ancient Greek civilization, the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended about 1200 bce, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 bce. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific achievements that formed a legacy with unparalleled influence.
Greek belongs to the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is spoken mainly in Greece and Cyprus, and also in Australia, Albania, Italy, Ukraine, Turkey, Romania and Hungary.
Greek Letters today are used for writing modern greek and symbols in mathematics and science. The Greek alphabet has its origin in the Phoenician alphabet and in turn gave rise to the Gothic, Glagolitic, Cyrillic, Coptic, and Latin alphabets.
Greece is a country in southeastern Europe, known in Greek as Hellas or Ellada, and consisting of a mainland and an archipelago of islands.
Greece, the English name for the Hellenic Republic, derives from an ancient Latin word for that area. "Hellenic" derives from the word ancient Greeks used to refer themselves, while "Romeic" comes from the medieval or Byzantine Greek term.
From touring the ancient historical sites in Athens to the sunny Greek islands of Santorini, Crete, Corfu, and Rhodes, Greece is first on the list of anyone’s ultimate Mediterranean vacations.
The bulk of Greek vocabulary evolved from Proto-Greek, the ancestor of all Greek dialects. Modern Greek has also borrowed words from other languages such as French, German, and most recently from English.
A complete A-Z list of the Greek gods of ancient mythology, their names and the areas of influence they had.