greece
part of speech
noun (Greece — proper noun, a country)
meaning for a pupil
1) Greece is a country in south-east Europe, by the Mediterranean Sea, with many islands; its capital is Athens. tree →
2) Ancient Greece was the world of the ancient Greeks, famous for the Olympics, myths, democracy and great thinkers. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Daniel, Greece (Javan) is a kingdom that rises after Persia, shown as a goat with a great horn. It means the empire of Alexander. Interpretation: Tradition reads Daniel's vision as foretelling Persia's fall to Greece and Alexander's empire splitting. Later Greek rule led to the events remembered at Chanukah. In the primary lessons: History lessons (Ancient Greece, the Olympics, gods and myths), geography (islands, the Mediterranean), food and holidays.
examples
- And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. (Writings DAN.8.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then said he: Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia; and when I go forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come. (Writings DAN.10.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all; and when he is waxed strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece. (Writings DAN.11.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- We are learning about Ancient Greece this term. tree →
- The first Olympic Games were held in Greece. tree →
- Greece has thousands of islands. tree →
- Athens is the capital of Greece. tree →
- My cousins went on holiday to Greece. tree →
- The myths of Greece tell of Zeus and Athena. tree →
- Afterwards the two princes marched back to Greece. tree →
note
Always with a capital G. Adjective and people: Greek, the Greeks. Language: Greek. Do not confuse with «grease» (fat, oil), which sounds the same.
In the corpora
- In Aesop's fable from ancient Greece, about 2500 years ago, a little mouse saves a lion by gnawing through a net.
- The wise owl idea comes from ancient Greece, where the owl was the bird of Athena, the goddess of wisdom.
- Venice held a chain of ports and islands along the Adriatic and in Greece, including Crete and later Cyprus.
- Greece is full of mountains and islands, so the Greeks lived in many separate city-states rather than one country.
- Early wheelbarrows are recorded in Han China and crossbows by the 5th century BC; ancient Greece had its own early forms of both.
Trees and pragmatics
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