The common people of an ancient Greek state.
His parents employed a tutor to teach him Greek.
Tusk was scathing of the EU's halting response to the 18-month Greek crisis.
On May 24 came the announcement of the new Greek Government.
The Greeks used the occasion to honor Rhea, wife of Cronus and the mother of many deities of Greek mythology.
And by deciding whether or not it will allow Greek Banks access to its liquidity lines, the ECB is the main arbiter of what any Greek debt restructuring will look like.
The euro has slumped 【in part】 because the Greek crisis makes it look a poor choice for reserve managers hoping to diversify their big dollar holdings.
For those of you who may not remember, Sisyphus, of Greek mythology, was the guy condemned to push a boulder up a hill, watch it roll back down, and repeat this for all eternity.
"The concept was used frequently in the first half of the 20th century to explain a wide variety of symptoms and behaviours observed particularly in women. (The term derives from the Greek word for womb, reflecting the Greeks' belief that the condition resulted from disturbances of the uterus.)"
Take the Stoic Greek philosopher Epictetus.
Some people go back to local small businesses: the Asian greengrocer, a Greek baker and a Greek fishmonger.
In May 2004 the European Union foolishly admitted the (Greek-Cypriot) Republic of Cyprus even though Greek-Cypriot voters had rejected the UN's Annan plan for unification.
the Leading Factor of the Persia's Limit Policy in the Period of Wars Between Ancient Greek States
She christened him "Homer" for the blind Greek poet who wrote epic poems such as "the Odyssey."
For Europe's woes have all the aspects of a classical Greek tragedy, in which a man of noble character is undone by the fatal flaw of hubris.
"Is the baby OK?" Suddenly the room goes quiet as Professor Kypros Nicolaides, a legendary figure in the world of prenatal surgery, whirls through the door in a fireball of Greek Cypriot charisma.
So they were Greek speaking, maybe people of Greek descent.
Venus is one of the goddess in Greek myth.
Sun blonds are the female counterparts of the blond Greek god Apollo light personified.
And I see that Merriam-Webster relates this old Greek word to another old Greek word glochin - or glochis meaning "a projecting point" which I guess fits with sticking out your tongue.
In Greek mythology the song of the Sirens was so seductive that enraptured sailors let their ships run on to the rocks.
The word "bishop" here is--the Greek word is episkopos, where we get the English word "bishop" and you get the name for the Episcopal church because it's a church that has bishops.
Before the marriage, Philip renounced his Greek and Danish titles and converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Anglicanism.
The Greek case (crudely stated) is that Macedonia is a title properly belonging a) to ancient Macedonia and b) to the northern Greek province that bears that name.
In 1977 a group of marine archaeologists excavating a 900-year-old wreck recovered engraved glassware. Greek coins, bronze kettles, and amazingly, Greek jars containing seeds, almonds, and lentils--even a plate with chicken bones.
Don't think literature is Greek to that famous mathematician. He can recite Shelly's Ode to the West Wind. He even once had his own collection of poems published.
This is all one sentence in Greek.
True, the Byzantine world was weighed down by deference to classical Greek models.
They were named after the twins that drove the chariot of the Greek war god Ares, their father.
An ancient Greek city - state.
Yep,that word, the very word of the second book of the Bible in Greek.
Traveler Chirstina Chang visits Mainland Greece, its cosmopolitan and culturally rich capital Athens, and the Peloponnesian peninsula, while Megan McCormick heads for the beautiful Greek Islands, scattered around the blue waters of the Ionian and the Aegean Seas.
Hercules was the name by which the Greek mythological character Heracles was known to the Romans. Heracles, to give him his proper Greek name, was the most famous of the Greek mythological heroes.
The Greek crisis cruelly exposed the EU's inability to police the budget-deficit limits imposed by the stability and growth pact, which is meant to underpin the single currency.
With access to new credit lines, the Greek populace and its government went on a spending spree.
In the period of wars between ancient Greek states Persia pushed their limit policy more snugly and more efficiently instead of retreating from the stage of the Greek World.
The bank’s officials have argued, in increasingly hysterical tones, that any tampering with Greek debt, even a modest extension of maturities, would be a catastrophe.
A written statement issued by the Greek foreign ministry says Mr Powell will visit the Greek capital in Octomber.
(Greek & Roman mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus.
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