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390 matches to Greek Project
Athena. Greek goddess of wisdom. = Minerva.
Athens. 3000BC. 6C BC growth. 5C decline. 4C Macedonia (aut). 27 BC Rome. 1458 Ottoman. 1834 Greek capital.
Athos, Mt. 963-. Greek theocracy, site of Orthodox monasteries.
Barbarians. Greek = foreigners. Roman term for Goths, Huns and Vandals who conquered Western Empire 3-6C.
Basil, St. 330-79. Founder of Basilians...Greek Orthodox Church.
Bayer, Johann. 1572-1625. German astronomer. Star charts, 1603, include magnitude Greek symbols.
Bible. Hebrew and Christian sacred scriptures translated from Hebrew and Aramaic. 3C BC Greek translation. 1382 Wycliffe, Rogers, English. 1522-34 Luther, German. 1611 King James version. Vulgate by St. Jerome. Apocrypha.
Boreas. Greek personification of the north wind.
Bourdelle, Antoine. 1861-1929. French sculptor. Simplified Greek style of heroic energy. Heracles 1910.
Briareus. 100 armed 50 headed Greek giant. = Aegaeon.
Budé, Guillaume. 1467-1540. Humanist, Greek scholar. Founded Collège de France.
Butades of Sicyon. c600BC. First Greek to sculpt in clay.
Byron, Lord. 1788-1824. English Romantic poet. Aided Greek indep. Hours of Idleness, Prisoner of Chillon, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage 1812, Don Juan 1812.
Byzantium. 7C BC Greek city. 330 =Constantinople. 1453 =Istanbul.
Cabiri. Phrygian, later Greek fertility cult gods: Demeter, Hermes, Persephone.
Cadmus. Mythical founder of Thebes. Introduced alphabet to Greeks. Europa’s brother.
Calchas. Wise Greek prophet at Troy. Advised use of Trojan Horse.
Callicrates. Greek. An architect of Parthenon.
Callimachus. 5C BC Greek sculptor. First Corinthian columns.
Calliope. The Greek Muse of epic poetry.
Callisto. Greek nymph changed to Ursa Major constellation.
Carpion. Greek. An architect of Parthenon.
Castor and Pollux. Greek twin dieties. Patrons of sailors.
Cato, Marcus. 234-149BC. Roman statesman, censor, writer. Opposed Greek influence.
Cerberus. Three-headed dog, guardian of Greek underworld.