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6 days ago · Troy (Ancient Greek: Τροία, romanized: Troíā; Latin: Trōia; Hittite: 𒆳𒌷𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭, romanized: Truwiša / Taruiša) or Ilion (Ancient Greek: Ίλιον, romanized: Ī́lion, Hittite: 𒌷𒃾𒇻𒊭, romanized: Wiluša) was an ancient city located in present-day Hisarlık, Turkey. The place was first settled around 3600 BC ...
Jun 16, 2024 · Greece. George I was King of Greece from 30 March 1863 until his assassination in 1913. Originally a Danish prince, he was born in Copenhagen, and seemed destined for a career in the Royal Danish Navy. He was only 17 years old when he was elected king by the Greek National Assembly, which had deposed the unpopular Otto.
5 days ago · The Iliad (/ ˈ ɪ l i ə d /; Ancient Greek: Ἰλιάς, romanized: Iliás, Attic Greek:; "[a poem] about Ilion (Troy)") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences.
3 days ago · To those who think that Greece does not matter today, let me say that they could not make a bigger mistake. Today, like old Greece, is of the utmost importance for anyone looking to find himself. Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American author
Jun 14, 2024 · The perpetrator was a Greek anarchist, Alexandros Schinas. They immediately locked him up in the Command Hall and severely beat him. The Crown Prince was in Ioannina, happy with the capture of the city by the Greek army, when he learned the unpleasant news in the afternoon of the same day.
4 days ago · Their choice was a prince of the Danish Glücksburg family, who reigned as King George I of the Hellenes from 1863 to 1913; thereafter the Glücksburg dynasty reigned intermittently until the 1974 referendum rejected the institution of monarchy.
Jun 28, 2024 · Menelaus, in Greek mythology, king of Sparta and younger son of Atreus, king of Mycenae; the abduction of his wife, Helen, led to the Trojan War. During the war Menelaus served under his elder brother Agamemnon, the commander in chief of the Greek forces.
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