some more information about Greece

1. Some more information about Greece

2. GREECE
● Full name: The Hellenic Republic
● Capital of Greece : Athens
● Official language: Greek
● Major religion: Christianity
● The currency : Euro(€)
● Climate: Mediterranean
● Population: 10 815 197 (2011)
● The country is a Presidential Parliamentary Democracy
● Year of EU entry: 1981

3. FAMOUS GREEKS

4. Aristotle 384-322 B.C.
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and student of Plato.
He wrote about science ,art ,poetry and government.

5. Domenicos Theotokopoulos
or El Greco (1541-1614)
El Greco, as he is widely
known ,has been a painter
,sculptor ,and architect of
the Spanish Renaissance

6. Mikis Theodorakis (1925-)
Mikis Theodorakis is perhaps the most important Greek music composer of the
20th century ,and one of the most significant in the world.

7. Typical Greek food

8. Pita gyros
The popular pita bread is a usual starter or starch source and can be dipped in tzatziki sauce, a sauce
made from yogurt, cucumber, lemon, and mint. For fast meals, meats and vegetables can be drizzled
with tzatziki sauce and wrapped with pita bread for gyros, a popular sandwich.

9. Greek Salad
Vegetable lovers will love the Greek salad, a classic dish of greens, lettuce, olives, feta cheese, and
dressing, which can be a light and healthy lunch or accompanied by grilled meat such as grilled lamb or
chicken. A must-try is kalamata olives, marinated for a period of time before enjoying as an appetizer
before a meal.

10. Seafood
With a lot of coastline surrounding the country, there are a lot of seafood choices
to choose from such as fish (sardines, anchovies, mackerel), squid (served whole
and grilled when fresh), and lobster. Sardines may be eaten as appetizers or as
main course, grilled or fried.

11. Greek drink ..Ouzo!

12. For the sweet tooth, there is dessert to end the meal. Honey and nuts are
popular ingredients in Greek cuisine.
Baklava, a dessert made from layering phyllo pastries filled with nuts and
drenching it with honey uses these two popular dessert ingredients.

13. Typical greek dances

14. Hasapiko dance
The hasapiko, meaning “the butcher's dance” from the Turkish word: kasap
“butcher”, is a Greek folk dance from Constantinople. The dance originated in
the Middle Ages as a battle mime with swords performed by the Greek butchers,
who adopted it from the military of Byzantine era. In Constantinople during the
Byzantine times, it was called in Greek makellarikos from makellarios
“butcher”. There are two versions of the dance, the slow one and the fast one,
often called hasaposerviko, referring to Serbian and other Balkan influences on
this version of the dance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1M8QzMCC0sω

15. Syrtaki dance
Syrtaki is a popular dance of Greek origin, choreographed by Giorgos Provias for
the 1964 film Zorba the Greek. It is not a traditional Greek folkdance, but a
mixture of the slow and fast versions of the hasapiko dance. The dance, and the
accompanying music by Mikis Theodorakis, are also called Zorba's dance,
Zorbas, or "the dance of Zorba".
The link below presents the syrtaki scene from the film Zorba the Greek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4UV6HVMRmdk

16. Sights in Athens
•Syntagma metro station archaeology exhibits
• House of the Greek parliament
• Changing of the guards
• National Gardens
• Hadrian’s Arch
• The Temple of Zeus
• Propylaia (monumental gateway to Acropolis)
• Agrippa monument
• The Acropolis
• The Parthenon
• Erechtheion Temple
• Nike Temple

20. Some more information about our life

21. Free time activities
● Playing computer games is the most popular passive activity
● Another wide-spread activity is visiting friends and relatives
● Keeping pets,especially cats and dogs
● Going to the café is one of the most popular activity outside the
home
● Sport and physical exercise have always been popular

22. Immigrants
After the fall of communism throughout Eastern Europe in the late 1980s
and early 1990s, a large number of economic refugees and immigrants from
Greece's neighboring countries, Albania ,Bulgaria ,Romania ,as well as from
more distant countries such as Russia ,Ukraine ,Armenia, and Georgia , arrived
in Greece, mostly as illegal immigrants, to seek employment. The vast majority
of Albanians in Greece is estimated to be between 60-65% of the total number
of immigrants in Greece