a little bit of information I collected about Greek culture ...
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mirrors of the Hippocratic oath itself and minor variations:
Hippocrates was born about 460 B.C. on the Greek island of Cos, a medical sanctuary -- rather like a modern health resort. ...
The Oath of Hippocrates had usually figured at least ceremonially in medical school graduations, even if his principles were beginning to be forgotten. But even this ceremonial reverence was dropped after 1973, when in Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Oath as a guide to medical ethics and practice.
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... We do not want the judgment of history, a century or more from now, to say that medicine in the United States, which led the world in church membership and church attendance, had become more pagan than that of the pagan Father of Medicine, Hippocrates.
commentary about the Hippocratic oath:
The number of the lines is based on the number of the syllables in the Greek phrase: "????????? ? ???????" (?-???-??-??-? ? ??-??-??? / E-leu-the-ri-a H Tha-na-tos), which means "Freedom or Death". Freedom or Death was the motto during the years of the Hellenic Revolution against the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century.
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The square Cross that rests on the upper left-side of the flag and occupies one fourth of the total area demonstrates the respect and the devotion the Greek people have for the Orthodox Church and signifies the important role of Christianity in the formation of the modern Hellenic Nation. During the dark years of the Ottoman rule, the Orthodox Church helped the enslaved Greeks to retain their cultural characteristics: the Greek language, to continue the Byzantine culture, which itself was a continuation of the Hellenistic culture which in turn was based on the classical Greek culture, and generally the Greek ethnic identity, by the institution of the Crypha Scholia (hidden (night) schools). The Crypha Scholia were a web of schools that operated secretly throughout Greece and were committed in transmitting to the Greeks the wonders of their ancestors and the rest of their cultural heritage. Today, Christianity is still the dominant religion among Greeks with about 98% of them following the Eastern Christian Orthodox Faith.
especially the prayer 'Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner,' also known as ``the Jesus Prayer'' or ``Prayer of the heart''.
Psalms 78:9
Kyrie Eleison
Kyrie Eleison (Greek for "Lord have mercy"; the Latin transliteration supposes a pronunciation as in Modern Greek) is a very old, even pre-Christian, expression used constantly in all Christian liturgies. ... Psalm 4:2, 6:3, 9:14, 25:11, 121:3; Isaias 33:2; Tobit 8:10; etc. ... Matthew 9:27, 20:30, 15:22; Mark 10:47; Luke 16:24, 17:13 ...
The original Olympics were held in Athens, Greece from _____. The modern Olympics ... Athens 2004 ...
... malaria ... Alexander ... the king ... perished from the disease at Babylon in 323 [B.C.] ...
Why was Alexander III of Macedon called 'Great' ? ... Thus, at the youthful age of 20, in 336, he inherited the powerful empire of Macedon, which by then controlled Greece and had already started to make inroads into Asia. In 334 he invaded Persia, and within a decade he had defeated the Persians, subdued Egypt, and pushed on to Iran, Afghanistan and even India. As well as his vast conquests Alexander is credited with the spread of Greek culture and education in his empire, not to mention being responsible for the physical and cultural formation of the hellenistic kingdoms -- some would argue that the hellenistic world was Alexander's legacy. He has also been viewed as a philosophical idealist, striving to create a unity of mankind by his so-called fusion of the races policy, in which he attempted to integrate Persians and Orientals into his administration and army. Thus, within a dozen years Alexander's empire stretched from Greece in the west to India in the far east, and he was even worshipped as a god by many of his subjects while still alive. On the basis of his military conquests contemporary historians, and especially those writing in Roman times who measured success by the number of body-bags used, deemed him great.
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In 334 Alexander III left home for Asia, entrusting to Antipater as guardian (epitropos) a stable -- for a while -- Greece and Macedon ...
... proskynesis -- genuflection -- ... a social act which had long been practised by the Persians and involved prostrating oneself before the person of the king in an act of subservience, and thereby accepting his lordship. The custom however was regarded as tantamount to worship and thus sacrilegious to the Greeks -- worship of a god or a dead hero was one thing, but worship of a person while still alive quite another. ...
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Lord Jesus Christ Have Mercy on Me, a sinner http://www.yalchicago.org/Jesus_Prayer.html
has some general information about Greece, a brief Greek history, modern Greece, ...
http://www.greekembassy.org/general/history.html [FIXME: print]
Greek Prime Minister Speech at "ground zero" , New York January 9, 2002 http://www.greekembassy.org/press/pressreleases/simitis_ground_zero_html.htm
STATEMENT TO THE PRESS BY GREEK PRIME MINISTER COSTAS SIMITIS, FOLLOWING HIS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH LOCATION: THE WHITE HOUSE DRIVEWAY, WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME: 3:59 P.M. EST DATE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2002 http://www.greekembassy.org/press/pressreleases/simitis_statement.html ``... the Olympic Games. We are a small country, a small country, but we have done quite a lot of work. Now things are on track, and I am quite sure that we will have excellent Olympic Games. I invited President Bush to come to the Games, and because there will be also a baseball competition, and a Greek baseball team with Greek Americans, he should come and pitch the ball.''
Hellenic Ministries is a Christian agency which serves as a sponsoring and support organization for men and women called to serve Jesus Christ throughout Greece, the Balkans and the Mediterranean world.
Christ for Greece and the Nations
Some of the people involved: http://www.hmnet.org.gr/hellas2002/en/speakers.htm
Hellenic Ministries Net Christ for Greece and the Nations http://www.hmnet.org.gr/
