Greece

There are 1361 items in Greece:

Ostracism

Ostracism, "the judgment of the potsherds": Athenian juridical practice in which a potentially dangerous person would be exiled from the city without loss of property or civil rights. …

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Paeones

Paeones (Greek Παίονες) or Paeonians: mixed Thracian-Illyrian nation, living on the banks of the upper reaches of the rivers Axius and Strymon.Country Looking…

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Panoply

Panoply (Greek πανοπλία): Greek name for the full suit of a soldier's armor. Apulian panoply The word panoply is derived from two Greek words, πᾶν…

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Paris, Louvre

It is hard to write a review of the Louvre in Paris, because it is one of the world’s largest museums. There are many departments, and each one of them might, in its field, have been a museum of the…

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Parmenides

Parmenides of Elea (c. 500 BCE): one of the pre-Socratic philosophers of ancient Greece. Parmenides Parmenides of Elea was a younger contemporary…

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Patara

Patara (Greek: Πάταρα) or Arsinoe (Greek: Ἀρσινόη): town in ancient Lycia, port of Xanthus, modern Gelemiş.Early History Patara, Colonnaded Street Natural harbor…

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