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Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests.
The modern revival of the Olympic games is due in a…
(Encyclopedia) Helen, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful of women; daughter of Leda and Zeus, and sister of Castor and Pollux and Clytemnestra. While still a young girl Helen was abducted to…
(Encyclopedia) Doris, small mountainous district, central Greece, inland between the Gulf of Corinth and the Malian Gulf. It was the traditional homeland of the Dorians, who may, in fact, have paused…
(Encyclopedia) ThraceThracethrās [key], region, 3,310 sq mi (8,575 sq km), SE Europe, occupying the southeastern tip of the Balkan Peninsula and comprising NE Greece, S Bulgaria, and European Turkey…
(Encyclopedia) Metaxas, JohnMetaxas, Johnmĭtăkˈsəs, Gr. māˈtäksäsˌ [key], 1871–1941, Greek general and statesman. A career soldier, he served in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and in the Balkan Wars…
(Encyclopedia) Karamanlis, or Caramanlis, ConstantineKaramanlis, or Caramanlis, Constantinekônˈstäntēn kärämänlēsˈ [key], 1907–98, president of Greece (1980–85, 1990–95), b. Turkish Macedonia. A…
(Encyclopedia) farming, in the history of taxation, collection of taxes through private contractors. Usually, the tax farmer paid a lump sum to the public treasury; the difference between that sum…
(Encyclopedia) KefalliníaKefalliníakĕfälēnēˈä [key] or CephaloniaCephaloniasĕfəlōˈnyə [key], island (1991 pop. 29,392), c.300 sq mi (780 sq km), W Greece, the largest of the Ionian Islands. It has an…
