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- noun Plural form of
Greek .
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Examples
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Further more, I (and most of the world) don´t believe modern Greeks are actually the same ´Greeks´ as the Ancient Greeks!
American Chronicle 2009
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A background in the wonderous history of the Greeks is a secure foundation.
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The hills are covered with arms and standards; and the emperor of the Greeks is accustomed to wars and triumphs.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Jenn, one thing you can say about Greeks is the know how to eat -- and cook!
Recipe for Salad of Bitter Greens with Sherry Truffle Vinaigrette (Σαλάτα για Τσικνοπέμπτη) Laurie Constantino 2009
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Achaeans Along with Argives and Danaans, one of the three main names used by Homer for the people we call Greeks.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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Achaeans Along with Argives and Danaans, one of the three main names used by Homer for the people we call Greeks.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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You may judge of this when I tell you, that the four thousand pounds advanced by me to the Greeks, is likely to set a fleet and an army in motion for some months.
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By this term the Greeks did not mean one who rules harshly, but simply one who holds the supreme authority in the state illegally.
General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers
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If therefore we call the Greeks objective, all this must be included in our definition of the word.
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I have asked the Greeks from the white ships, and Greeks from ships whose hulks lay on the wet sand, scarlet with great beaks.
Hymen Hilda Doolittle 1921
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