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Greece really missed out on naming itself Tzatzikistan, amirite?
by Comfortable-Oven-8201 week ago
It's Yunanistan in Turkish.
by qnitzsche1 week ago
The name for Hellas internationally comes from one of three routes. Hellas; which comes from Hellen à la Hellen of Troy, Greece; which comes from Graecia, a city in Magna Gracea, and Yunan, the Persian name, which comes from their pronunciation of Ionian, the Greeks they interacted the most with (as they ruled over them).
by Gloomy_Move1 week ago
Hellen of Troy is named after Hellen, the son of Deucalion who is the son of Prometheus who gave fire to man. Zeus angry at Prometheus for the power given to man then binds him to forever be tortured and causes a great flood to wipe out humanity. Prometheus in time warns Deucalion to build an ark and survive with his tribe the Hellenes. Yes it is that story and is in like 30 mythologies
by Significant-Fox1 week ago
And it's as old as civilization itself pretty much, as the flood story is also in the Epic of Gilgamesh
by Anonymous1 week ago
Hellas means the land of the sun, the name was given by Philip, the father of Alexander the great after he unified by conquest the greek city states. You see, every greek city state had a god protectorate. For instance, athens had athena goddess of wisdom. Well, Macedonia had helios, god of the sun, so he named his lands after him.
by Anonymous1 week ago
The name Hellas existed before that, so that's not it's origin.
by CarelessKitchen95131 week ago
No, it most certainly did not.
by Anonymous1 week ago
This almost made me spanakopee myself.
by Vlockman1 week ago
souvlakia
by Anonymous1 week ago
"Spanakopita!" - Rusty Venture
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Well I'm glad I got to make an impact in your life
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