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- ↑ Alexandria gre: Aλεξάνδρεια [ale'ksanδria], arabic:Al-Iskandariyyah
- Alexandria of Egypt
- ↑ Attica (MAP GREECE REGIONS)
- gre.n.f: Aττική [atiˈci]
- Attica is the territory, peninsula around Athens (today's capital of Greece).
- attic language
Classic attic (or Ionic) ancient greek idiom of the golden 5th a.e.v. century is the language of the great greek literature. Plato, Aristotle, Thucydides and the non-chorus parts of greek drama are the best examples of classic attic. Later, it was considered the most refined way to write greek, thus haunting scholarly writing for centuries.
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- ↑ Byzantium BYZANTIUM the word, in history, the city, links
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- ↑ Chalcis, Chalcida gre: Xαλκίδα [xa`lkiδa] Also translit: Halkida, Khalkis, Khalkida.
- City of Euboea island. (MAP). Known since ancient times for the bizarre tides of Euripus Strait, the sea separating it from mainland.
- The chalcidaean alphabet was a typical western greek type of alphabet (e.g. some of its letters were a bit different of the eastern (ionic) type). It moved together with chalcidian colonists to Sicily. Later, it was transformed by etruscans and romans to the latin alphabet we use today.
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- ↑ Hellas, hellen, hellenic = Greece, Greek, greek
- Names for Hellas, greece, greeks.
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- ↑ Mycenae anc.gre: MYKHNAI mod.gre: [mi`cine]
- Main city of the gold‑rich Mycenaean civilization which flourished c.1600‑1100 a.e.v. in many greek cities. (MAP). Agamemnon king of Argos and other mycenaean heroes are the protagonists of Homer's Iliad.
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katerina sarri, athens, 2007. rev:2008.06.15.