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- Visitors can also see a selection of Greek and Roman antiquities housed here until the year 2001, when they are scheduled move back into the newly renovated Getty Villa at Malibu. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Politically, the 1990s have been relatively quite times for the islands, although the divorce of Greek prime minister Andreas Papandreou and his subsequent marriage to a much younger woman caused consternation within conservative Greek society. [W1,W2,W3,F1,I1]: 1.00
- In high season, you will share your Greek odyssey with visitors from almost every country in Europe, and increasingly from around the world. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- The settlement of Ano Hersónissos, just inland from the resort, holds a weekly Greek evening in the village square. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Traffic in the city is still in gridlock, stadium construction is behind schedule, and the Greek economy has yet to meet the requirements for monetary union, but government rhetoric is upbeat as both deadlines approach. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- In 195 b.c. it became head of a group of independent Greek cities of the Achaean League. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- As the Balkans flared to war once again, Greek nationalism has stirred, and there have been discussions in the kafeneion about the land of Macedonia returning to the fold of its forefathers. [W1,W2,W3,W4,W5,W6,F1,I1]: 1.00
- With the aid of brilliant tactics and newer ships, the Greek fleet trounced the Persians, turning the tide in favor of Athens. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- However, on most islands, nudity is not official policy and Greek family beaches will certainly not be clothing-optional. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- The Greek language also unifies the congregation with the clergy and Greeks around the world, though its use gives the capital a decidedly exotic air as visitors struggle to make sense of these “foreign” letters. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- The museum holds a wealth of artifacts from the early Christian and Byzantine eras, concentrating on the religious themes that were so important in unifying the Greek world at this time. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Icons lie at the heart of Byzantine or Orthodox worship in both the Greek and Russian churches, and they form a focus for prayer — the characteristic gold leaf used in their production symbolized the glory of God. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Because these rhythms differ from the four beats to a bar notation we are accustomed to in the West, Greek music sometimes can be difficult to follow. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Following Greek independence, a zealous restoration project saw the removal of all medieval and Ottoman structures on the plateau, and harkened the beginning of archaeological study of the ancient remains. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- The fine, Neo-Classical building houses on the ground floor an astonishing collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, including a vibrant mosaic from the villa of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- It is the oldest Greek monument in Istanbul, commemorating the Greek victory over the Persians at Plataea in 479 b.c. (it was brought here from Delphi by Constantine the Great). [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- There are some good restaurants here serving fine Greek and international cuisine. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- However, a movement was growing on the Greek peninsula against Ottoman rule and for an independent Greek state. [W1,W2,W3,W4,W5,W6,F1,I1]: 1.00
- In ancient times this was the spiritual center of the Greek world and people would travel by land or sea to consult the gods. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Romans infused Greek refinement with their own energy to create a unique mixture of elegance and realism, delicacy and strength, which have remained the essence of Italian life and art. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- This does a great disservice to the Greek musical tradition, which is rich, varied and goes back for hundreds of years. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Ancient Greek designs are very much in evidence in gold, silver, and non-precious metals. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Other thing that he did with animals was in Greece in his culture a goat is really an important meat; kind of a delicacy, and he even ended up selling goats from this suburb area and the Greek people would come out, pick out their goat, which was really sad for my brother and I because we as children, you know, goats were our friends and pets stuff, and they would come out and pick out their goat and then they would proceed to kill it on property and it was really horrible for us as children it was traumatizing. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- At the Kurashiki Bijutsukan municipal art museum, the outside world is very much the focus of the Ninagawa family’s collection of ancient Greek, Egyptian, Roman, and Persian ceramics, sculp ture, and mosaics, plus 19th-century French and Italian marble and bronze sculptures. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Needlepoint, crochet, and embroidery — once activities undertaken by every Greek woman — are now dying arts, so any hand-crafted pieces will become collectors’ items of the future. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Station XIII (Jesus is taken down from the cross): Between the Franciscan and Greek altars is a small shrine containing a wooden figure of Mary in a glass case. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- The name Acropolis derives from the Greek words acro meaning “highest point” and polis, meaning town. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- You’ll also be able to admire the Stone Age pottery and bone bracelets, as well as Carthaginian and Greek carvings and Moorish relics. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Unspoiled by tourism, there is a very Greek atmosphere in the maze of narrow streets and some excellent tavernas among its traditional shops. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- As you make your way to the city you’ll pass through two small districts which offer a range of cafés, bars, and tavernas, along with images of Greek daily life not found in more modern parts of Athens. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Alexander the Great occupied Egypt and appointed Cleomenes of Naucratis, a Greek resident in Egypt and his Macedonian general, as governor. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- The Persians were followed by Alexander the Great, after whom came two Greek generals Seleucus and Ptolemy, who brought Hellenistic control to the Eastern Mediterranean for some two centuries. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- On 27 October 1827, the Greek revolution was won, but the last Turks weren’t evicted from the Acropolis until 1833. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Meanwhile, King Philip II of Macedon dreamed of driving out the Persians from northern Greece and unifying the entire Greek world. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- But the golden glow of the temples’ Doric columns and the idyllic setting amid acadia and almond trees on a precipice overlooking the Mediterranean are enough to encourage you to worship a whole pantheon of Greek gods. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- From the time of the ancient Greek physician Galen (131–201 C.E.) [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- The central fountain depicts Cybele, a controversial Greek fertility goddess, serenely settled in a chariot pulled by two lions. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Finds cover 7,000 years of Greek history, and have been brought from sites all across Greece. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- cubes of lamb or i guess lamb used for Greek and um like a shish kebab and um mushrooms and tomatoes and onions and then we'd have um [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Undergoing long-term renovation, the building on the left is the Museum of Fine Arts (Szépmuvészeti Múzeum), holding the city’s most highly regarded collection, which ranges from Egyptian mummies and Greek and Roman relics (the latter collection is undergoing long-term restoration), through Renaissance works, to a collection of about 2,500 Old Masters, of which some 800 are on show at any one time. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Walking from the fishing harbor north toward the commercial port will take you past the small Folklore Museum, with exhibits of traditional Greek household items. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- You will discover a medieval world updated by the varied exotica of smoky Greek barbecues, Tunisian pastry shops, and art-house cinemas. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Other European immigrants are German, Dutch, Greek, Ukrainian, Italian, Scandinavian, and a few French. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- For many, the image of Greek music and dance is inexorably linked to the film Zorba the Greek. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Nik — suffered from a sudden rush of ugly building in the 1970s and has a young and noisy crowd, it has made a concerted effort to keep its character and offers a more Greek atmosphere than the Mália/Hersónissos strip. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- The commentary is chanted by a chorus of six to eight narrators (reminiscent of the chorus in Greek tragedy) who sit at the side of the stage, while musicians positioned at the back of the stage provide stark accompaniment with flute and drums. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- This was also the site of Minoan, Greek, and Roman Chaniá called Kydonía. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Unfortunately the hilltop is also shared with the Greek military and it bristles with satellite and digital technology, prohibiting photography of the beautiful panorama. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Traditional Greek clothing is little in evidence, but most of the islands have narrow lanes festooned with cool cotton or cheesecloth pants, tops, and dresses, all of which are ideal for the summer climate. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Sicily’s most attractive resort town, already very popular in antiquity as a vacation spot for the Greek bourgeoisie from Syracuse, commands a splendid ridgetop view of the Mediterranean from its hillside villas and hotels. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Driving through the Wadi Jodz valley and up the slopes of the Mount of Olives takes you past the Augusta Victoria Hospital; after you turn at the crest of the hill, the Greek church of Viri Galilei (“Men of Galilee”) is on the right. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Much of the permanent collection comprises 19th- and 20th-century Greek art and post-Byzantine icons, though you can also find works by El Greco, Picasso, and Delacroix. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- It wasn’t until a.d. 330, however, when the newly converted Emperor Constantine made Byzantium, renamed Constantinople, capital of his Eastern Empire that Christianity was assured of its dominant role in future Greek life. [W1,W2,W3,F1,I1]: 1.00
- The “mysteries” are those depicted in a vast fresco of a young woman’s initiation into the cult of Dionysius of Greek origin. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Greece was handed a strip of land along the western coast of Asia Minor, which for over 2,000 years had had a substantial Greek population. [W1,W2,W3,F1,I1]: 1.00
- The church in the square, the Blagovestenska Eastern Orthodox, is known as the Greek Church (Greek refugees also fled here), even though it, too, is Serbian. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- For something a little stronger try ouzo — the aniseed flavor aperitif — or Greek brandy, which is slightly sweeter than French Cognac. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- From their detailed study and translation of the Greek philosophers, they developed principles of objective scientific research, independent of all the political, religious, and emotional bias characterizing medieval scholarship. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Greek hospitality is warm and genuine — even small examples such as always being welcomed with a smile and shown to your seats at a taverna. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- In Cave No. 10, note the Greek influence in the headdress of the guardian figure carved at the entrance. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- It is one of the best parts of the city to eat out in the evening with a range of good international eateries in addition to traditional Greek tavernas. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Lying closest to Athens and the Attic peninsula, the Cyclades is the island chain most people would think of as typically Greek. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- All are in easy reach of Naples’ museums, the archaeological remains of Pompeii and Herculaneum, the Vesuvius volcano, and farther down the coast, the Greek temples of Paestum. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Athens hoped to be chosen but the title of new capital went to the former Greek colonial town of Byzantium (Constantinople), now Istanbul. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- right um i don't know a lot about um Greek and Roman although i'm a member of an organization and that is the the primary interest of some ancient uh Numismatic Society Club [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Their work was carried around the Greek empire and is now displayed in museums worldwide, but they were not highly regarded by citizens in ancient times. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- The monumental baths, separate Latin and Greek libraries, Greek theater, temples, and pavilions together make up the home of a man who drew no distinction between the pleasures of mind and body. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Head up the hill above the town to explore the remains of the ancient Greek town of Sybrita. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- They adopted Egyptian gods as their own and did much to prolong Egyptian culture rather than simply converting it to Greek. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- However, traditional Greek dances and musical performances, as well as clubs with DJs spinning dance music can be found. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- The truly mind-boggling variety of that collection begins to register as you pass the 104-ft- (32-m-) long Roman mosaic swimming pool, complete with Greek colonnade and a copy of Donatello’s Florentine statue of David. [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Indeed, the name Balearic may come from the Greek ballein, “to throw. ” [W1,F1,I1]: 1.00
- Several islands and Greek city-states agreed to work together, and created a treasury to fund their plans, which was held on the island of Delos. [W1,W2,W3,F1,I1]: 1.00