ancient greece
/ˈeɪn.t͡ʃʰənt ˈɡɹis/
Frequency: 4.13 in modern English
Meaning
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The Greek-speaking world in ancient times, geographically including not only modern Greece and southern Balkan peninsula but also to areas of Hellenic culture that were settled during ancient times by Greeks: Cyprus, the Aegean coast of Ionia, southern Italian peninsula and Sicily (known as Magna Graecia) and the scattered Greek settlements on the coasts of what are now Albania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Libya, southern France, southern Spain, Catalonia, Georgia, Romania, and Ukraine.
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The civilization that flourished around the Mediterranean Sea from the 3rd millennium to the 1st century BCE (including the first two European civilizations, Minoan and Mycenaean), known as the cradle of Western civilization.
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Alternative letter-case form of Ancient Greece.
Example Sentences
- "During the Golden Age of ancient Greece, no one was safe from spells, not even exalted politicians and orators."
- "The one-time motto of the US reminds us that, much like most of the larger nation states today, ancient Greece was a mosaic of very different components: about 1,000 of them at any one time between c600BC and AD330."
- "Today, the settlement lies burned and buried, offering the researchers an invaluable means of studying the volatile politics of ancient Greece and the complex lives of the Mycenaean people, who lived at the crossroads of history and mythology."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈeɪn.t͡ʃʰənt ˈɡɹis/