Name of Greece - Wikipedia
WEBThe ancient and modern name of the country is Hellas or Hellada (Greek: Ελλάς, Ελλάδα; in polytonic: Ἑλλάς, Ἑλλάδα), and its official name is the Hellenic Republic, Helliniki Dimokratia (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία [eliniˈci ðimokraˈti.a]).
Why Greece is called Hellas and who are the Hellenes?
WEBHow the ancient city of Athens got its name and the sacred olive trees of Greece. What makes a Greek a Greek. Deucalion and Pyrrha, the only two to survive a flood which wipes out mankind, name their first son Hellinas and Hellas; Greece, is born.
Hellas: The Mythical Origin of Greece’s Name - Greek Learning Hub
WEBOct 19, 2023 — While the rest of the world calls it Greece, Greeks refer to their country as Ellada or Hellas. But why Hellas? According to an ancient Greek myth, Zeus decided to wipe out humanity and created a great flood that killed everyone except Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha, who were the only pious pair on earth.
Ancient Greece - Wikipedia
WEBAncient Greece (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized: Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity (c. 600 AD), that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.
Greece - Wikipedia
WEBGreece, [a] officially the Hellenic Republic, [b] is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east.
Why do we call Greece like that and not 'Hellas'? - Greece High …
WEBAug 11, 2020 — The ancient and modern name of the country is Hellas or Hellada, and its official name is the Hellenic Republic, "Helliniki Dimokratia". In English, however, the country is usually called Greece, which comes from the Latin Graecia (as used by the Romans) and literally means 'the land of the Greeks'. The …
Ancient Greece - World History Encyclopedia
WEBNov 13, 2013 — Greece is a country in southeastern Europe, known in Greek as Hellas or Ellada, and consisting of a mainland and an archipelago of islands. Ancient Greece is the birthplace of Western philosophy ( Socrates , Plato , and Aristotle ), literature ( Homer and Hesiod ), mathematics ( Pythagoras and Euclid ), history ( Herodotus ), drama ( …
Greece – Hellas: Geography and Key Facts - Greece Index
WEBGreece is called Hellas (Ελλάς, Ελλάδα in Greek) and is officially known as the Hellenic Republic or (Elliniki Dimokratia, Ελληνική Δημοκρατία). Known for its rich history, unparalleled architecture, and exquisite landscapes, Greece is …
Why Were the Ancient Greeks Called Hellenes? - ThoughtCo
WEBJan 31, 2019 — Discover how the ancient Greeks came to be called Hellenes. Find out when the Hellenistic Period began and ended.
Greece vs Hellas: The Semantics Behind the Country with Many …
WEBJun 27, 2017 — An exclusive interview with Katerina Zacharia and the semantics behind the different names Greece (or Hellas) has had throughout its history.