Two definitions apply
a) A highly sophisticated Hellenic culture during the classical era of European history. Produced Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Archimedes (in the then Greek colony of Sicily), Diogenes, and eventually Alexander the great. Also the inventors of Democracy. They spoke a vibrant language that is still studied today in order to read their beautiful poetry and profound philosophy.
b) A group of hairy, backwards thinking male chauvinists and large, overprotective mothers who insist on reminding their children twice a day that "there are only two kinds of people, those who are Greek and them that wish they was Greek' which they probably stole from 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' which by the way is one of the 4 to 9 films they’ve ever watched.
a) A highly sophisticated Hellenic culture during the classical era of European history. Produced Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Archimedes (in the then Greek colony of Sicily), Diogenes, and eventually Alexander the great. Also the inventors of Democracy. They spoke a vibrant language that is still studied today in order to read their beautiful poetry and profound philosophy.
b) A group of hairy, backwards thinking male chauvinists and large, overprotective mothers who insist on reminding their children twice a day that "there are only two kinds of people, those who are Greek and them that wish they was Greek' which they probably stole from 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' which by the way is one of the 4 to 9 films they’ve ever watched.
My Greek Friend: “Hey, do you guys wanna see a movie?”
Me: “Sure, how bout that new Spielberg film”
Greek friend's mother: (suddenly appearing from behind a corner and telling us in a wise voice and completely without precedent) “There are only two types of people, them that are Greek and them that wish they was Greek.” (Greek mother returns to her moping as Greek father returns home from his job at Parthenon Plumbers or whatever pseudo-classical name he's given his place of business and demand his lunch.)
Me: “Sure, how bout that new Spielberg film”
Greek friend's mother: (suddenly appearing from behind a corner and telling us in a wise voice and completely without precedent) “There are only two types of people, them that are Greek and them that wish they was Greek.” (Greek mother returns to her moping as Greek father returns home from his job at Parthenon Plumbers or whatever pseudo-classical name he's given his place of business and demand his lunch.)
by Brennan McDonagh September 3, 2005
Get the Greeks mug.A group of people who take an amount of money equivlent to their military spending in subsidies from the EU. Also couldnt pay for their olympics due to their finincal and industrial inetpitude.
by He who arises in might November 26, 2004
Get the greeks mug.Greeks are Ethiopians they have a fake nation thats only been existed since 1821. they claim everything is theirs for ie) Macedonia,Epirus,Cyprus.
Greeks Have a Ethiopian Sub Saharan DNA For a country thats only been existed since 1821 claiming Alexander the Great was Greek Pffft Liars Liars Liars. In fact Alexander was Never Greek, The dna done in France and America proved that The Greeks had nothing to do with the ancient Macedonians or Alexander the Great.
Alexander The Great = Macedonian
Cyprus = Turkish
Epirus = Albanian
Greeks = Ethiopian Gypsies that formed a nation in 1821.
Macedonia = 4,000 Years old Country.
Greece = A fake country with a fake nation and also a fake history.
Macedonian History = 3,000 Years old
Greek History = 162 Years old
Stop the lying Greece we all know your country is filled with Propaganda.
Long Live Macedonia
Greeks Have a Ethiopian Sub Saharan DNA For a country thats only been existed since 1821 claiming Alexander the Great was Greek Pffft Liars Liars Liars. In fact Alexander was Never Greek, The dna done in France and America proved that The Greeks had nothing to do with the ancient Macedonians or Alexander the Great.
Alexander The Great = Macedonian
Cyprus = Turkish
Epirus = Albanian
Greeks = Ethiopian Gypsies that formed a nation in 1821.
Macedonia = 4,000 Years old Country.
Greece = A fake country with a fake nation and also a fake history.
Macedonian History = 3,000 Years old
Greek History = 162 Years old
Stop the lying Greece we all know your country is filled with Propaganda.
Long Live Macedonia
Macedonians are Macedonians, Never Greeks.
Greeks are Ethiopian Gypsies that formed a nation in 1821.
Alexander The Great MACEDONIAN was Macedonian.
We all hate Hellas.
Da Te Ebam Grcia!
Greeks are Ethiopian Gypsies that formed a nation in 1821.
Alexander The Great MACEDONIAN was Macedonian.
We all hate Hellas.
Da Te Ebam Grcia!
by MacedoniaLandOfKings November 14, 2007
Get the Greeks mug.refer to two groups of people:
1) the ancient hellenes
2) modern greeks
unbeknownst or outright denied by "modern" greeks, there isn't really any relation racially between the hellenes and the "moderns". the slavic migrations between 600-800ad completely overwhelmed greece. the population of greece has always been small, even moreso during those times. constant warfare depleted the population further. the slavs managed to settle thessaly,aetolia,macedonia,thrace and the
peloponesos. virtually every major part of greece, save for boeotia(which is where dislocated albanians settled)was overrun by the slavs. to this day there are still towns with slavic etymology. the "greeks" of today are nothing more than the descendants of hellenized slavs, which was the policy of the church to gain converts, and of the byzantine empire in order to free itself from a two front war against eastern armies of islamic faith. the gene pool of the hellenes, while not completely decimated was absorbed by the slavs.
the slavs were classified as greek speaking, slav speaking, or bulgarian speaking. through the years other ethnicities were thrown into the mix: normans,venetians,romanians,turks egyptians. modern day peoples of the balkans have varying degrees of the admixture of these ethnicities, and the "greeks" are no exception.
1) the ancient hellenes
2) modern greeks
unbeknownst or outright denied by "modern" greeks, there isn't really any relation racially between the hellenes and the "moderns". the slavic migrations between 600-800ad completely overwhelmed greece. the population of greece has always been small, even moreso during those times. constant warfare depleted the population further. the slavs managed to settle thessaly,aetolia,macedonia,thrace and the
peloponesos. virtually every major part of greece, save for boeotia(which is where dislocated albanians settled)was overrun by the slavs. to this day there are still towns with slavic etymology. the "greeks" of today are nothing more than the descendants of hellenized slavs, which was the policy of the church to gain converts, and of the byzantine empire in order to free itself from a two front war against eastern armies of islamic faith. the gene pool of the hellenes, while not completely decimated was absorbed by the slavs.
the slavs were classified as greek speaking, slav speaking, or bulgarian speaking. through the years other ethnicities were thrown into the mix: normans,venetians,romanians,turks egyptians. modern day peoples of the balkans have varying degrees of the admixture of these ethnicities, and the "greeks" are no exception.
by Agema March 30, 2007
Get the greeks mug.Members of college fraternities and/or sororities. So called because they usually use two or three Greek letters as their designation, sometimes representing some ideal or other "secret" information.
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