CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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Hellen
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Hellenes
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Hellas
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Helios
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ancient and modern name of the country is Hellas or Hellada (Greek: , ; in polytonic: , ), and its official name is the Hellenic Republic, Helliniki Dimokratia ( [eliniˈci ðimokraˈti. a]).
Detailed explanation-2: -Greece: Secrets of the Past-Geology and Geography. The Greeks called their land Hellas and themselves Hellenes. It was the Romans who called them Greeks-(Graeci ) and that is the name by which we know them.
Detailed explanation-3: -It turns out that both “Greece” and “Hellas” have Greek roots, but “Greece” was adopted by the Romans (as the Latin word “Graecus"), and later adopted into English, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The OED says Aristotle uses “Graiko” as the name for the first inhabitants of the region.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hellas. / (ˈhɛləs) / noun. transliteration of the Ancient Greek name for Greece.