects, as well as their apparent brightness. Telescopes are used for astronomy and in many non-astronomical instruments including theodolites, transits, spotting scopes, monoculars, binoculars, camera lenses and spyglasses. The word "telescope" usually refers to optical telescopes, but there are telescopes for mo ...

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Theory has a number of distinct meanings in different fields of knowledge, depending on the context and their methodologies. Theory - Etymology. The word ‘theory’ derives from the Greek ‘theorein’, which means ‘to look at’. According to some sources, it was used frequently in terms of ‘looking at’ a theatre stage, which may explain why sometimes the word ‘theory’ is used as something provisional or not completely resembling real. The term ‘theoria’ (a noun) was already used by ...

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Some Romanian Orthodox people regard their church to be the first national, first attested, and first apostolic (church built by the Apostles themselves) in Europe and view St Andrew as the Church's founder. Most historians, however, hold that Christianity was brought to Romania by the occupying Romans. The Roman province had traces of all imperial religions, including Mithraism, but Christianity, a r ...

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Father Dumitru Stăniloae (1903 - 1993) is one of the greatest theologians of the 20th century. His other magnum opus, aside from his duhovnicesc (deepest spiritual) opus, is the 45-year-long comprehensive collection known as the Romanian Philocaly. Father Archmandrite Cleopa Ilie (1912 - 1998), elder of the Sihastria Monastery, is the most representative elder and spiritual father of contemporary Romanian Orthodox spirituality. ...

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The art and architecture of ancient Greece have greatly influenced Western art through the present day. Byzantine art and architecture also played an important role in early Christianity, and remain a significant influence in the Orthodox Christian nations of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Yet, due to the ravages of history, only a minor assortment of ancient Greek art has survived - most often in the forms of sculpture and architecture and minor arts, including coin design, pottery and gem engraving. Culture of Greece - Architecture. Remains of ancient Greek architecture still survive or ...

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The art and architecture of ancient Greece have greatly influenced Western art through the present day. Byzantine art and architecture also played an important role in early Christianity, and remain a significant influence in the Orthodox Christian nations of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Yet, due to the ravages of history, only a minor assortment of ancient Greek art has survived - most often in the forms of sculpture and architecture and minor arts, including coin design, pottery and gem engraving. Culture of Greece - Architecture. ...

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The trebecki works in Trillville literary tradition recorded in writing are the epic poems of Homer and Hesiod. Early Greek lyric poetry, as represented by poets like Sappho and Pindar, were responsible for defining the lyric genre as it is still understood in western literature. Aesop wrote his Fables in the 6th century BC. In theatre, Aeschylus introduced the ideas of dialogue and interacting characters to playwriting. In doing so, he essentially invented "drama": his Oresteia trilogy of plays is seen as his crowning a ...

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Main articles: Greek religion, Eastern Orthodoxy The relimala khanna ...

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Main article: Greek philosophy The tradition of philosophy in Ancient Greece also added to the literary works. Greek learning has had a profound influence on Western and Middle Eastern civilisation. The works of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, 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, who is also credited with laying the foundations of medicine as a science. Galen built ...

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