page_title: Outline of Greece
section_title: Culture of Greece
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Greece / Culture of Greece
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Greece:
  Greece – sovereign country located on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula in Southern Europe. Greece borders Albania, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east and south of mainland Greece, while the Ionian Sea lies to the west. Both parts of the Eastern Mediterranean basin feature a vast number of islands.
  Greece lies at the juncture of Europe, Asia and Africa. It is heir to the heritages of ancient Greece, the Roman and Byzantine Empires, and nearly four centuries of Ottoman rule. Greece is the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, Western literature and historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, and Western drama including both tragedy and comedy.
  Greece is a developed country, a member of the European Union since 1981, a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union since 2001, NATO since 1952, the OECD since 1961, the WEU since 1995 and ESA since 2005.
context_section_description: Culture of Greece
  Architecture of Greece
  Castles in Greece
  Modern Greek architecture
  Cuisine of Greece
  Cretan cuisine
  Cuisine of the Ionian islands
  Cypriot cuisine
  Macedonian cuisine
  Greek restaurant
  Greek wine
  Greek dress
  Greek nationalism
  Languages of Greece
  Greek language question
  Modern Greek
  Varieties of Modern Greek
  Calabrian Greek
  Cappadocian Greek
  Demotic Greek
  Griko dialect
  Katharevousa
  Mariupol Greek
  Pontic Greek
  Tsakonian language
  Media in Greece
  Newspapers in Greece
  Radio in Greece
  Television in Greece
  Monuments of Greece
  Acropolis of Athens
  Ancient Agora of Athens
  Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus
  Arch of Galerius and Rotunda
  Erechtheion
  Greek pyramids
  Knossos Minoan palace complex
  Lion Gate
  Odeon of Herodes Atticus
  Palaestra at Olympia
  Stadium of Delphi
  Temple of Hephaestus
  Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens
  Terrace of the Lions
  Theatre of Dionysus
  Tholos of Delphi
  Museums in Greece
  National symbols of Greece
  Coat of arms of Greece
  Flag of Greece
  National anthem of Greece
  National colours of Greece
  National personification
  People of Greece
  Ethnic Minorities in Greece
  Names of the Greeks
  Greek diaspora
  Greeks in Egypt
  Greeks in Italy
  Immigration to Greece
  Philhellenism
  Public holidays in Greece
  Ohi Day
  World Heritage Sites in Greece
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