Quotes About Greek

the Greek city-states of Sicily had been fighting off their rivals, the Carthaginians

Flamininus was as good at his word. The legions departed. It was now up to the Greek city-states to manage their own affairs

Pythagoras of Samos, in the later sixth century BCE

Sparta would become increasingly marginalised in Greek affairs from this time on.

The standard Greek terms for these would soon become established as, respectively, tyrannis, demokratia, and oligarchia.

Constantinople had been saved, and with it the Greek-speaking Roman Empire.

One of the first Greek words to be recognised in Linear B was represented

the four characters: ti-ri-po-de, meaning 'two tripods'.)

This is why, when the Greeks adapted this system for their own use, they called it the 'alphabet'.

The satraps, in turn, were content to allow the Greek city-states to manage their internal affairs

Heraclius became the first ruler of a 'Roman' empire to revive the long-disused Greek word for 'king', basileus.

From then on, this would remain the official title, in Greek, of every ruler to rule from Constantinople

The city is known to the Hittites as Millawanda and will later enter Greek history under the name Miletus.

Many of the most characteristic Macedonian names are transparently formed from Greek words.

Macedonian centres of population began to look like Greek cities.

Greek slowly emerged—distinct from others of the Indo-European group and incorporating elements

the distant origin of the Greek language may reach all the way back to the beginning of the period that we call the Neolithic

the distant origin of the Greek language may reach all the way back to the beginning of the period that we call the Neolithic, or New Stone Age.

eventually to become known by the alternative Greek name, which may be no less ancient, Troy (Troia).

Hagia Sophia successfully marries the old Greek science of theoretical geometry to Roman skills of practical engineering

the Greek-speaking Roman Empire after the death of Heraclius in 641 had turned into the Byzantine.

there are many who date the end of 'classical' Greek civilisation to the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE.

Flee from the papists as you would from a snake and from the flames of a fire. St. Mark Eugenicus, fifteenth-century Greek Orthodox theologian

You can overintellectualize these Greek letters," Pflug reflected, referring to the alphas, betas, and gammas in the option trader's argot. "One Greek word that ought to be in there is hubris.