History of Greece
The word Greek, according to Aristotle, comes from the word Graikoi
which was the pre-historic name of the Hellenes. The people who we call
the Greeks, and live in a country we call Greece, actually call
themselves Hellenes and live in a country called Hellas. This is their story. This page started as an historical overview for my Greece Travel Guides and not meant to be a detailed account of Greek history though there are some areas where my interest in a topic enabled me to go into
more detail. For those of you who want to know more about Greece and what makes
it such a unique and fascinating country this should serve as an introduction. (You can click on most photos in my history to see them full size)
History of Greece Index
More History from Matt's Greece Travel Guides
Unlike a book where mistakes stay where they are until they are changed in the next printing or accepted as truth for the sake of convenience or indifference, a web-site can be changed fairly easily. So if you find events that did not happen the way I wrote them, or did not happen at all, or something important that I have missed then I would love to hear from you. I have tried to be as objective as possible however it is difficult not to see things through one's own prejudices. I imagine the left will find me too conservative, the right will find me too radical and the intellectuals will find me just plain dumb. I would love to hear from all of you. But keep it nice. Take a deep breath and write in a calm and sensible way since I tend not to read ravings and e-mails that begin with expletives. Matt Barrett: matt@greecetravel.com
