Individual #Greece__Hellenic_Republic__Ellas town a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
instance of: Balkan_country
member: Greek
member of: European_Union NATO
part of: Europe Mediterranean_region
part: Chaeronea a battle in which Philip of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC) and also Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC)
part: battle_of_Lepanto__Lepanto Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope
part: battle_of_Leuctra__Leuctra Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in Greece
part: Mantinea__Mantineia the site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in 418 BC and 362 BC and 207 BC
part: battle_of_Marathon__Marathon a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians
part: battle_of_Navarino__Navarino a naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by the allied fleet
part: battle_of_Pharsalus__Pharsalus Caesar defeated Pompey in 48 BC
part: battle_of_Thermopylae__Thermopylae a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece
part: Aigina__Aegina an island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf
part: Chios__Khios an island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece
part: Cyclades__Kikladhes a group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean
part: Dodecanese__Dhodhekanisos a group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea
part: Rhodes__Rodhos a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos
part: Lesbos__Lesvos__Mytilene an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry
part: Rhodes__Rodhos a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos
part: Crete__Kriti the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC
part: Ithaki__Ithaca a Greek island west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king
part: Mount_Athos__Athos an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century
part: Athens__Athinai__capital_of_Greece__Greek_capital the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess); "in the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city"
part: Dipylon_gate__Dipylon a gateway on the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found
part: Actium an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece
part: Attica the territory of Athens in ancient Greece
part: Corinth__Korinthos the modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens
part: Argos an ancient city in southeastern Greece; dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century BC
part: Delphi an ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus; site of the Temple of Apollo
part: Temple_of_Apollo__Oracle_of_Apollo__Delphic_oracle__oracle_of_Delphi (Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous
part: Mycenae an ancient city is southern Greece; center of the Mycenaean civilization
part: Epirus an ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC; located in northwest Greece and southern Albania
part: Laconia an ancient region of southern Greece in the southeastern Peloponnesus; dominated by Sparta
part: Boeotia a district of ancient Greece northwest of Athens
part: Thebes an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC
part: Thessaloniki__Salonika__Salonica__Thessalonica a port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece
part: Thessalia__Thessaly a fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece
part: Arcadia a department of Greece in the central Peloponnese
part: Peloponnese__Peloponnesus__Peloponnesian_Peninsula the southern peninsula of Greece; dominated by Sparta until the 4th century BC
part: Sparta an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC
part: Olympia a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; site of the original Olympian Games
part: Lemnos__Limnos a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea; famous for a reddish-brown clay that has medicinal properties
part: Mount_Olympus__Olympus__Mt._Olympus__Olimbos a mountain in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high)
part: Mount_Parnassus__Parnassus__Liakoura a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry; "Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus"
part: Saronic_Gulf__Gulf_of_Aegina a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece
4 statements are about Greece [graph22_on_restaurant [a restaurant, cuisine_origin: Greece, name: "Corfu Greek Taverna", phone_No: "(07) 5474-1400", address: "1/235 Gympie Tce, Noosaville", City_Search_ID: 4.5722e+07, latitude: -263973, longitude: 1.53065e+06] ](06/05/2024); [graph23_on_restaurant [a restaurant, cuisine_origin: Greece, name: "Cupid's Restaurant", phone_No: "(07) 5449-8155", address: "Maximillian Rd, Tewantin", latitude: about -263724, longitude: about 1.5304e+06] ](06/05/2024); [graph24_on_restaurant [a restaurant, cuisine_origin: {Greece,Italy,Mexico}, name: "Lefty's Restaurant", phone_No: "(07) 5443-7891", address: "51 Duporth Ave, Maroochydore", City_Search_ID: 4.51172e+07, latitude: -266477, longitude: 1.53088e+06] ](06/05/2024); [graph273_on_restaurant [a restaurant, cuisine_origin: Greece, name: "Cupid's Restaurant", phone_No: "(07) 5449-8155", address: "Maximillian Rd, Tewantin", latitude: about -263724, longitude: about 1.5304e+06] ](26/11/2024); No statement uses a specialization of Greece; click here to add a statement.