Questions tagged [greece]
Questions related to the history of Greece, a country in southeastern Europe bordered by Albania, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, Turkey to the east, the Aegean Sea to the east and south, and the Ionian Sea to the west (Aegean and Ionian both being part of the Mediterranean Sea). For history questions related to Greece prior to the end of antiquity in AD 600, instead use the ancient-greece tag.
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How were lead sheets made in the Graeco-Roman world?
How did people make lead sheets in the Graeco-Roman world? Especially for the usage in curses.
This category is exemplarily represented by the so-called curse tablets (Gk. κατάδεσμος, Lat. defixio), ...
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How big were the armies of the Mycenaean Civilization during the Late Helladic Period and during the Late Bronze Age Collapse?
Just about how many soldiers could you expect to encounter during the Late Helladic Period and the Late Bronze Age Collapse in Mycenaean Greece? Did they have a significant number of camp followers ...
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In Ancient Greece or Rome, could a slave (not an ex-slave) themselves own slaves, apart from the fictional Eumaeus (Odyssey Book 14 lines 450-453)? [duplicate]
In Homer's Odyssey the swineherd Eumaeus is a trusted slave of Odysseus' family, having been bought by Odysseus' father Laertes. Yet we are told in Book 14, lines 450 - 453, that Eumaeus himself owns ...
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What exactly happened in 1974 during the invasion of Cyprus by the Turks? [closed]
This is very recent history and I want to make up my opinion on this. What exactly happened during the invasion of Cyprus in 1974 from Turkey? There are 2 sides of this story but historically which ...
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Was there a separate vote on the Bulgarian demand for Western Thrace at the Paris Conference of 1946?
Although Bulgaria had withdrawn their troops from Greece in order to get an armistice in Oct 1944, Bulgaria reiterated their demand for Western Thrace (that its troops had vacated in '44) at the Paris ...
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Was possession of a radio forbidden in Greece in 1930s?
In the 2016 British TV series The Durrells which is based on a true story, the British family moves to the Greek island of Corfu.
In the last episode just months before the start of World War II a ...
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Are there other names of Greek places with the Sta(n)- prefix besides Stalimene and Stanchio in medieval Western Europe?
I don't know what I can add to the question, except that it is ultimately related to the question of why Istanbul is not called "Istinbul" instead. The more examples of other Greek places ...
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Is the Tokai Maru the ship that rescued many refugees from the 'Smyrna catastrophe' in 1922 or is it named Tokei Maru instead?
I found this article claiming that a Japanese Ship named "Tokei Maru" has rescued many Greek and Armenian refugees from Turkish onslaught at Smyrna in 1922.
Therefore, I wanted to know more ...
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Were there mutual celebrations of Ederlazi and St.George's day in Ottoman Greece?
Ederlazi (Hıdırellez) celebrations of Muslims was a culturally intermixed celebration of the St.George's Day of Christians. They were both celebrated on the 6th of May in the Balkans. Especially in ...
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Why were Muslims in Western Thrace and Christians in Constantinople excluded from the population exchange?
In the 1923 compulsory population exchange between Greece and Turkey, most Muslims living in Greece were forcibly moved to Turkey, and most Christians living in Turkey were forcibly moved to Greece.
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Did Plato practice pankration?
At what level, if at all did Plato practice the martial art of pankration and what direct evidence do we have for believing so?
Pankration is a Greek martial art; a sort of bare knuckles MMA in that ...
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What did anti-Greek stereotyping look like in the United States in the early 20th century?
I am writing a story that is set in the 1920s. Several of the characters in the story are either immigrants from southern or eastern Europe (e.g., Greece, Italy) or their children, and I'm trying to ...
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Greek/Roman play in which a woman encourages a pregnant slave to marry a slave owner and pass off the baby as his?
I can’t for the life of me remember which play this is, or indeed whether it’s Greek or Roman? There’s presumably a lot more to the plot than this, but all I remember is that a young woman is sold ...
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How can I find out what the printed numbers mean on the back of an older photo?
I have two color photos from Crete, Greece. Maybe around the 1960-70's? The size of the photo is about 3-1/2" x 5". I believe it had a white border but I think someone trimmed it. There is ...
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Why were children photographed In Crete, Greece around mid-late 1940's photos with the stamp on the back “A M Crown Copyright Reserved”?
I have a few old photos from about the mid to late 1940's in Crete, Greece (the civil war occurred during the time). There is a specific stamp on the back of two photos which is marked A M Crown ...
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Who started the Great Fire of Smyrna in 1922?
I wish to know if there is historical evidence that definitively identifies who started the fire in Smyrna in 1922, or, whether we can conclude given the available evidence, or if it is more ...
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When was the "Alexandrian period" of Greek sciences?
Engels (1880):
The foundations of the exact natural sciences were, therefore, first worked out by the Greeks of the Alexandrian period, and later on, in the Middle Ages, by the Arabs.
When was this &...
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Why was being a school teacher something looked down upon in Ancient Greece?
I'm currently doing research on Epicurus for an article and I came across an passage from Timon (a central student of Pyrrho) where he calls Epicurus "Grammadidascalides", as if an epithet, along with ...
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Are there any writings by blinded and/or exiled Byzantine emperors?
Several Byzantine Emperors were deposed and subsequently blinded and/or exiled by their successors. Are there any extant texts authored by any of these deposed emperors?
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What is the history of the university asylum law?
I fear this question may be rather broad and I would like help to narrow it down. Currently a debate is ongoing in Greece regarding the law preventing police from stepping into university campuses. ...
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Is Makarios III's harsh quote on Turkish Cypriots accurate?
There is a quote by Makarios III from 1964 (during the Crisis of 1963–1964), regarding a possible Turkish intervention in the island. It has been very infamous in Turkey, and has gained attention ...
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Why did the ancient Romans kill deer so often? [closed]
I've heard that they killed deer for tools and food,but why always deer?
they also killed other animals, but why deer most of the time?
was there some sort of benefit?
many books say," they do it for ...
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Which Greeks besides Cappadocian Karamanlis spoke native Turkish, who went to Greece after 1922/23?
I am interested in Greeks of Asia Minor, who were Turkish speaking but not Greek speaking, and who fled to Greece after the Turkish-Greek War; but before Lausanne Treaty. I am not looking for those ...
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How was Herodotus able to get accounts of the Battle of Thermopylae?
How was Herodotus able to get accounts of the last stand of Thermopylae if the entire rear guard died alongside Leonidas? It is said he recorded the last words of the Spartans "stranger go tell Sparta ...
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Why was Turkey allowed to keep Constantinople after WW1? [closed]
Why was Turkey allowed to keep Constantinople after WW1? Greece was on the winning side, weren't they? Wouldn't it have made sense for the European great powers to support a Greek demand on ...
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Is my comparison on the significance of black and red pottery plausible?
I am writing a paper on 8th-3rd century Greece. I am trying the distinguish the differences between black and red figure pottery.
Black figure pottery very commonly illustrated the mingling of ...
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How did the ancient Greeks synchronize time?
How the time synchronization was achieved in ancient Greece? The context of this question is about Eratosthenes and his calculation of the size of the Earth based on Sun casting shadows with different ...
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Historical documents of Mount Athos
I have heard of a project of cataloging and digitizing of all of Mount Athos documents. Is there a website to find more information about this project, and to follow its progress?
I'm having a hard ...
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Are there any other "Delphic Temple"-like sites in the world?
Are there any other "Delphic Temple"-like sites in the world?
I recently read that, in 2001, scientists studying the Temple were able to detect ethylene gas being burped from up beneath Mt ...
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Were there any Crypto-Olympian worshipers after 380 AD/CE? [duplicate]
In 380 AD/CE, the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius issued The Edict of Thessaloniki which nationalized Christianity within Greece, Asia Minor, Italy, as well as other parts of The Roman Empire, while also ...
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Sources for historical information about the life and career of Basil Zaharoff?
Basil Zaharoff seems to me to be a quite mysterious figure from World War One. He was a Greek arms dealer and industrialist who sold weapons and ammunition systems to both the sides in the war, and ...
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Valid source of Greek historical periods , in a URL [closed]
I am writing a paper and I have to include all the historical eras of Greece as a pre-defined "vocabulary" for a metadata schema. This vocabulary has to be online and be accessible via a URL.
So I am ...
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Why was religion used as the basis of Turkey-Greece population exchange instead of language, ethnicity, etc.?
In 1923, Turkey and Greece exchanged parts of their population, by forcibly denaturalizing certain population and expelling them to the other country. Interestingly, the criteria of being exchanged ...
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What is the likely ethnic origin of the Minoans?
Ever since the discovering and unearthing of the Knossos Palace in Northern Crete over 100 years ago, Archaeology and History have learned a great deal about "The Minoans"-(or Ancient Cretans). ...
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Why was the city of Philippi abandoned?
I've been googling for answers on why Philippi was abandoned - most think it has something to do with the Ottoman conquest, but why would they abandon a city near the water?
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How did NATO handle the military coups and juntas in Greece, Turkey and Portugal?
Since the founding of NATO three of its members had military coups and juntas:
Greece from 1967 to 1974
Portugal from 1974 to 1975
Turkey
from 1960 to 1961
in 1971
from 1980 to 1983
Since NATO ...
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Is it true that many great ancient warriors were vegan? [closed]
This video states that. And also, most interesting - it states that Alexander's the Great army was vegan.
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What did Nikolas Mystikos call his countrymen in official correspondence?
Inspired from a quote I used in one of my previous answers here, Patriarch Nikolas Mystikos of Constantinople wrote the following letter to Abbasid Caliph al-Muqtadir:
Two Sovereignties, That of ...
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When was the Ottoman mosque within the Parthenon demolished?
After the Great Turkish War of 1683 - 1699, the Ottomans built a small mosque in the ruined Parthenon using salvaged materials from Parthenon itself. This was after it was catastrophically damaged by ...
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Which regions/dynasties do the flags in this Fresco about Byzantine-Persian war represent?
Piero Della Francesca painted the following Fresco to depict battle between Heraclius of Byzantine Empire and Khosrou II of Persian Empire.
Which regions or dynasties do the flags represent?
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Why did nationalism in all of Europe surge in the 19th century?
Nationalism in all parts of Europe surged in the 19th century, the centuries old multinational states of the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary broke apart and by the end of the century this jingoism ...
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When was a decree issued by the Greeks that forbade speaking God's name?
This is in follow-up to a question on Mi Yodeya
The Babylonian Talmud states:
‘On the third of Tishri the mention [of God] in bonds was abolished: for the Grecian Government had forbidden the ...
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Who are reputable historians who study ancient Greece? [closed]
I was wanting to know reputable historians who specialize in Ancient Greek Civilization? For example, Bettany Hughes is one, but I would like to know some more.
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Did temples in ancient Greece contain treasure? [closed]
Was it common for temples in ancient Greece to contain treasure like gold and silver?
Did any famous temples contain treasure rooms?
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Why did Latin take root so deeply in Italy, Gaul, and the Iberian Peninsula, but not Greece or beyond?
I was just reflecting on the fact that Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and French all evolved from Latin, the language spread across that area by the Roman Empire 2000 years ago. (Romanian too, I ...
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Why did not UK assist Greece in 1919 war?
Why did not UK assist Greece against Turks in 1919 war?
Greece had historical ties with UK. But no significant assistance by UK was provided to Greece during the war. As far as I know British Armies ...
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What happened to Muslim spouses who converted to Christianity during the 1923 Graeco-Turkish population exchange?
The Greek - Turkish Population Exchange Convention was signed on 30 January 1923. The population exchange was based on religious identity - involving denaturalization of the Orthodox Christian ...
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Where did the Greeks look for descendants of the Byzantine dynasties?
I recall reading in a few books that during the early to mid 19th century, the Greeks where trying to find European nobles who had genealogies linked to the dynasties of the old Byzantine Empire (...
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Why was the Hexamillion wall incapable of preventing invasion?
The Hexamillion wall was created to fortify the only land route into the Peloponnese peninsula ~ but throughout it's history (450-1460 AD) it failed to prevent multiple invasions, acting only as a ...
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What happened to those ethnic Greeks who converted to Islam during the Ottoman empire?
I got a little inspiration from a previous post on the History part:
"Why were Albanians the only nation in the Balkans who converted to Islam during the Ottoman occupation?"
Does anyone know ...
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