English-Dutch translations for Ancient Greece

• Griekse oudheid
• Oude Griekenland
  Dit is de bakermat van de Olympische Spelen, de belangrijkste spelen van het oude Griekenland. This was the birthplace of the Olympic Games, the most important games in Ancient Greece.
  Wij weten allen dat de idee van de Olympische wapenstilstand is ontstaan tijdens de Olympische Spelen van het oude Griekenland. As you all know, the idea of the Olympic Truce dates back to the Olympic Games in ancient Greece.
  In het oude Griekenland, de wieg van de democratie, was het gebruikelijk dat degene die zich van stemming onthield, uit de volksvergadering werd gejaagd. In ancient Greece, the cradle of democracy, it was usual for those who abstained to be driven out of the Council.

Definition of Ancient Greece

• The Greek speaking world in ancient times, geographically referring not only to modern Greece and southern Balkan peninsula but also to areas of Hellenic culture that were settled during ancient times by Greeks: Cyprus, the Aegean coast of Ionia, southern Italian peninsula and Sicily and the scattered Greek settlements on the coasts of what are now Albania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Libya, southern France, southern Spain, Catalonia, Georgia, Romania, and Ukraine

Related words

• Ancient Greek
• Ancient Greece
• Ancient Greek language
• Ancient Greek law