Enosis
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Enosis is an irredentist ideology held by various Greek communities living outside Greece that calls for them and the regions that they inhabit to be incorporated into the Greek state. The idea is rel
A Cypriot demonstration in the 1930s in favour of enosis. The sign reads 'Long live union'.
Allied troops marching during the occupation of Istanbul
Photo of the Burning of Smyrna (1922)
Greek nationalism
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Greek nationalism, otherwise referred to as Hellenic nationalism, refers to the nationalism of Greeks and Greek culture. As an ideology, Greek nationalism originated and evolved in classical Greece. I
Greek hoplite (right) and Persian warrior (left) depicted fighting, on an ancient kylix (5th century BCE)
St. John III Doukas Vatatzes the Merciful King, Emperor of the Romans and "Father of the Greeks".
Grateful Hellas, painting by Theodoros Vryzakis (1858), National Historical Museum, Athens. Greece personified as a woman, depicted with revolutionaries who participated in the Greek War of Independence.
Louis Dupré's depiction of Nikolakis Mitropoulos raising his flag at Salona; a scene from the early stages of the Greek War of Independence in 1821.