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Greek name days (in Greek) for Google Calendar; Greek name days; Greek Namedays This page was last edited on 16 October 2024, at 10:51 (UTC). Text is available ...
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC. [2] [3] It was derived from the earlier Phoenician alphabet, [4] and is the earliest known alphabetic script to systematically write vowels as well as consonants. [5]
The Greek Middle Ages are coterminous with the duration of the Byzantine Empire (330–1453). [citation needed]After 395 the Roman Empire split in two. In the East, Greeks were the predominant national group and their language was the lingua franca of the region.
The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, [1] and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons.There are hundreds of thousands and even millions of individuals whose Greek name are on record; they are thus an important resource for any general study of naming, as well as for the study of ancient Greece itself.
This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks. These include ancient people of Greek culture who were also born and have Greek origins and ethnic Greeks from Greece and ...
Feast Day Notes 3 Martyrs of Vilnius: 1347 14 April Martyrs; whose names were Anthony, John, and Eustathius [2] 7 Brothers of Lazia: 304 24 June Martyrs [3] 7 Maccabean Martyrs: 167–160 BC 1 August Martyrs, sons of St. Solomonia [4] 7 Robbers of Corfu: c. 63: 28 April Martyrs [5] 7 Sleepers of Ephesus: 447 4 August / 22 October Holy Youths [6]
The Greek islands are traditionally grouped into the following clusters: the Argo-Saronic Islands in the Saronic Gulf near Athens; the Cyclades, a large but dense collection occupying the central part of the Aegean Sea; the North Aegean islands, a loose grouping off the west coast of Turkey; the Dodecanese, another loose collection in the ...