Hellenics is the way that Greeks were named about 3,000 thousand years ago. In lots of books the terms are used as synonyms.
2006-11-13 00:42:39
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answered by sofista 6
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The history of the Hellenic Republic constitutes three discreet periods in Greek History: 1827 - 1832, 1924 - 1935 and 1974 - present.
The First Hellenic Republic is the term used for a series of councils and "Provisional Governments" during the Greek War of Independence. In the first stages of the uprising, various areas elected their own regional governing councils. These were replace by central administration at the First National Assembly of Epidaurus, which also adopted the first Greek Constitution. A series of National Assemblies followed, while Greece was threatened with collapse due to civil war and the victories of Ibrahim Pasha. In 1827, the National Assembly at Troezen selected Count Ioannis Capodistrias as Governor of Greece. He was assassinated by political rivals in 1831 and was succeeded by his brother, Augustinos Kapodistrias until the Great Powers declared Greece a Kingdom and selected the Bavarian Prince Otto to be its king.
The Second Hellenic Republic was declared on March 25, 1924 after the defeat of Greece by Turkey in the Asia Minor Disaster of 1922 and the subsequent exile and death of King Constantine I in 1923. The king and his political nemesis, Eleftherios Venizelos, had struggled over control of the country from 1915 to his death and the country was sorely divided (see National Schism.) King Constantine was succeeded by his son, King George II who was asked by the parliament to leave Greece so the nation could decide what form of government it should adopt, ultimately selecting a Republic.
The first President of the Hellenic Republic was Pavlos Kountouriotis, an Admiral and supporter of Venizelos who resigned after a coup d'etat in 1925. He was succeeded by the coup's leader General Theodoros Pangalos, who was likewise deposed by the military 5 months later after embroiling Greece in the War of the Stray Dog. Kountouriotis was reinstated. Reelected in 1929, Kountouriotis was forced to resign for health reasons later that year. He was succeeded by Alexandros Zaimis, who seved until he restoration of monarchy in 1935. Despite a period of stability and relative prosperity under the last government of Eleftherios Venizelos in 1928-1932, the effects of the Great Depression were severely felt, and political instability returned. As the prospect of the return of the monarchy became evident, Venizelist officers lauched a coup in March 1935, which was suppressed by General Georgios Kondylis. On October 10, the chiefs of the Armed Forces overthrew the government of Panagis Tsaldaris, and Kondylis declared himself Regent. He abolished the Republic and staged a plebiscite on 11 November for the return of the monarchy.
The Third Hellenic Republic was declared during the period of metapolitefsi following the end of the Regime of the Colonels which had controlled Greece after the April 21, 1967 coup. The Junta had declared a plebiscite to abolish the monarchy (29 July 1973), but it was not recognized as legitimate. On December 13, 1974 the monarchy was finally abolished and a new Constitution was adopted that declared Greece a parliamentary democracy.
2006-11-13 08:52:32
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answered by SARATH C 3
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Definitely --> Greece. Not sure if it's used today, for modern Greece, probably mostly for Ancient Greece. Good luck!
2006-11-13 08:44:15
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answered by Jessica M 1
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