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	Culture of Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Parthenon in Athens is an enduring symbol of Greek culture.
		The Temple of Hephaestus in Athens is the best-preserved of all ancient Greek temples.
		Pythagoras was a Greek mathematician who is known as the "father of numbers"; it is believed that he had the pioneering insight into the numerical ratios that determine the musical scale, and the Pythagorean theorem is commonly attributed to him.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Culture_of_Greece (2188 words)

	Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The mythical ancestor of the Greeks is the eponymous Hellen.
		Greek culture would later become the basis of the Hellenistic civilization that followed the empire of Alexander the Great.
		In 1973, the régime abolished the Greek monarchy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greece (4469 words)

	MSN Encarta - Greek Art and Architecture
		Greek civilization encompassed not only mainland Greece but also nearby islands in the Aegean Sea, the western coast of Turkey (known as Ionia), southern Italy and Sicily (known as Magna Graecia, or Great Greece), and by the late 300s bc, Egypt, Syria, and other Near Eastern lands.
		Greek artists were the first to establish mimesis (imitation of nature) as a guiding principle for art, even as Greek philosophers debated the intellectual value of this approach.
		During the Geometric period the Greeks came into closer contact with cultures of the Near East, and traders and artisans from Phoenicia (along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea) settled in parts of Greece itself.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761561691/Greek_Art_and_Architecture.html (1116 words)

	Greek Culture
		When a child was born to ancient Greek family, a naked father carried his child, in a ritual dance, around the household.
		Greek houses, in the 6th and 5th century B.C., were made up of two or three rooms, built around an open air courtyard, built of stone, wood, or clay bricks.
		Although the Greek women were allowed to leave their homes for only short periods of time, they could enjoy the open air, in the privacy of their courtyard.
	www.crystalinks.com /greekculture.html (1559 words)

	Daily Life Ancient Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The earliest Greek civilizations thrived nearly 4,000 years ago.Yet, their culture still impacts our lives today, in the arts, in philosophy, and in science, math, literature and politics.
		Some were Greek infants, abandoned on a hill or at the gates of a town, left to die, or to be rescued by someone passing by.
		Greek houses, in the 6th and 5th century BCE, were made up of two or three rooms, built around an open air courtyard, built of stone, wood, or clay bricks.
	members.aol.com /Donnclass/Greeklife.html (3899 words)

	Impact of Greek Culture on Normative Judaism by David Steinberg
		Seleucid policies of favoring Greek cities had the impact of ensuring hostile relations between those cities and the surrounding country side which, in turn, made the cities look to the central government for security thus guaranteeing the city’s loyalty to the empire and giving the royal government secure bases throughout the empire.
		Greek philosophers, with their demythologized world view (see), could only fit in the divine if the gods were removed from the material world and man.
		Greek medicine was scientific in that it combined close observation with generalized non-mythological theories of how the body operates.
	www.uscj.org /canadian/ottawaasc/greek_influence.htm (4024 words)

	Information about Greek Festivals. Greek tradition of Culture and Entertainment. Greek Folk Dancing, Music, Food, and ...
		Another usual attraction is the demonstration of traditional Greek folk dances performed by either the young of the local Greek Sunday school hosted by the Church, or by local members of the community who form a dance group as a hobby.
		Greek dances are mostly performed in groups that hold each other by hands or by the shoulders, so it is not difficult to follow even if you don't know what you are doing; the others in the group will lead you.
		Greek festivals are organized by local people and rely on volunteers who get involved out of their love for culture and traditional spirits and that shows in the distinct presentation and feel of the overall activity.
	www.greek-fest.com /greekfest.shtml (1168 words)

	Ethics of Greek Culture to 500 BC by Sanderson Beck
		According to Greek epics and legends, the wealthy city Thebes was cursed and devastated by a struggle for power between the two sons of Oedipus.
		Greek swords were improved to cut as well as thrust; spears and shields were made smaller in the 13th century BC, while the Hittite and Egytpian empires were contending for power in Syria.
		During his rule the Greek colony of Naucratis was established in Egypt, and he named his son after the Egyptian Saite kings; but Psammetichus was killed about 581 BC after ruling only three years.
	www.san.beck.org /EC18-Greekto500.html (18206 words)

	Greek
		Drapery in Greek culture did not fold crisply like Egyptian folds fell and the linen was not as stiff as the linen used in Egypt.
		Greek garments were essentially the same for men and women and were not shaped or fitted to the body but draped on the body in soft folds.
		Men wore their hair long at the beginning of Greek culture but it soon became fashionable to have shorter hair with little facial hair.
	www.cwu.edu /~robinsos/ppages/resources/Costume_History/greek.htm (691 words)

	The Ancient Greeks - the Athenians of Ancient Greece.
		The Ancient Greeks - the Athenians of Ancient Greece.
		Individuality, as the Greeks viewed it, was the basis of their society.
		The two most important concepts which the ancient Greeks followed were found inscribed on the great shrine of Delphi, which read "Nothing in excess" and "Know thyself".
	www.arwhead.com /Greeks (748 words)

	Teacher Packet: Greek Pottery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Through the study of Greek pottery -- some of the most common material remains of ancient Greek culture -- we are able to correct and supplement our picture of the past derived from the preserved writings of ancient poets, historians and public record keepers.
		An interdisciplinary approach to Greek pottery enables one to integrate a picture of the ancient past by considering relationships between different modes of cultural expression, such as connections between art, history, and literature.
		By assessing selected Greek pots in Joslyn Art Museum's permanent collection, one may learn a great deal about elements of ancient Greek culture; for example, chronology, economics, myth and religion, daily life, and of course, aesthetic standards.
	www.joslyn.org /teach/packets/pots/gpottery.html (522 words)

	Martin Bernal's "Black Athena"
		The origins of Hellenic language and culture are supposed to lie in the second millenium B.C., when Indo-European-speaking invaders swept down into Greece from the North, and ultimately brought logic and democracy to the decadent Mediterranean.
		In case this is not radical enough, he goes on to suggest that the eruption caused world-wide climatic disruption that led to the collapse of the Xia dynasty in China.
		However it is not clear whether what we marvel at in ancient Greek culture is due to their inheritance from the East, or their development of (against?) it.
	www.physics.wustl.edu /~alford/athena.html (697 words)

	The Myceneans
		Later Greeks believed this to be the case: in Greek history and legend, the Dorians were a barbaric northern tribe of Greeks who rushed down into Greece and wrested control over the area.
		Fortunately for the Greeks, none of the great powers had ever been interested in Europe or the Aegean, so the Greek Dark Ages, once the Dorians had settled, were probably a time of peace.
		Not only are the two epic poems of Homer windows into the distant Mycenean past and into the darkness of the Greek Middle Ages, they are the defining moment in Greek culture; for the Greeks will turn to these poems throughout their history to define themselves culturally, politically, and historically.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/MINOA/DARKAGES.HTM (493 words)

	Obelisks and fountains - Greek culture in Hellenistic Egypt
		Alexandria in most respects was a typical Greek city foundation, but the inclusion from the start of a temple for the goddess Isis was a symbolic act.
		But it is often in marginal areas that cultural icons carry even greater weight and Macedon, as a relative outsider in Greece, had a striking record for the encouragement of Greek culture.
		I have been arguing that, as part of the Ptolemaic enterprise, Greek culture in the countryside was spread by teaching in schools, and that Ptolemaic education was not just a question of literacy but also of literate culture.
	ist-socrates.berkeley.edu /~tebtunis/lecture/obelisks.html (5418 words)

	Greek culture - greek architecture and classical orders - Sailing in Greece and Turkey - Cultural holidays.
		This impressive reference book traces the development of the Ancient Greek and assesses their impact on the ancient and present day world.
		The ideal introduction into the development of Greek art and civilisation across three millennia, from the Bronze Age till the Hellenistic period.
		The author has also added special interest boxed inserts on Greek culture and society and on controversies and issues using numerous well-chosen illustrations.
	www.sailingissues.com /culture.html (498 words)

	Greek Music
		Some Greek folk instruments are different on the mainland than they are on the islands.
		On the islands, solo instruments include the bagpipe, the lyra (a three-stringed, upright fiddle), and the violin, and accompaniment instruments include a small drum, two kinds of lute, a different kind of dulcimer, and a big drum hung over the shoulder and hit with a stick.
		In the twentieth century, Greek composers entered the world arena of art music, composing in Western European styles and uniquely Greek styles (using Greek folk music in their compositions).
	www.sbgmusic.com /html/teacher/reference/cultures/greek.html (647 words)

	[soc.culture.greek] Macedonia FAQ
		It was the first time (4th century BCE) that the Greek mainland (city-states and kingdoms) with the same language, culture, and religion were united against the enemies of Asia in one league.
		We have linguistic, cultural, genealogical, and geographic ties to the ancient Greeks and Macedons.
		The population of Macedonia (Greek) is 2 mill.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/cultures/macedonia/faq (2154 words)

	G r e e k H o u s e
		The Greek House is a center for Greek language lessons and Greek culture, created in 1999, by 3 people with many combined years of experience in the fields of Greek language and Greek culture, who felt that the Northern suburbs were sorely lacking in an institution of this kind.
		All teachers are native Greeks and experienced professionals, with degrees in linguistics and/or philology, who truly love their job and their students.
		The school’s aim is to be a Greek cultural center providing the community with a wide range of Greek related courses, seminars, lectures and art exhibitions.
	www.greekhouse.gr (240 words)

	Resulting Greek Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		They (Greeks) also built temples to worship their Gods, but they thought that individual Gods picked the spot and the people just built the walls around it (156,Stolkstad).
		Since all of the Greek Gods were supposed to have picked the site for their sanctuaries this made it difficult for the Greek citizens to travel (often times up rugged terrain) the distances needed to build these temples.
		This gave the Greek people more of a chance to openly use the sanctuary and temples as they saw fit, not just as places of worship (when they wanted) but they were also used for the Greeks recreational purposes.
	web.cocc.edu /wr316ca/daryli/resultinggreekculture.htm (181 words)

	Greek
		Grammar and vocabulary of ancient Attic Greek, within the context of Greek culture; reading knowledge through texts adapted from classical authors.
		Masterworks of ancient Greek literature with emphasis on critical analysis of style, structure, or thought.
		Designed to meet the needs of students who seek work in areas other than those in which courses are offered, or who desire to integrate a study of literature or language with special problems in major fields.
	www.public.iastate.edu /~catalog/2001-03/courses/greek.html (296 words)

	Early Polis
		The particular character of ancient Greek political culture is suggested in the two following passages; one drawn from a contemporary historian, the other from a fourth-century philosopher.
		The formation of a political culture is a far more complicated process than simple economic explanations or materialist philosophy would allow.
		What forces shaped the emergent polis culture and the concept of citizen is, as you might expect, the subject of intense debate among historians.
	academic.reed.edu /humanities/110Tech/polisfoundations.html (1175 words)

	Odyssey/Greece/Homepage
		Nashville, Tennessee calls itself the "Athens of the South" and is home to an exact replica of the Parthenon, the 5th-century BC Greek temple dedicated to the goddess Athena.
		Their NFL team is even called the Tennessee Titans, named for the first of the ancient Greek gods.
		In this section of Odyssey Online, we'll look at ancient Greek objects to learn more about the people who made and used them, the rich culture of these people, and their legacy in our lives today.
	www.carlos.emory.edu /ODYSSEY/GREECE/homepg.html (220 words)

	goGreece.com: Society & Culture
		The magnificent Greek holiday Oxi Day is celebrated every year in Greece on October 28th and mostly remembered for general Ioannis Metaxas' strong reply of 'oxi' (no) to Mussolini's request to allow Italian troops to come into Greece at the beginning of WW II...
		The Greek Festival of Epiphany, or 'The Blessing of the Waters', is held every year on January 6 throughout all.....
		The Foundation of the Hellenic World is a privately funded, non-profit cultural institution, dedicated in the preservation and dissemination of Greek history and traditions.
	www.gogreece.com /society_culture (318 words)

	The Minoans
		This unique culture, of course, lasted only a few centuries, and European civilization shifts to Europe itself with the foundation of the military city-states on the mainland of Greece.
		After successfully locating and digging up Troy, he turned his sights to the Greek mainland and discovered two ancient cities, Myceanae and Tiryns, which together revealed a civilization that up until that point had only been known in the poems of Homer and Greek drama.
		For the Minoans also exported their culture as well as goods, and a derivative culture grew up on the mainland of Greece, the Myceneans, who were a war-like people.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/MINOA/MINOANS.HTM (611 words)

	NCLG: Why Study Greek? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Their culture was the "cradle of western civilization." They have greatly influenced Western rhetoric, science, philosophy, sports (cf.
		Greek thought kindled the spirit of the Renaissance, and the Greek language provided the bases for many modern technical vocabularies, including the vocabularies of most of the sciences.
		In the past two years students prepared in Greek at OU have been accepted to graduate study at Yale Divinity School, Ohio State, the University of California at Berkeley, Chicago, Toronto, Kentucky, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--and all have been awarded large grants, fellowships, or teaching assistantships.
	www.promotelatin.org /greek.htm (2045 words)

	Amazon.com: Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture : Archaic Greece and the Mind of Athens: Books: Werner Jaeger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Paideia, the shaping of Greek character through a union of civilization, tradition, literature, and philosophy is the basis for Jaeger's evaluation of Hellenic culture.
		Volume I describes the foundation, growth, and crisis of Greek culture during the archaic and classical epochs, ending with the collapse of the Athenian empire.
		ARETE was the central ideal of all greek culture.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195004256?v=glance (1591 words)

	Culture of Greece, Discover it's Archaeology, History, and Learn to Speak Greek
		Its ancient name 'cyanus' refers, apart from the mineral stone, to the artificial glass and to the paint as well.
		The natural turquoise stone decorated mainly jewels and weapons, statues, like the statue of Zeus in Olympia had eyes of turquoise inserted and in this practice the Greeks imagined their Gods and heroes as blue-eyed.
		The turquoise paint that the painters used was the product of powder turquoise stone mixed with other ingredients or a mixture of copper from Cyprus and sand.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /GreekCulture (652 words)

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