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Greece

Greece

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An ancient group of independent cities in southeastern Europe, like Athens and Sparta
  • proper noun
  • /ɡris/
translation icon : Grecia antigua
  • The ancient city-states of Greece, such as Athens and Sparta, are famous for their cultural achievements.
  • ancient Greece
  • classical Greece
  • Greece and Rome

I do not think so, not in ancient Greece and not in our own time.

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Examples

  • Ancient philosophy goes back to Greece and Rome.

  • I want all the kings of Greece and their armies.

  • I do not think so, not in ancient Greece and not in our own time.

  • I mean, this is the ancient Greece of modern society.

  • And that search has led me to ancient Greece and ancient Rome.

  • This is extraordinary and unique to Greece in the ancient world.

  • Now it sounds weird today, but back then in ancient Greece, math was a religion.

  • So these are the great poets of ancient Greece a couple of centuries earlier.

  • And all throughout Greece there were revolutions.

  • From the time of ancient Greece to the present day, philosophers and scholars have argued man is essentially rational.

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Etymology

Greece also names the ancient land because the Romans called the people Graikoi and the area Graecia, while the people themselves used the name 'Hellas', which is why we also use Hellenic for their art and ideas. So when we speak of ancient Greece we mean the old city-states and their culture.