Hellenic Republic

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Hellenic Republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oilEllas, GreeceActium - the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BCChaeronea - a battle in which Philip II of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC) and also Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC)Battle of Lepanto, Lepanto - Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Popebattle of Leuctra, Leuctra - Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in GreeceMantinea, Mantineia - the site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in 418 BC and 362 BC and 207 BCbattle of Marathon, Marathon - a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persiansbattle of Navarino, Navarino - a decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by an allied fleet of British and French and Russian warshipsbattle of Pharsalus, Pharsalus - Caesar defeated Pompey in 48 BCbattle of Thermopylae, Thermopylae - a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer GreeceBalkan Wars - two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europebay wreath, laurel wreath, laurel - (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victorypantheon - (antiquity) a temple to all the godsWooden Horse, Trojan Horse - a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan Warhybrid, loanblend, loan-blend - a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)dithyramb - (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language - the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languagespean, paean - (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)torch race - (ancient Greece) in which a torch is passed from one runner to the nextsouvlaki, souvlakia - made of lamb17 November, Revolutionary Organization 17 November - a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Greece that is violently opposed to imperialism and capitalism and NATO and the United States; an active terrorist group during the 1980sELA, Revolutionary People's Struggle - an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United StatesCommon Market, EC, EEC, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union, EU, Europe - an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union"NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization - an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective securityAchaea - a region of ancient Greece on the north coast of the PeloponneseAegina, Aigina - an island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic GulfChios, Khios - an island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to GreeceKikladhes, Cyclades - a group of over 200 islands in the southern AegeanDhodhekanisos, Dodecanese - a group of islands in the southeast Aegean SeaDoris - a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spokenLesbos, Lesvos, Mytilene - an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetryRodhos, Rhodes - a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of RhodesCrete, Kriti - the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BCIthaki, Ithaca - a Greek island to the west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its kingAthos, Mount Athos - an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth centuryAthens, Athinai, capital of Greece, Greek capital - the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess); "in the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city"

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