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211 After Atheno-Peloponnesian War, the ancient Greek polis declined. But their humanism ideas have passed through the long history and gotten into the tradition of the western humanism.

212 The game of chicken being played over Greek debt (see below) has the potential to trigger another financial and liquidity crisis that seems unlikely to remain confined to European shores.

213 Chancellor Angela Merkel, once the euro zone's "Madame Non," led a push to assemble the new Greek bailout program.

214 Constantine the Great knew no Greek and Justinian's accent was bad.

215 Daren:Let's go backpacking around the Greek islands this suer. I found a great travel guide with lists of places to stay and restaurant which aren't expensive.

216 Speaking in the Greek capital on Tuesday, the country's athletes and Olympic committee members said that their team's achievements were greater than expected.

217 In Alexandria, Egypt, one of the first Greek anatomists to publicly dissect human cadavers, Herophilus of Chalcedon, determines that arteries are thicker than veins and carry blood.

218 Q: Why is the hypothesized object dubbed "Tyche," and why choose a Greek name when the names of other planets derive from Roman mythology?

219 The revisions more accurately reflect translations of ancient Hebrew and Greek versions of the Old Testament and the constant evolution of modern-day language, Sperry said.

220 Sperm is derived from the Greek word sperma meaning "seed."

221 The title comes from the Areopagus, a Greek place of debate.

222 At the forefront of the pioneers in the field was the Greek mathematician and philosopher Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. AD 90 ?168), more popularly known to history as Ptolemy.

223 Greek mythology a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena ; she was slain by Perseus.

224 His voluntary offer to help may be a Greek gift.

225 Ancient Greek religion, what we call mythology, tells the same story as the Book of Genesis,(sentence dictionary) except that the serpent is the enlightener of mankind rather than our deceiver.

226 Now the word "acquainted" here means the Greek word here is gnosis,where we get the term Gnostics.

227 Metempsychosis, he said , frowning. It's Greek: from the Greek. hat means the transmigration of souls.

228 They are renowned for their sexual prowess and insatiability and are often portrayed in ancient Greek art with erections.

229 In the Greek mysteries, Persephone , was abducted by Pluto , Lord of Hades.

230 There is no corresponding word in the Greek, however, and it is omitted in later versions.

231 Hellenization Alexander the Great's father was Philip II, King of Macedonia, King of Macedon, and he conquered different Greek city-states by defeating Athens and its allies at Chaeronea in 338 BC.

232 A museum has opened in Athens with a special gallery for the Elgin Marbles, Greek sculptures which have been in the British Museum in London for nearly 200 years and are still there.

233 The Cyprus Pound (currency code CYP), also known unofficially as the Cyprus Lira (from Greek) is the currency used in Cyprus.

234 He's actually is quoting them from the Greek Bible, ; he probably doesn't read Hebrew; he's quoting them from Greek translations of Hebrew scripture.

235 Greek contribution to the philosophy of the content is more extensive than previously, more all - encompassing .

236 Heron also translated much of the Greek geometrical algebra into arithmetic and algebraic processes.

237 In Greek and Roman antiquity homosexuality was already considered a mental illness.

238 When people talk about The Apocrypha that's published in a modern Bible, they're talking about that Jewish literature that survived in Greek mainly.

239 The Romans got the word—which actually was pronounced ostrea in Latin—from the usual source: Greek.

240 Also the Fathers of the Coptic Church, who usually wrote in Greek, addressed some of their works to the Egyptian monks in Coptic .