GREECE

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Nafplio – once the capital of Greece
Ruins of Knossos – Bronze age
Athens
Where is Greece ?
 Basic Facts
Country Name Greece
Continent Europe
Capital and largest city Athens
Area 131,957 km2 (50,949 sq mi ) Water (%) 0.8669
Population 10,816,286 (2012 Census)
Lat Long 39° 0′ 0″ N, 22° 0′ 0″ E (39, 22)
Official Language Greek
Calling Code +30
Time Zone EET (UTC+2) Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Airport 46 Airports in Greece
Neighbour countries Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia (FYROM)
Internet TLD .gr
Currency Euro
 Greek History
Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilisation, being the birthplace of
democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science,
major scientific and mathematical principles, Western drama and notably the Olympic Games.

Famous people :

Aristotle, Socrates, Plato - PHILOSOPHERS

Homer, Aesop - POETS
Herodotus - HISTORIAN
Archimedes, Pythagoras, Hippocrates
Aesop - STORYTELLER
Alexander the Great, Draco – KING, RULER
 Plato
Aristotle Socrates
- Founder of the Academy
- Father of Western
- Tutored Plato &
philosophy - Moral philosopher
Xenophon
- Scientist - Tutored Plato & Xenophon
- Great influence on math
- Tutored Alexander
(Great)
 Archimedes Pythagoras Hippocrates

- Mathematician, scientist - Philosopher - Physician

- Archimedes Principle (vol) - Great influence on Plato - Founder of Hippocratic School of
- Parabolic reflectors - Theory of Pythagorean Medicine
- Credited with Hippocratic Oath
 FUN FACTS
• Places mentioned in New Testament – Philippi, Thessaloniki, Corinth,
Ephesus (used to be under Greece but now in Turkey)

• Apostle Paul journeyed in Greece

• https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_greek_famous_people.php