Ancient Greece
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Ancient Greece¹
- /ˈeɪn.t͡ʃʰənt ˈɡɹis/ US
proper noun ancient Greece
- The Greek-speaking world in ancient times, geographically including not only modern Greece and southern Balkan peninsula but also to areas of Hellenic culture that were settled during ancient times by Greeks: Cyprus, the Aegean coast of Ionia, southern Italian peninsula and Sicily (known as Magna Graecia) and the scattered Greek settlements on the coasts of what are now Albania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Libya, southern France, southern Spain, Catalonia, Georgia, Romania, and Ukraine.
- The civilization that flourished around the Mediterranean Sea from the 3rd millennium to the 1st century BCE (including the first two European civilizations, Minoan and Mycenaean), known as the cradle of Western civilization.
ancient Greece²
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Ancient Greece During the Golden Age of ancient Greece, no one was safe from spells, not even exalted politicians and orators.
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name ancient civilization of the Mediterranean
| Español | Grecia antigua |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 고대 그리스 Godae geuriseu |
| 日本語 | 古代ギリシャ Kodai Girisha |
| 中文 | 古希臘 /古希腊 Gǔ Xīlà |
| हिन्दी | प्राचीन यूनान prācīn yūnān, यूनान yūnān |
| Português | Grécia Antiga |
| Français | Grèce antique |
| Deutsch | antikes Griechenland |
| Italiano | Antica Grecia |
| Ελληνικά | αρχαία Ελλάδα archaía Elláda |
| Română | Grecia Antică |
| Русский | Дре́вняя Гре́ция Drévnjaja Grécija, Элла́да Elláda |
| Tiếng Việt | Hi Lạp cổ đại |
| العربية | الْيُونَان الْقَدِيمَة al-yūnān al-qadīma |
| עברית | יוון העתיקה yaván ha-atiká |
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