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390 matches to Greek Project
Gordius. Mythical Greek peasant king of Phrygia.
Gorgons. Three mythical Greek monsters. Medusa.
Greco, El. 1541-1614. Greek/Spanish painter. Elongated figures. Assumption 1577. Crucifixion. Toledo c1608.
Greek Civil War. 1944-9. Communist insurrection defeated with British/US help.
Greek Fire. 648. Byzantine secret weapon. Flammable substance that ignited on contact with water invented by Callinicus of Heliopolis.
Greek Independence, War. 1821-29. Greek rebels, plus England, France, Russia defeat Turkey and Egypt. London Treaty. Otto I. Constantinople Treaty, 1832....End of Holy Alliance.
Greek Liberation, War. = Greek Independence, War.
Gregory of Nyssa, St. 335-95. Father of Greek church.
Hades. Greek god of Hell, and Hell itself.
Hadrian. 76-138. Roman Emperor 117-. Built wall across England 122-36, Aelius Bridge 134. Rebuilt Greek cities.
Halepa, Pact. 1878. Turks grant self-government to Cretan Greeks.
Hebe. Greek goddess of youth.
Hecate. Greek goddess of magic. 3 heads or bodies.
Helen of Troy. Greek wife of Menelaus. Eloped with Paris to Troy causing Trojan War.
Helicon. Greek mountain dedicated to the Muses and Apollo.
Helios. Greek sun god before Apollo.
Hellen. Mythical ancestral king of Greeks.
Hellenic Art. 1500-300BC. Prehistoric, Archaic, and Classical periods in Greece.
Hellenic League. 338~322BC. Philip of Macedonia. All Greek city-states except Sparta.
Hellespont. Greek name for Dardanelles.
Hephaestus. Greek god of fire, metalsmith. =Vulcan.
Heracleitus. c540-480BC. Greek philosopher. ’The only permanent thing is change.’ Fire is basis of matter.
Hercules. Roman hero = Greek Heracles.
Hermaphroditus. Greek deity with male and female attributes.
Hermes. Greek fertility, messenger god. = Mercury.