Antiquity

• laurel

  (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory.

• pantheon

  (antiquity) a temple to all the gods.

• dithyramb

  (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus).

• paean

  (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank...

• torch race

  (ancient Greece) in which a torch is passed from one runner to the next.

• choragus

  (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus.

• sibyl

  (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet.

Aegean Island

• Dodecanese

  A group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea.

• Lesbos

  An island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric...

• Aegina

  An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.

• Chios

  An island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece.

• Cyclades

  A group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean.

• Rhodes

  A Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of...

City

• Corinth

  The modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens.

• Argos

  An ancient city in southeastern Greece; dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century BC.

• Delphi

  An ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus; site of the oracle of Delphi.

• Mycenae

  An ancient city is southern Greece; center of the Mycenaean civilization during the late...

• Thessaloniki

  A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city...

Geographical Area

• Laconia

  An ancient region of southern Greece in the southeastern Peloponnesus; dominated by Spa...

• Thessalia

  A fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region...

• Arcadia

  A department of Greece in the central Peloponnese.

• Epirus

  An ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC; located...

Island

• Crete

  The largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached...

• Ithaca

  A Greek island to the west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king.

• Lemnos

  A Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea; famous for a reddish-brown clay that has medicinal...

Territory

• Boeotia

  A district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens.

• Athos

  An autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries...

• Attica

  The territory of Athens in ancient Greece where the Ionic dialect was spoken.

Part

• Achaea

  A region of ancient Greece on the north coast of the Peloponnese.

• Doris

  A small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken.

Mountain Peak

• Olympus

  A mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to...

• Parnassus

  (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the...

Town

• Actium

  An ancient town on a promontory in western Greece.

• Stagira

  An ancient town of Greece where Aristotle was born.

European

• Greek

  A native or inhabitant of Greece.

• Grecian

  A native or resident of Greece.

Also contains

• Greek

  The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.

• Athens

  The capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess); "in the...

• Peloponnese

  The southern peninsula of Greece; dominated by Sparta until the 4th century BC.

• hybrid

  A word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek...

• eudemon

  A benevolent spirit.

• optative mood

  A mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English...

• cacodemon

  An evil spirit.

• Saronic Gulf

  A gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece.

• Nemea

  A valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were held.

• souvlaki

  Made of lamb.