WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The Parian Chronicle says that Phthia was the homeland of the Hellenes and that this name was given to those previously called Greeks (). In Greek mythology, Hellen, the patriarch of the Hellenes who ruled around Phthia, was the son of Pyrrha and Deucalion, the only survivors after the Great Deluge.

Detailed explanation-2: -The primary ancestors of both the Minoans and Mycenaeans were populations from Neolithic Western Anatolia and Greece and the two groups were very closely related to each other, and to modern Greeks. The Minoans and Mycenaeans occupy an important place in Greek, and European, history.

Detailed explanation-3: -It may surprise you that Greeks don’t call themselves “Greek”. Instead Greeks refer to themselves as “”-Hellenes. The word “Greek” comes from the Latin “Graeci”, and through Roman influence has become the common root of the word for Greek people and culture in most languages.

Detailed explanation-4: -The name Hellenes was probably used by the Greeks with the establishment of the Great Amphictyonic League. This was an ancient association of Greek tribes with twelve founders which was organized to protect the great temples of Apollo in Delphi (Phocis) and of Demeter near Thermopylae (Locris).

Detailed explanation-5: -Hellen was the son of Deucalion and Pyrrha. According to Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Deucalion and Pyrrha threw throw stones which turn into people. the first stone they threw becomes their son, Hellen.