Julian used the term to describe traditional religion of the Greeks(The word can also have other unrelated meanings in modern Greek.) Additionally, subgroups use a variety of names to distinguish branches focusing on specific schools of thought, or modern traditions focusing on the public practices of individual city-states. read more
Although Modern Greeks do have some of their genetic heritage inevitably from the Ancient Greeks, as do Turks, South Italians, and Levant people, and do speak a language descended from Ancient Greek language, they are a different people than the Ancient Greeks and uninterrupted continuation is a modern myth created by the British and Germans in the 19th Century. read more
“Greek men and women take a lot of pride in their appearance: the four large gyms in my small neighbourhood are evidence of this. read more