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An anonymous modern philosopher once said, "Nothing moves the world which is not Greek in origin."
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An anonymous modern philosopher once said, "Nothing moves the world which is not Greek in origin." The influence of the Ancient Greeks upon the rest of the world is debatable. However, the question addressed here is not one of how the Greeks moved our modern world; instead, it is one about the forces that steered the Greek world. There were many different aspects of Greek life that formed their culture; however, the myths about Helen of Troy, and men and women from that period, were what most influenced Greek life. The first settlers in Ancient Greece were composed of two breeds of people: one was a group from the north, who are known as Indo-Europeans; the other were indigenous people, about whom historians know very little. These people settled in Peloponnesia, a land mass of good size to the south of mainland Greece; however, the most dense and enriched...
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