The Greek diaspora, also known as Omogenia, are the communities of Greeks living outside of Greece and Cyprus.
San Giorgio dei Greci, Venice
Street in Cargèse (Karyes), Corsica (founded by Maniot refugees), with a Greek church in the background
Presentation of Our Lady to the Temple Greek Orthodox Church in Balwyn North, Melbourne
One of Vienna's two Greek Orthodox churches
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy, southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems.
Idealised portrayal of the author Homer
Greek inscription in Cypriot syllabic script