Greeks

E29929

ethnic group nation

Greeks are an ethnic group native to the eastern Mediterranean, historically known for their influential ancient civilization, language, and culture centered around Greece and its surrounding regions.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
Greeks canonical	133
Ancient Greeks	14
Greek	14
Byzantine Greeks	6
Hellenes	6
Hellenic peoples	4
Achaeans	2
Athenians	2
ancient Greeks	2
Alexandrian Greeks	1
Cretan people	1
Greek people	1
Greek world	1
Greeks in the Ottoman Empire	1
Ionian Greeks	1
Ionians	1
Italiotes (Greek colonists)	1
Ottoman Greeks	1
Theran Greeks	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ nation ⓘ
adjectiveForm	Greek ⓘ
associatedState	Greece ⓘ surface form: Hellenic Republic
collectiveNoun	Hellenic people ⓘ
culturalContribution	Byzantine art ⓘ Olympic Games ⓘ Orthodox Christian theology ⓘ Western literature ⓘ Western philosophy ⓘ democracy ⓘ geometry ⓘ historiography ⓘ mathematics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ theatre ⓘ
diaspora	Greek diaspora ⓘ
ethnicMinorityStatus	recognized minority in Albania ⓘ recognized minority in Cyprus ⓘ recognized minority in Italy ⓘ recognized minority in Turkey ⓘ
ethnogenesisLocation	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: eastern Mediterranean
historicalLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ Medieval Greek ⓘ
historicalPredecessor	Greek East ⓘ surface form: Byzantine Greeks Classical Greeks ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic Greeks Mycenaean civilization ⓘ surface form: Mycenaean Greeks
historicalRegion	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece Byzantine Empire ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic world
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
majorDiasporaCommunity	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Cyprus ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Germany ⓘ Russia ⓘ Turkey ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
modernLanguage	Modern Greek ⓘ
populationCenter	Athens ⓘ Salonika ⓘ surface form: Thessaloniki
primaryCountry	Greece ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Greek language ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ Greek polytheism (ancient) ⓘ
selfDesignation	Greeks self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hellenes
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (193)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Balkans → hasEthnicGroup → Greeks ⓘ

Hellenic languages → usedBy → Greeks ⓘ

Magna Graecia → foundedBy → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ionian Greeks

Indo-Europeans → gaveRiseTo → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenic peoples

Hannibal (Carthaginian general) → languageSpoken → Greeks ⓘ

subject surface form: Hannibal

this entity surface form: Greek

Kerch → foundedBy → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Greeks

Pericles → ethnicGroup → Greeks ⓘ

Byzantine Empire → primaryEthnicGroup → Greeks ⓘ

Abrahamic religions → hasMajorLanguageTraditions → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek

Kars Oblast → ethnicComposition → Greeks ⓘ

Treasury of the Athenians → dedicatedBy → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenians

Amphictyonic League → hasMember → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ionians

Amphictyonic League → hasMember → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Achaeans

Achaemenid Empire → ethnicGroup → Greeks ⓘ

Athena → sideInTrojanWar → Greeks ⓘ

Naples → foundedBy → Greeks ⓘ

Cyrenaica → colonizedBy → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theran Greeks

Samtskhe-Javakheti → hasEthnicGroup → Greeks ⓘ

Tanzimat → affected → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman Greeks

Deucalion → ancestorOf → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenes

Odysseus → sideInConflict → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Achaeans

Byzantine Egypt → language → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek

Byzantine Egypt → hasEthnicGroup → Greeks ⓘ

Tbilisi → hasEthnicGroup → Greeks ⓘ

Dodona → languageOfInscriptions → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek

Vicky Karayiannis → ethnicity → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek

Krasnodar Krai → hasEthnicGroup → Greeks ⓘ

Stavropol Krai → ethnicGroup → Greeks ⓘ

Gaulish → languageContactWith → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek

Greeks → selfDesignation → Greeks self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenes

Romanians → historicalLanguageInfluence → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek

Etruscans → tradedWith → Greeks ⓘ

Duchy of Apulia and Calabria → hasEthnicComponent → Greeks ⓘ

Pythagoras → ethnicGroup → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek

Jewish–Roman conflicts in Alexandria → opposingGroup → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandrian Greeks

Aeolic Greek → languageFamily → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek

Lydian → neighboringLanguages → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek

Taurida Oblast → ethnicGroup → Greeks ⓘ

Veneti people → tradedWith → Greeks ⓘ

Kvemo Kartli → hasEthnicGroup → Greeks ⓘ

İznik → foundedBy → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Greeks

Moesia → ethnicGroups → Greeks ⓘ

Cretan Greek → languageGroup → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek

Pompeii → laterControlledBy → Greeks ⓘ

Bruttium → preRomanInhabitants → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italiotes (Greek colonists)

Thucydides → ethnicGroup → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Greeks

Scetes → languageOfEarlyMonks → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek

Kellia → hasLanguage → Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek

Tarsus → foundedBy → Greeks ⓘ

Dobruja → historicallyInhabitedBy → Greeks ⓘ