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| '''Greeks''' refers to: | |||
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| == Greeks in ancient history == | |||
| * Ancient ]s | |||
| In Latin literature, '''''Græci''''' (or '''Greeks''', in English) is the name by which ] are known. | |||
| ] and ] first write about ''Graikoi'', who seem to be the same people as ''Selloi'' from ]. The name becomes known to Latins with the ] of ] from Greek settlers. While Greeks call themselves Hellenes, the ] begin to call them ''Græci'', the name of the specific Greek colonists. | |||
| During the Roman era, and especially after Christianity became the official religion of the empire, the name Hellene came to be associated with the pre-Christian religion, and fell out of use. The Greeks, who were now citizens of the Roman Empire, called themselves Roman, or ''Rhomaioi''. This usage has remained into modern times as a familiar word for ''Greek''. | |||
| After the fall of the ] in ] ] and the beginning of the ] in ] the ] term for the Greeks is used broadly. In ] a change takes place. While in general the citizens of the ] are called Romans, the Greeks assume the name ''Græco'' to distinguish themselves from the rest of the Byzantines. After the ] the name ''Græco'' meant orthodox and ] meant ]. After a while the two terms assumed a national character as well. | |||
| After the independence of the modern Greek state from the ] the term ''Græco'' or Greek was abandoned totally by the Greeks themselves. The new country was officially named "Hellenic republic" (or ''Hellas'') and the people "Hellenes". In many countries the modern ] are called Greeks and their country ], while in other countries, especially in Asia, they are called ''Yunan'' and their country ''Yunanistan'', from the Turkish word Yunan, derived from the Greek geographical term Ionia. In Turkey, Greeks from Greece are called ''Yunan'', but ethnic Greeks in Turkey are called ''Rum'', from Greek ''Rhomaioi''. | |||
| == Greeks as a modern ethnic group == | |||
| An '''ethnic Greek''' (usually simply called Greek) is someone who is considered by himself or others to be Greek. Characteristics are: | |||
| *Cultural connection with the Greek culture | |||
| *Speaking the ] | |||
| *Having ancestors who lived in ] or an area that at the time was part of Greece or otherwise considered Greek | |||
| * Some tendencies within Greek nationalism also consider Arabic speaking Christians of the Greek-rite to be "Arabophone Greeks" (whether this includes only Orthodox Christians or the Uniates as well is uncertain). | |||
| There are around 10.8 million ethnic Greeks in the ], as they also form an important minority group in several Balkan countries, as well as in modern-day ]. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * ] | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
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