Greeks
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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.
Observed surface forms (14)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Greek | 0 | 14 |
| Ancient Greeks | 0 | 8 |
| Hellenes | 0 | 3 |
| Achaeans | 0 | 2 |
| Athenians | 0 | 2 |
| Hellenic peoples | 0 | 2 |
| Alexandrian Greeks | 0 | 1 |
| Greek world | 0 | 1 |
| Greeks in the Ottoman Empire | 0 | 1 |
| Ionian Greeks | 0 | 1 |
| Ionians | 0 | 1 |
| Italiotes (Greek colonists) | 0 | 1 |
| Ottoman Greeks | 0 | 1 |
| Theran Greeks | 0 | 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 (83)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ionians
this entity surface form:
Achaeans
this entity surface form:
Ancient Greeks
this entity surface form:
Greek
subject surface form:
Sille
this entity surface form:
Ancient Greeks
this entity surface form:
Greek
this entity surface form:
Greek
this entity surface form:
Greek
this entity surface form:
Greek
this entity surface form:
Greek
this entity surface form:
Greek
subject surface form:
Hannibal
this entity surface form:
Greek
this entity surface form:
Ancient Greeks
this entity surface form:
Greek
this entity surface form:
Alexandrian Greeks
this entity surface form:
Italiotes (Greek colonists)
this entity surface form:
Hellenes
this entity surface form:
Achaeans
this entity surface form:
Ancient Greeks
subject surface form:
Kyrenaikē