About My 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 or even my own personal experience 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 and even find more information. Should you get lost you can return to this index page when you click on the link at the top and the bottom of each page. If you like my History of Greece please share it with your friends on Facebook and other forms of social media.

History of Greece Index

Bronze and Iron Age

The Golden Age

 Alexander the Great

 The Roman Period

 The Byzantine Period

The Turkish Period

Revolution of 1821

Venizelos/Smyrna

World War Two

Lest We Forget

Civil War

Post-War 

The Junta

Rebellion

Newest Democracy

Papandreou-Karamanlis-Tsipras

 Final Words

Greek Politics

Biographies

November 17 Terrorism

Bibliography

More History from Matt's Greece Travel Guides

Greek Archaeological Sites

 
Rembetika and Greek Popular Music

Greece in the 60s Photos

Prints of Early 20th Century Athens

Greek Festivals and Holidays

A Short History of the Jews in Greece

Karaghiosi

The Parthenon (Elgin) Marbles

Was Columbus Greek?

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