classical ballet | a style of ballet based on precise conventional steps performed with graceful and flowing movements |
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 |
classical style | the artistic style of ancient Greek art with its emphasis on proportion and harmony |
classical conditioning | conditioning that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that evokes a reflex, the stimulus that evokes the reflex is given whether or not the conditioned response occurs until eventually the neutral stimulus comes to evoke the reflex |
classical architecture Greco-Roman architecture | architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans |
Greek architecture | the architecture of ancient Greece |
classical mechanics Newtonian mechanics | the branch of mechanics based on Newton's laws of motion |
Greek alphabet | the alphabet used by ancient Greeks |
Greek mode | any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece |
classical Latin | the language of educated people in ancient Rome, Latin is a language as dead as dead can be. It killed the ancient Romans--and now it's killing me |
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 |
classical music classical serious music | traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste |
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 |
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 |
Greek Catholic | a member of the Greek Orthodox Church |
Greek Hellene | a native or inhabitant of Greece |
classicist classical scholar | a student of ancient Greek and Latin |
existentialist existentialist philosopher existential philosopher | a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable |
philosopher | a specialist in philosophy |
philosopher | a wise person who is calm and rational, someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity |
Socrates | ancient Athenian philosopher, teacher of Plato and Xenophon (- BC) |
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 |
hemophilia A haemophilia A classical hemophilia classical haemophilia | hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII, occurs almost exclusively in men |
philosopher's stone philosophers' stone elixir | hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold |
Greek fire | a mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries, catches fire when wetted |
zinc oxide flowers of zinc philosopher's wool philosophers' wool | oxide of zinc, a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment |
classical classic | of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture, classic Cinese pottery |
classical classic Greco-Roman Graeco-Roman Hellenic | of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures, classical mythology, classical |
authoritative classical classic definitive | of recognized authority or excellence, the definitive work on Greece, classical methods of navigation |
classical | (language) having the form used by ancient standard authors, classical Greek |
classical | of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome, a classical scholar |
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 |