| War of Greek Independence | the Greeks rebelled against Turkish rule in , with the support of England and France and Russia they won independence in at Navarino (although the country included only half its present size) |
Greek partridge
rock partridge
Alectoris graeca | of mountainous areas of southern Europe |
fret Greek fret
Greek key
key pattern | an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief), there was a simple fret at the top of the walls |
| Greek cross | a cross with each of the four arms the same length |
| Greek architecture | the architecture of ancient Greece |
| hero | the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem |
| mythology | the study of myths |
| Greek alphabet | the alphabet used by ancient Greeks |
| Greek mode | any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece |
Greek
Hellenic
Hellenic language | the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages |
Modern Greek
New Greek | the Greek language as spoken and written today |
| Late Greek | the Greek language in the rd to th centuries |
Medieval Greek
Middle Greek
Byzantine Greek | the Greek language from about to AD |
| Ancient Greek | the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire |
Attic
Ionic
Ionic dialect
Classical Greek | the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia |
| hero worship | admiration for great men (or their memory) |
f bomber
grinder
hero
hero sandwich
hoagie
hoagy
Cuban sandwich
Italian sandwich
poor boy
sub
submarine
submarine sandwich
torpedo
wedge
zep | a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments), different names are used in different sections of the United States |
| mythology | myths collectively, the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person |
| classical mythology | the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together, much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks |
| Greek mythology | the mythology of the ancient Greeks |
| Roman mythology | the mythology of the ancient Romans |
| Norse mythology | the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity |
Greek Orthodox Church
Greek Church | state church of Greece, an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church |
| chorus Greek chorus | a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play |
Athens
Athinai
capital of Greece
Greek capital | the capital and largest city of Greece, named after Athena (its patron goddess), in the th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city |
| Greek deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks |
| Hero | (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her |
Hercules
Heracles
Herakles
Alcides | (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength, performed immense labors to gain immortality |
| Greek Catholic | a member of the Greek Orthodox Church |
Greek
Hellene | a native or inhabitant of Greece |
champion
fighter hero paladin | someone who fights for a cause |
| football hero | a football player who has achieved a reputation for success |
| hero | (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits, often the offspring of a mortal and a god |
hero worshiper
hero worshipper | someone who worships heroes |
| hero | a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength, RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain |
Hero Heron
Hero of Alexandria | Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) |
fenugreek
Greek clover
Trigonella foenumgraecum | annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry |
Jacob's ladder
Greek valerian charity
Polemonium caeruleum
Polemonium van-bruntiae
Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae | pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers |
| Greek valerian Polemonium reptans | erect or spreading perennial of the eastern United States |
| Greek monetary unit | monetary unit in Greece |
drachma
Greek drachma | formerly the basic unit of money in Greece |
| Greek fire | a mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries, catches fire when wetted |
idolize
idolise
worship
hero-worship
revere | love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess, venerate as an idol, Many teenagers idolized the Beatles |
Orthodox Eastern Orthodox
Russian Orthodox
Greek Orthodox | of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church |
Greek Grecian
Hellenic | of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language, Greek mythology, a Grecian robe |