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The War against Nabis or Laconian War of 195 BC was fought between the Greek city-state of Sparta and a coalition comprised of Rome, the Achean League, Pergamum, Rhodes, and Macedon. During the Second Macedonian War (200–196 BC), Macedon had given Sparta control over Argos, an important city on the Aegean coast of Peloponnese. Sparta's continued occupation of Argos at the end of war was used as a pretext for Rome and its allies to declare war. The anti-Spartan coalition laid siege to Argos, captured the Spartan naval base at Gythium, and soon invested and besieged Sparta itself. Eventually, negotiations led to peace on Rome's terms, under which Argos and the coastal towns of Laconia were freed from Spartan rule and the Spartans were compelled to pay a war indemnity to Rome over the next eight years. Argos joined the Achaean League, and the Laconian towns were placed under Achaean protection.

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Φωτογραφίες

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...that the Rio-Antirio bridge between the Peloponnese and mainland Greece is the longest cable stayed-suspended deck in Europe.

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...that the Mediterranean diet practiced in Greece and other Mediterranean countries includes copious amounts of olive oil, while relatively high in fat, is thought to lead to much lower rates of cardiovascular disease.

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...that the Olympic Games, originated in Greece. The Ancient Olympic Games started in Greece, and the 1st game of the Modern Olympics was held in Greece.

Λογοτεχνία και Φιλοσοφία

Greece has produced countless world-famous poets, from ancient times down to the present. In addition to historians and philosophers like Sokrates and Plato along with non-fiction writers like Herodotus and Xenophon and novelists like Nikos Kazantzakis.

Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Zeus fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another.

- Homer, The Iliad

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Τέχνη

Greek art has a proud tradition and since ancient times has influenced the culture of many countries especially in the areas of sculpture and architecture continuing to the present. In West the art of the Roman Empire was derived from Greek models while in the East Alexander the Great's conquests initiated several centuries of exchange between Greek, Central Asian and Indian cultures, resulting in Greco-Buddhist art. During the Renaissance, Greek art inspired many European artists.

In addition to forms of visual art like the fresco and mosaic since Byzantine times, Greek painters have been known for their religious icons.

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Κατηγορίες

Greece

Geography

• - Cities (Athens, Thessaloniki, Sparta, ...)
• - Regions (Central, Macedonia, Thessaly, ...)

History (Ancient Greece, Archaelogical sites, ...)

Culture (Literature, Religion, ...)

Communications - Films - Tourism - Sports

Society - Politics - Science and technology

People (Politicians, Writers, Scientists, ...)

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Ελληνικές προσωπικότητες

Musicians

• Maria Callas
• Nana Mouskouri
• Mikis Theodorakis
• Manos Hadjidakis
• Nikolaos Skalkottas
• Haris Alexiou
• Katy Garbi
• Elena Paparizou

Painters

• Ancient
  • Heraclides
  • Eucharides
  • Antiphilus
• Contemporary
  • El Greco
  • Nikolaus Gysis
  • Theodoros Vryzakis

Philosophers

• Ancient
  • Socrates
  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • Epicurus
• Contemporary
  • Nikos Poulantzas
  • Cornelius Castoriadis

Writers

• Ancient
  • Homer
  • Aristophanes
  • Euripides
• Contemporary
  • Constantine P. Cavafy
  • Dionysios Solomos
  • Odysseas Elytis

Athletes

• Ancient
  • Milo of Croton
  • Diagoras of Rhodes
  • Theagenes of Thasos
• Contemporary
  • Spyridon Louis
  • Ioannis Persakis
  • Marcos Baghdatis

Statesmen

• Ancient
  • Pericles
  • Alexander the Great
• Contemporary
  • Ioannis Kapodistrias
  • Eleftherios Venizelos

Ελληνικές Φράσεις

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"Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil"

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