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...sa province]], [[Heraklio prefecture]] on the [[Greece|Greek]] island of [[Crete]]. It is situated 65 km. south of the city of [[Heraklio]]. ...mbos" - from whence Tymbaki received its name. During the Venetian rule of Crete, Tymbaki was a small community near the malaria-infested Gero River.

...hos''' or Ioannis Daskalakis, better known as '''Daskaloyiannis''' was a [[Crete|Cretan]] revolutionary. Daskaloyiannis was born in Anopolis, [[Sfakia]], [[Crete]], some time between [[1722]] and [[1730]], to a rich family of ship owners

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Idomeneus''' was a [[Crete|Cretan]] warrior, grandson of [[Minos]]. He led the Cretan armies to the [[ ...subjects on Crete sent him into exile because he brought a plague with him from [[Troy]]. He fled to Calabria, and then [[Colophon]], [[Asia Minor]], where

...] was a son of [[Zeus]] and [[Europa]] and brother of [[Minos]], king of [[Crete]] and [[Sarpedon]]. He was raised by [[Asterion]]. He had two sons, [[Gort According to one account Rhadamanthus ruled Crete before Minos, and gave the island an excellent code of laws, which the [[Sp

...It is said that all of Helen's suitors - including King [[Idomeneus]] of [[Crete]], [[Ajax the greater|Ajax]] of [[Salamis (Greece)|Salamis]], etc - had pro ...to the ''[[Odyssey]]'', Menelaus' homebound fleet was blown by storms to [[Crete]] and Egypt, where they were unable to sail away because the wind was calm.

...s especially known to visitors as it is the only place in [[Greece]] where people still wear traditional clothing. ...consideration the number of tourists that visit, there can be up to 20,000 people on the island during the peak summer months.

...istory of Greece traditionally encompasses the study of the [[Greeks|Greek people]], the areas they ruled, and the territory now composing the modern state o ...e before 1500 BC, and at its peak, [[Greek Civilization]] ruled everything from Greece to Egypt to the Hindu Kush mountains. Since then, large Greek minori

...reece|Greek island]], located to the south of its much bigger neighbour, [[Crete]], of which it is administratively a part, in the prefecture of [[Chania pr ...pulation since Neolithic times; nowadays, however, the island has very few people. The place has seen many uses in the different times it has inspired intere

...d [[Catreus]]. She was also the mother of the [[Minotaur]], after a curse from [[Poseidon]] caused her to mate with a white bull. ...King [[Agis]], several ephors brought the people into revolt with oracles from Pasiphaë's shrine promising remission of debts and redistribution of land.

...#963;σός is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on [[Crete]], probably the ceremonial and political center of the [[Minoan civilizatio ...f the palace and a section of the west facade. After Kalokairinos, several people attempted to continue the excavations, but it was not until [[March 16]], [

According to [[Aristotle]] and to [[Dictys of Crete]], Nausicaa married [[Telemachus]], Odysseus' son, and together they had a ''Portions of this material originated as excerpts from the public-domain 1848 edition of Lemprière's Dictionary by John Lemprièr

*[[July 11]]: Sultan Abdul Hamid, under pressure from the Young Turk movement, grants rights to the Ottoman subjects including fu ...of [[Chania]] gather in Aris Square and declare "[[Enosis]]" (Union) of [[Crete]] with [[Greece]].

...011]] census, is the capital of [[Rethymno prefecture]] in the island of [[Crete]], [[Greece]]. It was built in antiquity, even though it has never been a b ...and it also is the base of the Philosophical school of the [[University of Crete]].

...ttle girl again using the car’s mirror, the little girl is not there. Some people say that her name was Anna. ==[[Crete]]==

...Greek language|Greek]]: ''Ηράκλειο''), [[Greece]] is the largest city of [[Crete]]. Its name is also spelled ''Herakleion'' (transliteration of ancient/Kat ...noan civilization|Minoan]] times was the biggest centre of population on [[Crete]]. So it is very likely that there was a port here as long ago as [[2000 BC

...utiful, traditional, mountainous area to the South West of the island of [[Crete]], in the [[Chania prefecture|Chania]] [[prefecture]]. It is one of the few ...is the fertile plateau of [[Askifou]], surrounded by high mountain peaks. From here to Hóra Sfakíon the road is particularly spectacular. The road hugs

...ually depicted on a chariot drawn by two lions, not always distinguishable from Cybele. ...King and Queen of the gods. This time was called the [[Golden Age]] as the people of the time had no need for laws or rules; everyone did right and as such,

...first divine personage of Greek mythology to be immediately recognized in Crete" (Kerenyi 1993, p 89), once archaeology had begun. Her name is merely an ep ...Theseus after he achieved his goal, and according to Homer "he got no joy from her; Artemis killed her first, on wave-washed [[Dia]]'s shores, accused by

...back over 1000 years. Allegations that the family "Argyropoulos" evolved from the family [[Argyros]], may not be true. ...to transport the 12 families, their soldiers and supplies and horses to [[Crete.]]

...These Catholics are immigrants from Eastern Europe, especially Poland, or from the Philippines. Many of the Germans and French that settled in the Greek I ...[Kavala]], [[Volos]], and more distant islands like [[Rhodes]], [[Kos]], [[Crete]], [[Naxos]], [[Santorini]], [[Samos Island|Samos]], [[Chios]], [[Kefalonia

...location has been suggested at [[Gramvousa]] off the north west coast of [[Crete]]. It is unclear which Aeolus married [[Arne]]. He may be one of the two people described above, or a third Aeolus. Arne was the ancestress of the [[Boeot

...ania'', older form and Italian: ''Canea'') is the second largest city of [[Crete]] and its former capital. It is also the capital of the [[Chania prefecture It lies along the North coast of Crete, about 70 km west of [[Rethymno]] and 145 km west of [[Heraklion]].

...', and ''Delphic Utterance''. His plays include ''Sibylla'', ''Daedalus in Crete'', ''Christ in Rome'', ''The Death of Digenis'', and ''Asklepius''. ...d offer spiritual independence and serve as a means of communication among people.

*[[1771]]: [[Crete|Cretan]] revolutionary, [[Daskaloyiannis]], is skinned alive by the Turks i ...Athens]], while guarding a witness in the case against the [[Revolutionary People's Struggle]].

...alyna'''([[Greek language|Greek]]: Ρίκα Διαλυνά), born in [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]], was a Greek pageant queen and actress. ...'''Miss Crete''' but she declined stating that Rika was ''"the choice the people of my country to represent them here."'' While in the United States, Rika f

*[[1878]]: 2,000 [[Crete|Cretan]] rebels attack fort Icedin at [[Chania]]. *[[1911]]: A number of professors from the [[University of Athens]] petition Parliament to declare the [[Katharevo

...l, of the other a god, the most famous of them being the [[Dioscuri]], two from the double set of such twins of [[Leda]]. Theseus combined in his person a ...sometimes her daughter [[Ilithia|Eileithia]]) herself tried to prevent her from giving birth to the hero who would help establish the new Olympian order.

...Resistance''' is the blanket term for a number of armed and unarmed groups from across the political spectrum that resisted the [[Axis Powers|Axis]] occupa ...nce the events in Greece rendered it irrelevant in the minds of most Greek people.

*[[February 12]]: A number of professors from the [[University of Athens]] petition Parliament to declare the [[Katharevo ...ellenic Parliament|Parliament]]: "there is no vulgar language. Only vulgar people". University students protest against poet [[Kostis Palamas]]' strong pro-[

...e Late Bronze Age, under the influence of Western Asia, and the Minoans on Crete, there are palaces and big stone tombs, as well as paved roads and bridges, ...C. People begin to build in the Ionic style. Democracy prevents the Greeks from building palaces or big tombs, because politically all men are supposed to

...ut Talos vary widely, with one consistent detail: in Greek imagery outside Crete, Talos is always being vanquished:<ref>In a note in ''[[Bibliotheke]]'', va ...ote.</ref> Or he may have been the son of ''Kres'', the personification of Crete;<ref>According to a fragment of the early poet [[Cinaethon of Sparta]], for

...mer season. At the age of 21 years, whilst living on the Greek island of [[Crete]], where he had been inhabiting since his gap year several years before, he ...At 18, looking for some change in his life for his gap year, he moved to [[Crete]], where he sang at the Heraklion Palladium. [http://www.musiccorner.gr/ex

...month later, rioting broke out against Venizelos' supporters with several people injured and many properties damaged or destroyed. The French and English im

...hanted in the thanksgiving services following the victory of the Byzantine people of Constantinople over the Persians and Avars. *[[1896]]: Greek volunteers land in [[Crete]] to support the Cretan revolt against the Ottoman Empire.

...renyi points out; "most of the love-stories concerning [[Zeus]] originated from more ancient tales describing his marriages with goddesses. This can especi ...n]]'', discovered at [[Oxyrhyncus]].<ref>The papyrus fragment itself dates from the third century CE: [http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/epi

In [[949]] Constantine launched another invasion of [[Crete]], but like his father's attempt to retake the island in [[911]], this atte ...evan Rus. She was baptised with the name Helena, and began to convert her people to Christianity. Constantine died in [[959]] and was succeeded by his son [

...English took these initiatives aiming to reinforce the ties with the Greek people. *[[April 23]]: [[King George II]] and the Greek Government flee to [[Crete]] as the Germans march towards [[Athens]].

...2]]: A major earthquake (7.0 on the Richter scale) strikes the island of [[Crete]]. ...tains after losing its orientation and contact with ground control. All 70 people on board died. The destination of the airplane was [[Thessaloniki]], [[Mace

...n [[Crete]], by the king, [[Minos]]. Daedalus contrived to make his escape from the prison he was in, but could not leave the island by sea, as the king ke ...ising on his wings he flew off, encouraging him to follow, and looked back from his own flight to see how his son managed his wings. As they flew the plou

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Minos''' was a semi-legendary king of [[Crete]], son of [[Zeus]] and [[Europa]]. The [[Minoan civilization]] has been nam ...nthys]] and [[Sarpedon]], was raised by King [[Asterion]] (or Asterius) of Crete. When Asterion died, he gave his throne to Minos, who banished Sarpedon and

..., caused by one of the worst heat waves in years, claimed the lives of two people in [[Thessaly]]. *[[2015]]: As thousands of Greeks queue up to withdraw their money from ATMs, the European Central Bank announces it will not increase emergency fu

*[[1866]]: The [[Crete|Cretan]] revolt of [[1866]] - [[1869]] commences. ...ishes 6th in [[400m hurdles]] (49.7) at the Munich Olympics. John Akii-Bua from Uganda wins the race setting new world record with 47.8.

...ssos]] and surrounding rivers. 12 people in [[Athens]] and [[Piraeus]] die from flood waters. ...http://nobelprize.org/ Nobel prize] winning poet, born in [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]]

...67;&#957;&#949;&#943;&#959;" ("This is the Polytechnic")'' radio broadcast from within the uprising, calling the Greek citizens to support. Damanaki was ar From [[1977]] to [[1993]] she was constantly elected member of the Hellenic Parl

...twins, [[Apollo]] and [[Artemis]]. Leto is scarcely to be conceived apart from being pregnant and finding a suitable place to be delivered of Apollo, the ...(the fruit that brings oblivion to those who eat it). Others say it comes from the same origin as "Leda", meaning "woman/wife" in ancient Lydia.

...June 27]], [[1638]]) was a Greek prelate and theologian and a native of [[Crete]]. He later became the [[Patriarch of Alexandria]] as '''Cyril III''' and [ Patriarch Cyril was born Konstantinos Loukaris in [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]] in [[1572]]. In his youth, he travelled throughout Europe, studying at Ve

...nuary 24]]: Fitch Ratings upgrades the credit ratings of [[Greece]] to BB (from BB-). ...fatality from a coronavirus infection: a 66-year-old man who had returned from a religious pilgrimage to Israel and Egypt at the end of February.

...reek]] '''Νίκος Καζαντζάκης''' [[February 18]], [[1883]], [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]] - [[October 26]], [[1957]], Freiburg, Germany) was a [[Greece|Greek]] nov ...g the continuous uprisings of the Greek population to achieve independence from the Ottoman empire and to unite with [[Greece]].

The '''Cyclades''', from the [[Greek language|Greek]] &#922;&#965;&#954;&#955;&#940;&#948;&#949;&#96 ...) culture arose in [[Crete]], to the south: these figures have been looted from burials to satisfy a thriving Cycladic antiquities market since the early 2

*[[1912]]: Four people die during a heatwave in [[Athens]]. ...09]]: [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] acquire striker [[Djibril Cisse]] from Olympique Marseille for 8 million euros.

...m in diameter, is on display in the Byzantine History Museum of Heraklion, Crete. ...κα Γραμματα. 11. Ρεθυμνο 1995, 287-304.</ref>, ordered the resettlement of Crete. Some authors have used the date 1082. The text below clears this error. O

...icking people, so Dometios answered the Emperor that all of these harmless people visit him freely and he can’t just send them away. Ioulianos felt offende ...as been a municipality since 1986 and the mayor is elected directly by the people during the general elections of the [[Cyprus|Republic of Cyprus]] that take

...ero, considered by Athenians as their own great reformer. His name comes from the same root as &theta;&epsilon;&sigma;&mu;o&sigmaf;, "thesmos", Greek for ..."clubber" [[Periphetes]], who beat his opponents into the Earth, and took from him the stout staff that often identifies Theseus in vase-paintings.

...xviii.96) which Daedalus also made, in which the [[Minotaur]] was kept and from which [[Theseus]] escaped by means of the thread clue of Ariadne. Ignoring ...nowledge of the labyrinth from spreading to the public. He could not leave Crete by sea, as the king kept strict watch on all the vessels, and permitted non

...the Sephardim, who settled in Greece after the 1492 expulsion of the Jews from Spain. ...7n7I6FNu6QO3woPd75kczuW-CA]. The Romaniotes are '''Greek Jews''', distinct from both Ashkenazim and Sephardim. Jews have lived in Greece possibly as early

...'''Greeks''' are a nation and ethnic group, who have populated [[Greece]] from the [[17th century BC]] until the present day. == Identity of the Greek people ==

.... A connection with the goddess-cults of [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] [[Crete]] is quite possible. *'''Anesidora''' ("sending up gifts" from the earth Pausanias 1.31.4), as Demeter

...284 square kilometers. The rugged terrain is a result of prevailing winds from the surrounding seas which have shaped its shores into steep rocky cliffs w ...te, the Goddess of Sex). Over the centuries it knew a succession of rulers from the Romans to the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]], Venetians and Turks, and

...in [[Peloponnesus]] and one more revolution started against the Turks. The people of [[Greece]] shouted "[[Freedom or Death]]" and they fought the War of Ind ...om Russia, they planned a rebellion. [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]], an official from the [[Ionian Islands]] who had become the Russian Foreign Minister, was sou

...of volcanic islands located in the [[Aegean Sea]], about 200 km south-east from the mainland of [[Greece]] (latitude: 36.40°N - longitude: 25.40°E). It i ...ctly led to the collapse of the [[Minoan civilization]] on the island of [[Crete]], 70 km. to the south.

...the match tested positive for five variants of ephedrine and was excluded from the tournament, scores one goal and Gabriel Batistuta a hat-trick. *[[July 5]]: The European Court declares the importation of products from Turkish-occupied northern [[Cyprus]] "illegal and contrary to EU legislatio

...ulted an [[oracle]] which warned him to beware a man coming forth from the people with only one sandal. ...d by [[Hypsipyle]], his daughter, who put him out to sea sealed in a chest from which he was later rescued. The women of Lemnos lived for a while without m

...ndoned the family name as a young man in order to disassociate his writing from the family soap business. He first appeared as a poet in [[1935]] through t ...Breton, Tzara, Ungaretti, Matisse, Picasso, Chagall, Giacometti). Starting from Paris he travelled and visited subsequently Switzerland, England, Italy and

*[[January 19]]: [[Greece]] receives the first six Rafale fighter jets from France. *[[February 18]]: 280 passengers and crew members are rescued from the ferry boat "Euroferry Olympia" which went up in flames just off the coa

...d War II]], in April, [[1941]] the Greek Royal Family had to evacuate to [[Crete]] in a Sunderland flying boat. Shortly afterwards the German forces attacked Crete. Frederica and her family were forced to evacuate again, setting up a gover

...the PASOK government revised the Greek Constitution to remove most powers from the President and to give wider authority to the Prime Minister and the ele ...en Papandreou was prosecuted over his alleged involvement in the [[Bank of Crete]] scandal. He was eventually acquitted, and at the October [[1993]] electio

According to the 2000 U.S. Census Report, there were 1,153,295 people of Greek heritage living in the United States that year. 365,435 Americans In [[1768]], about 500 Greeks from [[Smyrna]], [[Crete]] and [[Mani]] settled in New Smyrna, Florida (near present-day New Smyrna

...[[1941]]) was a [[Greece|Greek]] General and the Prime Minister of Greece from [[1936]] until his death. ...dismissed by the king. In June [[1917]], with Allied support and 60,000 [[Crete|Cretan]] soldiers, the king was deposed and Venizelos empowered, declaring

*[[February 12]]: Weapons are stolen from an army base in [[Rethymno]], [[Crete]]. *[[April 23]]: [[Nikos Sampson]] is temporarilly released from prison for health reasons.

*[[March 9]]: More than 5,000 people demonstrate in [[Nea Smyrni]] after a video is shown of a police officer be *[[May 23]]: A Ryanair passenger plane, flying from [[Athens]] to Vilnius, Lithuania, with Greek passengers aboard, is forced t

*[[February 14]]: [[Vasilis Tsiartas]] retires from football ...es, caused by one of the worst heat waves in years, claim the lives of two people in [[Thessaly]] and threaten the suburbs of [[Athens]] as Mt [[Parnitha]] i

...fore what we know as [[Classical Greece]]). Their civilization flourished from approximately [[2600 BC|2600]] to [[1450 BC]]. ...and the Semitic "Kaftor" or "Caphtor", both evidently referring to Minoan Crete, are suggestive.

...o, was Polish. He attended the [[University of Athens]] from [[1937]], and from [[1938]] he was active in Trotskyist groups. The dictatorship of [[Ioannis ...teams and wished to remove senior officers with anti-democratic tendencies from the military. He also tried unsuccessfully to prevent the continuation of t

...ysus is a syncretism of a local Greek nature deity and a more powerful god from [[Thrace]] or Phrygia such as Sabazios. Many Greeks were sure that the cult of Dionysus arrived in Greece from [[Anatolia]], but Greek concepts of where Nysa was, whether set in Anatolia

...Medal of Freedom - the highest honour that the US bestowes on a civilian - from President Jimmy Carter. *[[August 9]]: 13 people die in the heatwave that strikes Greece.

...d have been a part of the [[Mycenaean civilization]] that dominated Greece from ca. [[1600 BC]], with a history as a tribe that may have gone back to the p ...ng that archeological evidence suggests that the Achaeans instead migrated from “southern Asia Minor to Greece, probably settling first in lower Thessaly

...resulted in the direct or indirect death of anywhere from 50 to 60 million people, over 3% of the world population at that time. It is estimated to have cost ...number of nations involved and the extraordinary number of theatres&mdash;from Europe and the Soviet Union to North Africa, China, South East Asia and the

...a figures in the myth of Jason and the [[Argonauts]], a myth we know best from a late literary version worked up by [[Apollonius of Rhodes]] in the [[3rd ...to throw a rock into the crowd. Unable to decipher where the rock had come from, the soldiers attacked and defeated each other. Finally, Aeetes made Jason

...dysseus''' (meaning "man of wrath" according to [[Homer]], or more likely, from Greek οδηγός: ''odēgós'', "a guide; the one showing the way"), is a ...n Horse]]. He is most famous for the ten years it took him to return home from the war, which is described in the ''[[Odyssey]]''.

...rorist groups in Western Europe in the [[1980s]]. The group's name derives from the [[November 17]], [[1973]] student uprising in [[Athens]] that was viole ...ssination of a US serviceman. These attacks resulted in the death of eight people (two of whom were Americans). Seven of the victims were shot with the same

...Patras]], and [[Tripolis]]. His father came from [[Crete]] and his mother from [[Asia Minor]]. He received several offers to serve as [[List of Presidents #Ballet music: "Greek Carnival"; "Les Amants de Téruel" (The Lovers from Teruel); "Antigone"

...e actual events. Those who think that the stories of the Trojan War derive from some specific actual conflict usually date it to between [[1300 BC]] and [[ ...f. The two brothers had been living at Tyndareus' court since being exiled from their homeland of [[Argos]] after their father, [[Atreus]], was killed and

...he government then issued legislation that permitted it to appoint its own people to the Bank's board. ...ether with Nationalbank für Deutschland, which almost immediately withdrew from the venture. The Greeks kept the branches in [[Thessaloniki]], [[Smyrna]] a

...of their kinship; for the Pelasgians, too, were a Greek nation originally from the Peloponnesus''.</ref><ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses, Book 12.1'' ([http://w ...her passage mentions actual Pelasgians; Hellenes and Achaeans specifically people the Thessalian Argos, and Dodona hosts Perrhaebians and Aenianes (''Iliad''

...e]], and was a major part of ancient [[Greek theater]]. Later, influences from the Roman Empire, Eastern Europe and the [[Byzantine Empire]] changed Greek ...ts in Greek folk music: [[akritic]] and [[klephtic]]. Akritic music comes from the [[9th century]] ''akrites'', or border guards of the Byzantine Empire.

...o a sea monster. [[Pestilence]] came and the sea monster snatched away the people of the plain. ...]). The Maxyans were a west Libyan tribe who said that they were descended from the men of Troy, according to [[Herodotus]]. The Trojan ships transformed i

...patron defender of herds and flocks. Apollo had a famous [[oracle]] in [[Crete]] and other notable ones in [[Clarus]] and [[Branchidae]]. As the god of r ...ally during the height of colonization,[[750 BC|750-550 BC]]. He helped [[Crete|Cretan]] or [[Arcadia prefecture|Arcadian]] colonists found the city of Tro

...]] closes at 789.20 - a loss of 5.6% - amid rumours of a future Greek exit from the Eurozone. ...y 24]]: Cash-strapped [[Niki Volou FC|Niki Volou]] is officially relegated from the [[Superleague|Super League]] for financial reasons by the league's disc

...ger train crashes into a truck, at a crossing near [[Drama]], killing four people and injuring 40. ...vazenitis]] becomes the 15th President of [[EPAE]], taking over leadership from [[Alexandros Lykourezos]]

:"...at a special service he was duly commissioned Priest-Apostolic from the Ecumenical and Patriarchal Throne of Constantinople to America and the ..., Syria, Joppa, [[Greece]], [[Cyprus]], [[Mytilene]], [[Chios]], Sicily, [[Crete]], Egypt, Russia, Ottoman Turkey, Austria, Germany, England, France, Scandi

...ommission, or [[Saint_Peter|Simon Peter]]'s vision of the sheet descending from Heaven in Acts 10:9–23a). ...ording to Matthew, and repudiate the Apostle Paul, calling him an apostate from the Law." (Refs. below)

...own, the party remained legal until 1948, continuing to coordinate attacks from its [[Athens]] offices until proscription. ...the governance of Greece rendered it irrelevant in the minds of most Greek people.

...'s Investors Service upgrades the rating of the City of [[Athens]] to Caa3 from C. ...nt of [[Nikos Anastasiades]]. Four [[DIKO]] ministers are called to resign from the [[Cabinet of Cyprus]].

...Manos. The first years of Iraklis were very hard since very few were those people that got involved with athletics in the area of [[Thessaloniki]]. During th ...ntzoglio]] field. And once more Iraklis was still facing tough competition from the [[Aristotle University|University of Thessaloniki]].

...ed parole to [[Costas Agapiou]], the last jailed member of [[Revolutionary People's Struggle|ELA]], three years into his 25-year prison term. ...-wing ([[Golden Dawn|Chrysi Avgi]]) demonstrators, injuring at least three people and prompting riot police to fire tear gas and blockade streets in central

name from her father, [[Philip II of Macedon]], to commemorate her birth on the day o Opposition against him from the Jews drove him from the city, and he fled to [[Veroia]].

...s]] and much of Greece and in [[294 BC]] he seized the throne of Macedonia from [[Alexander V of Macedon|Alexander]], the son of Cassander. ...ame time, Lysimachus attacked Macedonia from the East while Pyrrhus did so from the West. Demetrius left Antigonus in control of Greece, while he hurried t

...y 6]]: Unknown arsonists set fire to the Jewish synagogue of [[Chania]], [[Crete]]. ...imate to 13.6 percent. Moody's cuts Greece's sovereign debt rating a notch from A2 to A3, sparking market panic.

...]: Moody's downgrades [[Cyprus]]' government bond rating by three notches: from B3 to Caa3. ...ch 21]]: Standard and Poor's downgrades the sovereign rating of [[Cyprus]] from CCC+ to CCC.

...[December 30]], [[1957]] at [[Volos]], [[Thessaly]]. His father, a refugee from [[Smyrni]], worked for an oil company while his mother, a native with roots In [[1958]], the family moves to [[Crete]] for a year, then returns to [[Volos]] for a while, and finally settles in

...religious guards, who are not monks, that assist the monks, and any other people not monks are required to live on the peninsula's capital, [[Karyes]]. The [[Herodotus]] tells us that [[Pelasgians]] from the island of [[Lemnos]] populated the peninsula, then called ''Acte'' or '

...The history of [[Greece]] traditionally encompasses the study of the Greek people, the areas they ruled historically, as well as the territory now composing ...as]], the [[Apostle Titus]], Paul’s companion who preached the gospel in [[Crete]] where he became [[bishop]], Apostle Philip (of the Twelve), who according

...be able to resupply the isolated Ottoman garrisons and land reinforcements from the Ottoman Empire's Asian provinces at will, crushing the rebellion. ...continuous efforts towards the education of officers were initiated. Young people were initially trained at the military school of [[Scholi Evelpidon]] and a