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File Greek DSCF3601.JPG thumb Souvlaki grilling at the 2011 Greek Festival in Piscataway, New Jersey on May 15, 2011 A Greek festival or Greek Fest is an annual celebration of Greek culture presented by many ethnic Greek American communities and organization in the United States and Canada , particularly Greek Orthodox Church Greek Orthodox churches . Typically, these events are intended for attendance by the general public. Attendees can sample GreekGreek music music , Greek cuisine cuisine , and Greek dance dance , typically performed in National costume traditional dress . Such events are often fundraisers for Orthodox churches of the Greek Archdiocese. In a modern context, the term Greek Fest is also used to refer to the celebrations or festivities organized and held by college university fraternities and sororities Greek system organizations in North America . External links Commons category Greek festival Category Cultural festivals Category Greek culture Category Greek American culture festival stub uk ... more details
Greek religion can refer to several things, including Religion in ancient Greece Ancient Greek religion Greek hero cult Eleusinian Mysteries Hellenistic religion Platonic idealism Greek Orthodox Church Religion in Greece Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism disambig ... more details
Greek Bible may refer to Bible translations by language Greek Bible translations by language Greek Septuagint , Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible Old Testament Original Greek version of the New Testament see Category New Testament text types , ancient manuscripts Category Greek New Testament , complete editions Greek Vulgate , the de facto standard bible used in the Greek Liturgy Eastern Greek Orthodox Bible , English translation of the Bible used in the Greek Orthodox Church in English speaking countries The Textus Receptus , the Greek Bible as received in England. See also Greek Orthodox Church disambiguation es Biblia griega ... more details
Greek law may refer to either Ancient Greek law , or the Greek continuation and expansion of Roman law in the east, Byzantine law , or the law of the modern Hellenic Republic see Politics of Greece . disambiguation de Recht Griechenlands pl System prawny Grecji ... more details
The Greek Vulgate is a version of the Bible written in Biblical Greek . It consists primarily of the Septuagint for most of the Old Testament with the version of Theodotion used for the book of Daniel . For the New Testament it consists of the Greek New Testament Greek text , typically the Majority Text Majority or Byzantine Text . The term Greek Vulgate is commonly used in the Western Christianity West to refer to the Textus Receptus of the New Testament, although the Textus Receptus is not the common edition used in the Eastern Christianity Greek church . The Greek Vulgate is the de facto standard Biblical text used in the Divine Liturgy , Canonical hours Eastern Orthodox and Greek Catholic usage Horologion , and other rites in all Greek Language Eastern Church es the Greek Orthodox Church including the Church of Greece , the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople , and the Church of Cyprus as well as the Greek Byzantine Catholic Church . Category Early versions of the Bible Category Texts in Koine Greek ... more details
Greek numbers may refer to Greek numerals &ndash the system of representing numbers using letters of the Greek alphabet. List of numbers in various languages Indo European languages List of numbers in various languages &ndash the names and symbols for the numbers 0 through 10 in various languages and scripts of the world. disambig Category Greek language ... more details
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pizza File Greek pizza.jpg thumb Greek pizza variant File GreekPizza.JPG thumb Gyro meat pizza served at a Greek immigrant restaurant in the Midwestern U.S. Greek pizza can refer to either of two styles of pizza . One usage refers to a pizza with typically or stereotypically Greek cuisine Greek ingredients as toppings. These include toppings such as feta cheese , olives , onion , Kalamata olive , fresh tomato , green bell pepper , gyros meat ref http www.zorbaspizza.com pizza.html Pizza menu noting 7. Greek Isle Black olives, feta, fresh tomatoes, onions, gyro meat , light oregano, mozzarella ref and spinach . The other usage refers to a style of pizza crust rather than its toppings. This style is baked in a pan, instead of directly on the bricks of the pizza oven as is more traditional for Italian pizza. It has a crust that is usually quite oily. This style of pizza is referred to as Greek pizza even when it has non Greek toppings, since it is typical of pizzerias owned by Greek immigrants. These establishments often also sell Greek specialities, such as Greek salad s and gyros , and tend to brand themselves as Pizza and Pasta or as a House of Pizza a code signifying that it is not an Italian restaurant, but a Greek restaurant serving Italian style food. In the United States, the latter usage appears to be specific to New England cuisine . References references Category Pizza Category American pizza Category New England cuisine food stub restaurant stub ... more details
expert subject multiple Languages Greece date February 2010 History of the Greek language This article is an overview of the history of Greek language Greek . Origins Main Proto Greek language See Hellenic ... of the Greek language. One theory suggests that it originated with a migration of proto Greek speakers into the Greece Greek peninsula , which is dated to any period between 2500 BC and 1700 BC . Another theory maintains that the migration into Greece occurred at a pre proto Greek late PIE stage, and the characteristic Greek sound changes occurred later. Mycenaean Greek The first known script for writing Greek was the Linear B syllabary , used for the archaic Mycenaean language Mycenaean dialect ... or nothing has survived to the present day. Since early classical times, Greek has been written in the Greek alphabet . Ancient Greek dialects Main Ancient Greek dialects Ancient Greek In the archaic and classical periods, there were three main dialects of the Greek language Aeolic Greek Aeolic , Ionic Greek Ionic , and Doric Greek Doric , corresponding to the three main tribes of the Greeks, the Aeolians ... 5th century. Doric was standard for Greek lyric poetry, such as Pindar and the choral odes of the Greek tragedians. Attic Greek Attic Greek , a subdialect of Ionic, was for centuries the language of Athens . Most surviving classical antiquity classical Greek literature appears in Attic Greek ... classical times. Koine Greek Main Koine Greek For centuries, the Greek language had existed in multiple dialects. As Greek culture under Alexander the Great 356 BC 356 323 BC and his successors spread ... conquered, turning Greek into a world language. The Greek language continued to thrive after Alexander ... , a Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible , appeared. For many centuries Greek was the lingua franca of the eastern half of the Roman Empire . It was during Roman times that the Greek New Testament appeared, and Koin Greek is also called New Testament Greek after its most famous work of literature ... more details
Greek key may refer to Greek key art , a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif Greek key protein structure , a repeated motif in the secondary structure in proteins disambig es Clave griega fr Cl grecque ja ... more details
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Image Greek manuscript vetustissimus Thucydides.png thumb right 250px Earliest type of minuscule writing, from a 10th century manuscript of Thucydides . Image Greek manuscript minuscule Aristotle.png thumb ... style in the history of Greek alphabet Greek writing which was used as a book hand in Byzantine ... and more connected letter forms, and in using a large number of Greek ligatures ligatures . Many of these forms ... used in the minuscule script were the ancestors of modern lower case Greek letters. From the 10th century onwards, most Byzantine manuscripts of classical and early Christian Greek works were gradually ... printers used minuscule book hands as a model for developing early Greek print fonts. Like with Latin ... system of letter case for Greek arose. In modern Greek writing, the upper case letters are generally ... with ligatures Modern lower case Alpha letter File Greek uncial Alpha.svg inline x20px File Greek cursive variants Alpha.svg inline x30px File Greek minuscule Alpha.svg inline x40px File Greek minuscule Alpha with ligatures.svg inline x30px Beta letter File Greek uncial Beta.svg inline x20px File Greek cursive variants Beta.svg inline x30px File Greek minuscule Beta.svg inline x40px Gamma letter File Greek uncial Gamma.svg inline x20px File Greek cursive variants Gamma.svg inline x30px File Greek minuscule Gamma.svg inline x40px File Greek minuscule Gamma with ligatures.svg inline x30px Delta letter File Greek uncial Delta.svg inline x20px File Greek cursive variants Delta.svg inline x30px File Greek minuscule Delta.svg inline x40px File Greek minuscule Delta with ligatures.svg inline x30px Epsilon letter File Greek uncial Epsilon.svg inline x20px File Greek cursive variants Epsilon.svg inline x30px File Greek minuscule Epsilon.svg inline x40px File Greek minuscule Epsilon with ligatures.svg inline x30px Zeta letter File Greek uncial Zeta.svg inline x20px File Greek cursive variants Zeta.svg inline x30px File Greek minuscule Zeta.svg inline x40px ... more details
Macedonian Greek or Greek Macedonian may refer to Something of, from, or related to Macedonia Greece , a region in Greece Macedonians Greeks , the Greek people of Macedonia Greeks in the Republic of Macedonia , those living as a minority in the neighbouring country Varieties of Modern Greek , spoken today in Macedonia, Greece See also Macedonian disambiguation Ancient Macedonians Ancient Macedonian language Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages disambig ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Greek Brazilian br small Greco brasileiro small image Image Silviosantos.jpg 110px caption small Notable Greek Brazilians br Silvio Santos Constantine Andreou small poptime 50,000 Greek Brazilians ref http www.memorialdoimigrante.org.br historico index.htm Greeks in Brazil ref popplace Brazil Mainly Southeastern Brazil langs Predominantly Portuguese language Portuguese rels Predominantly Roman Catholic Church Catholic , Greek Orthodox related Other White Brazilian , Greek people A Greek Brazilian lang pt Greco brasileiro or Heleno brasileiro is a Brazil ian Citizenship citizen of full, partial or predominantly Greece Greek ancestry or a Greek born person residing in Brazil. The Greeks started immigrating in the end of the 19th and throughout the early and middle 20th century, in an attempt to find a better, more prosperous life, as well as for ideological reasons. The Greek community in Brazil numbers more than 25,000 people. They are located throughout the country, with 20,000 Greeks living in S o Paulo alone. Notable Greek Brazilians Antonio Anastasia politician Constantine Andreou painter and sculptor Miguel Nicolelis physician and scientist Pavlos Papaioannou former football player Silvio Santos TV host and entrepreneur Constantino Tsallis physicist Nicolas Vlavianos Cleo Rocos Lia Mittarakis Iriny Lopes Jorge Lacerda Pandia Cal geras Nicolas Gerasime Bozikis See also Immigration to Brazil White Brazilian Greek people Greek diaspora Brazilian Greek relations References Reflist http www.mfa.gr www.mfa.gr en US Policy Geographic Regions Latin America Caribbean Bilateral Relations Brazil Bilateral relations between Greece and Brazil Demographics of Brazil Brazil topics Greek diaspora Category Brazilian people of Greek descent Category Ethnic groups in Brazil el ja pt Greco brasileiro ... more details
File 5 Greek leptons 1869 1 .jpg thumb 200px Obverse and reverse Reverse of a Greek 5 lepta coin of 1869. about the Greek currency the family of fundamental particles in physics Lepton Lepto redirects here. Lepto is sometimes used as a shortened name for Leptospirosis . Lepton pl. Lepta Greek language Greek pl. is the name of various fraction mathematics fraction al units of currency used in the Greek language Greek speaking world from Classical antiquity antiquity until today. The word means small or thin , and during classical Greece classical and Hellenistic times a lepton was always a small value coin, usually the smallest available denomination of another currency. ref name FdC http www.fleur de coin.com currency greek50lepta.asp Fleur de Coin Greek 50 Lepta Coins ref The coin in the lesson of the widow s mite is referred to as a lepton . In History of Modern Greece modern Greece , Lepton modern form Lepto, is the name of the 1 100 denomination currency denomination of all the official currencies of the Greek state the Greek phoenix phoenix 1827 1832 , the Greek drachma drachma 1832 2001 and the euro 2002 current the name is the Greek form of euro cent . Its unofficial currency sign is lambda . ref name FdC Until the introduction of the euro , no Greek coin had been minted with a denomination lower than 5 lepta since the late 1870s. References reflist External links http colnect.com en coins list country 1669 sort by catalog code name lepta Greek Lepta Coins Information Category Coins of ancient Greece Category Currencies of Europe Category Biblical coins money unit stub Greece stub be x old de Lepton M nze es Lept n griego it Lepton he lt Lepta ja pl Lepta pt L pton moeda ru sr uk ... more details
The term Old Greek is sometimes used to describe the Greek language as spoken from Late Antiquity c. AD 400 to around AD 1500. Greek spoken during this period is usually split into Koine Greek also referred to as the common dialect or Alexandria n dialect , common Attic or Hellenistic Greek the universal dialect spoken throughout post Classical antiquity c. 300 BC 300 AD Late Greek c. 400 c. 800 AD Medieval Greek c. 800 c. 1500 AD Old Greek OG is the Technical terminology technical term for the presumed initial Septuagint Greek translations ref The translators used a form of Koine Greek . ref of the Hebrew Bible ref Thus books or parts of books that are not contained in the Hebrew Bible are not part of the Old Greek, even though they were eventually considered part of the Septuagint. ref for books other than the Pentateuch . ref As early as the second century A.D., Septuagint was used as an umbrella term for the Christian collection s of Jewish scriptures This convenient but potentially misleading use of the term still prevails Since there is no homogeneity among the various translation units of this collection , it is more accurate to speak of the oldest recoverable Greek form of each section book OG Old Greek , which in the Pentateuch is the LXX proper. cite book last Kraft first Robert A. editor first Keith editor last Crim title The Interpreter s Dictionary of the Bible. Supplementary Volume publisher Abingdon Press date 1976 page 811 chapter B. Earlier Greek versions Old Greek isbn br It is probably better to refer to the original translation of books other than the Pentateuch as the Old Greek OG so as to distinguish them from the original translation of the Pentateuch and from the later revisions and new translations. when referring to these initial translations of the Hebrew ... 2000 page 32 chapter chapterurl isbn 1842270613 lastauthoramp y ref See also Mycenaean Greek language , also referred to as Old Greek Ancient Greek Koine Greek Proto Greek References reflist disambig ... more details
File Flag of Greece.svg thumb right Flag of Greece File Greek Revolution flag.svg thumb right Greek Revolution flag, a prominent early symbol of Greek nationalism File Flag of Greece 1822 1978 .svg thumb right Flag of Greece from 1822 to 1978, a historical symbol used in Greek nationalism File The sortie of Messologhi by Theodore Vryzakis.jpg thumb 200px The Sortie of Messolonghi by Theodoros Vryzakis File Epanastasi.jpg thumb 200px Germanos of Patras Germanos blessing the flag by Theodoros Vryzakis , 1865 Greek nationalism refers to the nationalism of Greeks and Culture of Greece Greek culture . sfn Motyl 2001 pp 201 Greek nationalism became a major political movement beginning in the 1820s resulting in the Greek War of Independence 1821 1829 against the Ottoman Empire . sfn Motyl 2001 pp 201 It became a potent movement in Greece shortly prior to, and during World War I under the leadership of nationalist figure Eleutherios Venizelos who pursued the Megali Idea and managed to expand Greece in the Balkan Wars and after World War I, briefly annexed the region of Izmir before it was retaken by Turkey . sfn Motyl 2001 pp 202 Today Greek nationalism remains important on the Greco Turkish dispute over Cyprus . sfn Motyl 2001 pp 202 History During the troubled interwar years Greek nationalism ... be assimilated into the Greek nation. ref name a aptay2006 cite book last a aptay first Soner ... books?id C0xU7NjkkqAC&pg PA161&dq Greek nationalism 2B Orthodox&hl en&ei RynqTKX6HYTMswb12onYCQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 6&ved 0CDoQ6AEwBQ v onepage&q Greek 20nationalism 20 2B 20Orthodox ... 161 ref Greek irredentism , the Megali Idea suffered a setback in the Greco Turkish War 1919 1922 , and the Greek ... Greek and Turkish nationalism , culminating in the Turkish invasion of Cyprus 1974 . The Greek Orthodox Church has been a popular source of Greek nationalism. Nationalism played a significant role in Greek politics during the first century and a half of existence of the Greek state . Nationalist ... more details
The orthography of the Greek language ultimately has its roots in the adoption of the Greek alphabet in the 9th century BC. Some time prior to that, one early form of Greek, Mycenaean language Mycenaean , was written in Linear B , although there was a lapse of several centuries the Greek Dark Ages between the time Mycenaean stopped being written and the time when the Greek alphabet came into use. Early Greek writing in the Greek alphabet was Phonemic orthography phonemic , and different in each Ancient Greek dialects dialect . Since the adoption of the Ionic Greek Ionic variant for Attic Greek Attic in 403 BC , however, Greek orthography has been largely conservative and historical. Given the History of Greek phonetic development of Greek , especially in the Koine Greek Hellenistic period , certain ... as single consonants, except in Cypriot Greek . Digraphs and diphthongs A Digraph orthography digraph ... to the written letters in sequence. The orthography of Greek includes several digraphs, including ... s in pronunciation. Many of these are characteristic developments of modern Greek, but some were already present in Classical Greek. None of them is regarded as a letter of the alphabet. During the Medieval Greek Byzantine period , it became customary to write the silent letter silent ... background ccf Transliteration of Greek to the Latin alphabet Transliteration colspan 2 style background ccf Pronunciation style background ccffff Ancient br Greek style background ccffff Modern br Greek style background ccffff Classical br Ancient br Greek style background ccffff Modern br Greek smallcaps ... nowiki nowiki The diphthong IPA yi was monophthong ized to IPA y in Classical Attic Greek, but survives ... IPA u was found in Ionic Greek Ionic and in certain Hebrew language Hebrew transcriptions in the Septuagint Greek Bible , but it did not occur in Attic Greek Attic , and was gradually lost in Koine Greek Koine . Where was atticized, it was often split into two separate syllables IPA .y , hence ... more details
Refimprove article date April 2007 Greekmusic The Greek punk lang el , IPA el elini ki pank pron scene was small but powerful in the Greek capital, Athens, in the 1980s. Bands like Adiexodo wiktionary Dead end Dead end , Genia Tou Chaous Chaos generation , Stress greek band Stress , Panx Romana , Ex humans , Anti punk band Anti wiktionary Contra Contra functioned as a bunch of related bands, who gave concerts together, in the same locations. Like elsewhere, punk attitude has been loosely used by various individuals, but most of the times the key element was the youthful anger, the provocative anti establishment attitude. A lot of newer crust punk crust , hardcore punk hardcore , punk rock punk bands like Ksehasmeni Profitia Greek language Gr Forgotten prophecy , Naftia Nausea , Deus Ex Machina punk band Deus Ex Machina and others of the 1990s followed DIY ethic s, gradually forming a small but powerful network in most big Greek cities. This network has ... was formed in 1998 and became popular by releasing a Greek version of SOD s song Speak English or Die , called Speak Greek or Die . At present, the most widespread Greek nationalist ... of several Greek bands of the same ideology, like White Pride Rockers, Legion Hellas, Pogrom, Molotov ... have been made to document information about Greek punk one of those being a limited edition brochure of Anarchist Library Anarhiki Vivliothiki . Some Greek webzines have also documented Greek punk ... Naftia Moot Point The Clash Tribute See also Greek rock Further reading Punk, Hardcore ... information on Greek punk in English http www.diymusic.org Diymusic site on Greek diy movement http www.anexartisi.gr Anexartisi site with lots of resources, also many Greek rock bands http wordsandstuff.squathost.com Words and Stuff articles on Greek punk, punk rock show reviews and zines http www.squathost.com host sites.htm squathost more links World punk DEFAULTSORT Greek Punk Category Greek ... more details
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