Greek
adjective
of or relating to Greece, the Greeks, or their language.
pre-Greek
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a word derived from
Greek.
Example Sentences
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The style of the building showed that it dated from pre-Greek times, when the Great Gods were young.
From Time Magazine Archive
These and their like were what the pre-Greek world worshiped.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
He devoted himself to the study of Eastern language and history in its pre-Greek and Hellenistic periods and contributed largely to the literature of the subject.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
These reliefs belong to that pre-Greek oriental art generally called Hittite, of which there are numerous remains in the eastern half of the peninsula.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
The Aegean Culture Preceded the Coming of the Greeks.—Spreading over the islands of the Aegean Sea was a pre-Greek civilization known as Minoan.
From History of Human Society by Frank W. (Frank Wilson) Blackmar
