Greece is the cradle of Western civilization, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, Western literature, history, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, and Western drama. Greek culture has had a significant influence on many other cultures, and there are many famous museums in Greece.
Greece is at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, giving Greece the longest coastline in the Mediterranean, with over 227 inhabited islands.
A Virtual Tour of Greek Museums and Historic Sites
- Athens Museums
- Ancient Corinth Museums
- Delos Museums
- Delphi Museums
- Ancient Mycenae Museums
- Epidaurus Museums
- Heraklion, Crete Museums
- Meteora Museums
- Milos Museums
- Mykonos Museums
- Mystras Museums
- Nafplion Museums
- Olympia Museums
- Pella Museums
- Samos Museums
- Santorini Museums
- Thessaloniki Museums
- Vergina Museums
Museums in Athens
- Acropolis Museum
- National Archaeological Museum
- Benaki Museum
- Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art
- Byzantine and Christian Museum
- Hellenic Motor Museum
- National Historical Museum, Athens
- Museum of the Ancient Agora
- Syntagma Metro Station Archaeological Collection
- Numismatic Museum of Athens
- Athens War Museum
- Jewish Museum of Greece
- Athens University Museum
Athens Historical Sites
- Acropolis of Athens
- Athens Temples, Monuments and Historical Archaeological Sites
- Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens
- Corinthian Columns of Temple of Olympian Zeus
- Ancient Agora of Athens
- Map of the Ancient Agora of Athens
- Stoa of Attalos
- Aristotle’s Lyceum
- Temple of Hephaestus
- Roman Agora, Athens
- Roman Baths in Athens
- Temple of Poseidon at Sounion
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Athens
Thessaloniki Museums
- Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
- Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki)
- Atatürk Museum
- War Museum of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki Historical Sites
- Roman
- Triumphal Arch of Galerius
- Early Christian and Byzantine Monuments
- Ottoman
- Bey Hamam
- Bezesteni Market
- White Tower of Thessaloniki
- Post-Byzantine
- Trigonion Tower
Delphi Museums and Historical Sites
- Delphi Archaeological Museum
- Archaeological Site of Delphi
Delos Museums and Historical Sites
- Archaeological Museum of Delos
Santorini Museums
- Akrotiri Archaeological Site
Olympia Museums and Historical Sites
- Archaeological Museum of Olympia
- Museum of the History of the Olympic Games of Antiquity
- Olympia Archaeological Site
Corinth Museums and Historical Site
- Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth
Mycenae Museum and Historic Site
- Archaeological Museum of Mycenae
Epidaurus Museum & Historic Site
- Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus
- Ancient Theater of Epidaurus
Heraklion, Crete Museum & Historic Site
- Knossos Archaeological Site
- Archaeological Musem of Heraklion
Meteora Historic Site
- Meteora Monasteries
Milos Museum & Historic Site
- Milos Museum
Mystras Historic Site
- Fortified Medieval Mystras
Pella Museum & Historic Site
- Archaeological Museum of Pella
Cradle of Civilization
A “cradle of civilization” is a term used to identify locations where civilizations are understood to have emerged. Amongst the earliest civilizations that developed are Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Ancient India, and Ancient China. The extent of significant influence between the early civilizations of the Near East and those of East Asia is disputed. The civilizations of Mesoamerica, mainly in modern Mexico and Peru, emerged independently from those in Eurasia.
Civilizations have been defined using various criteria such as the use of writing, cities, a class-based society, agriculture, animal husbandry, and monumental architecture.
Cradle of Western Civilization
There is an academic consensus that Classical Greece is the seminal culture which provided the foundation of modern Western culture, based on democracy, art, theater, philosophy, and science. For this reason, it is known as the cradle of Western Civilization.
Greece
- Country: Greece or the Hellenic Republic
- Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
- Capital: Athens
- Official languages: Greek
- Population 11.2 million
Greek Proverbs and Quotes
- Greek Proverbs and Quotes
Greece
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“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
– Plato
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“One thing I know that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.”
– Socrates
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“Nature does nothing uselessly.”
– Aristotle
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” The donkey called the rooster big-headed.”
– Proverb
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“Well begun is half done.”
– Aristotle
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” The camel can’t see her own hump.”
– Proverb
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“Wit is educated insolence.”
– Aristotle
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“The tongue has no bones, but bones it crushes.”
– Proverb
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“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”
– Aristotle
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“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”
– Plato
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“The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.”
– Epicurus
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“It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.”
– Hippocrates
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“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.”
– Plato
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“Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.”
– Antisthenes
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“Only the dead have seen the end of the war.”
– Plato
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“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.”
– Aristotle
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“In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.”
– Aristotle
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“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
– Hippocrates.
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“Wisdom outweighs any wealth.”
– Sophocles
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“Wine and children speak the truth.”
– Proverb
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“Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.”
– Euripides
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“Wait for the wisest of all counselors, time.”
– Pericles
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“Life is short, the art long.”
– Hippocrates
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“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.”
– Archimedes
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“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.”
– Aristotle
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“The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.”
– Epicurus
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“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”
– Plato
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“Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.”
– Euripides
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“Success is dependent on effort.”
– Sophocles
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“It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.”
– Epicurus
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“Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts and eloquence. ”
– John Milton
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