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From now on I will call our esteemed EU partner "the former Ottoman possession of Greece".
— Greece
From now on I will call our esteemed EU partner "the former Ottoman possession of Greece".
And the hairy he-goat [stands for] the king of Greece; and as for the great horn that was between its eyes, it [stands for] the first king. And that one having been broken, so that there were four that finally stood up instead of it, there are four kingdoms from [his] nation that will stand up, but not with his power.
Sport is linked with the technical world because sport itself is a technique. The enormous contrast between the athletes of Greece and those of Rome is well known. For the Greeks, physical exercise was an ethic for developing freely and harmoniously the form and strength of the human body. For the Romans, it was a technique for increasing the legionnaire's efficiency. The Roman conception prevails today.
The kingdom of Greece was a terror to the world, but the priest, with faith and not with weapons, boldly met the terror and defeated it.
Greece is a sort of American vassal; the Netherlands is the country of American bases that grow like tulip bulbs; Cuba is the main sugar plantation of the American monopolies; Turkey is prepared to kowtow before any United States proconsul and Canada is the boring second fiddle in the American symphony.
Fuck your parliament and your constitution. America is an elephant. Cyprus is a flea. Greece is a flea. If these two fleas continue itching the elephant, they may just get whacked good. We pay a lot of good American dollars to the Greeks, Mister Ambassador. If your Prime Minister gives me talk about democracy, parliament and constitution, he, his parliament and his constitution may not last long.
The same, yet not the same — her faceHas long been held divine.
Ancient of days! august Athena! where,They won, and pass'd away—Is this the whole?
Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of artsAnd eloquence.
The mention of Greece fills the mind with the most exalted sentiments and arouses in our bosoms the best feelings of which our nature is capable.
Of the six main viruses that can cause deafness today — chickenpox, common cold viruses, influenza, measles, mumps, and poliomyelitis — there is evidence for all but measles in ancient Greece.
Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtleNow melt into sorrow, now madden to crime?
Fair Greece! sad relic of departed worth!Immortal, though no more; though fallen great!
The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece!But all, except their sun, is set.
Such is the aspect of this shore;We start, for soul is wanting there.
To Greece we give our shining blades.
