Anyone know anything about Greece?

Question

I'm doing a school project and i need to find out the communication styles of the people in greece. I need to know about proxemics, eye contact, and gender rules. any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Answer 1

Hi - I originally come from the Dodecanese islands of Greece.

Just a little bit of help from me,

Communication styles - Greek people are very expressive and will have a tendency to wave their hands and arms around. They will also sometimes sound like they are having a bad argument, but this is because they will speak loudly and forcibly to get a point across. They are also very tactile people - they like to touch the other person when they speak.

Proxemics - The Mediterranean style of the Greeks and their friendliness mean, as I said, that they can be very tactile. Many of my English friends say that Greeks "invade their personal space" when conversing, but I find it natural to be close to the person who you are talking to.

Eye Contact - Not sure this is too different from any other people. Eye contact is strong and unwavering when in conversation.

Gender Rules - As with most other countries, the days of women being in the background have largely disappeared. If you look at the older generation though, it is unusual to see a group of women in public together but very common to see a group of older men. Greeks are very respectful to their matriarchs.

Hope this helps you a bit - as I think many people above have not answered your question........but just pasted a lot of irrelevant information.

Answer 2

Hi there.Im greek but don't worry ,my statements won't be prejudiced. Most Greeks are handsome and they have really good taste in clothes, especially women.According to personalities and communication ,there are various types, first of all depending which city you live or if you are a villager...If you ask me, i am quite shy, humorous, with strong eye contact.I am also very judgemental as many thinks bother me.I don't like women who act like men thus im very interested in listening to there statements or even the way they see me. On the other hand most greek women are mostly attracted by the economic or social power a man has. A nice car or a fame someone has always make him/her popular.
According to other types of communication i would say that taxi drivers are quite rude and also people who own businesses related to tourism i would say that they only care about gaining more many even if they take advantage of tourists. Fortunately most villagers or island citizens are very helpful and friendly. I hope i helped you a little : )

Answer 3

Greeks talk with their hands alot like the Italians do (must be European thing). Eye contact is not as important to them as it is here.

Answer 4

We are psychopathic a little..The other information you got it above..Hello lips...you are from Dodecanese?My compatriote too....

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece

Answer 6

It's the same as everywhere else, we just use more gestures.

Answer 7

greece ia a in country southeastern europe. the geography of greece mountains or hills. Western Greece contains a number of lakes and wetlands
now for the climate of greece The first one features mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers and It averages about 16 inches of rain annually. now about ancient greece One of the great paradoxes of history is that the next hesitant advance of European civilization - the development of the first city-states - took place not on the fertile open central European plains, but in a remote island to the south of the Aegean Sea which was completely lacking in metal resources. While the glittering mounted warrior-princes of central Europe dissipated their creative energy in warefare, a highly cultured yet peaceful society, built on trade and an agricultural surplus, emerged on Crete. now for ancient greece about war Trojan War - legendary conflict between the early Greeks and the people of Troy in western Anatolia, dated by later Greek authors to the 12th or 13th century BC. The Persian Wars ( 500 - 449 B.C ) - conflict between the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire.The Peloponnesian War ( 431 - 404 B.C ) - war fought between the two leading city-states in ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta. and now about there clothing men mostly wore a tunic, asort of knee-length t-shirt made of wool or linen .The main cloth used in ancient Greek clothing was wool. First the wool was soaked in hot water to rinse off some of the grease. Only rich people would dye the wool because it was expensive. The Greeks used different materials to produce dye for their clothing: for brown dye they used oak bark; for pink, roots of the herb madder; for yellow, stalks of weld; and for blue, dried wood leaves would be used. After these processes were complete, they spun wool into yarn. Using a large loom, women wove the yarn into cloth to be used for fabric.

Sometimes flax was also used to make clothing. The processing of flax into cloth was a long procedure. The plants had to be gathered and combed to remove all the seeds and then soaked. The stalks were beaten to soften the fibers. The finer fibers were used for under clothing or tunics. The rougher fibers were made into bags or aprons.

Perfume was made by mixing different items with oils. Some typical types of items were cinnamon, basil, almonds, roses, lavender, and lilies.

For footwear, leather was the most commonly used material. An animal was skinned and the hide was soaked in a water and urine (or pigeon dung) mixture to remove the outer layer of hair and glands. After being scraped, only rawhide remained. Oils were applied to soften the rawhide. The rawhide was then soaked in water and oak bark for weeks to waterproof the leather. It was then cut and formed into sandals and other materials. Clothing in ancient Greece was loose fitting, unlike the tight-fitting outfits worn by those people the Greeks considered barbarians. Both men and women typically wore sleeveless tunics. The women’s tunics were usually ankle length, while the men’s were shorter. For the common person, the color of cloth was plain. Those with the financial resources had their clothing dyed in various colors. During the winter, a heavy wool cloak was worn for warmth. Greeks went barefoot or wore sandals outside the home. Inside the home, they went barefoot.
Archeological excavations in various Greek sites have given evidence that jewelry was popular in ancient Greece. Women wore earrings, bracelets, and necklaces. Evidence suggests that men in early Greece wore jewelry also, but by the fourth century, it appears that the trend had ended.

Hairstyles in ancient Greece also changed over time. In the early days of Greece, men normally wore their hair short and grew beards. During the Hellenistic era, beards went out of style. Long hair was typical for Greek women; only slave women would wear their hair short. Women curled and braided their hair in early Greece. Later the style was to tie their hair back or put it up into a bun.

Makeup was used in ancient Greece. Rich women stayed indoors most of the day. Pale skin was fashionable and a sign of prestige. Women applied white lead (which was toxic) to their faces to lighten their complexion. Chalk was also used to lighten their complexion, but it wore off quickly. Connected eyebrows were also fashionable, so women decorated their eyes with dark powder. Red powder was also applied to their cheeks.
The Greek diet consisted of foods that were easily raised in the rocky terrain of Greece’s landscape. Breakfast was eaten just after sunrise and consisted of bread dipped in wine. Lunch was again bread dipped in wine along with some olives, figs, cheese or dried fish.

Supper was the main meal of each day. It was eaten near sunset. It consisted of vegetables, fruit, fish, and possibly honey cakes. Sugar was unknown to ancient Greeks, so natural honey was used as a sweetener.

Fish was the main source of protein in the Greek diet. Beef was very expensive, so it was rarely eaten. Beef and pork were only available to poor people during religious festivals. It was during the festivals that cows or pigs were sacrificed to the gods, and the meat was cooked and handed out to the public.

Wine was the main drink in ancient Greece. It was watered down; to drink it straight was considered barbaric. Milk was rarely drunk, because again, it was considered barbaric. Milk was used for cheese production. Water was another possible choice as a drink.

The Greeks did not have any eating utensils, so they ate with their hands. Bread was often used to scoop out thick soups. Bread was also used as a napkin to clean hands. After being used as a napkin, the bread was then thrown on the floor for the dogs or slaves to clean up at a later time.

Men often gathered for dinner parties called symposiums. Having guests in the house was a “male-only” affair. Women of the house were not permitted to attend. After giving a wine offering to the gods, the men drank and talked about politics or morals. Often young girls and boys would be employed to entertain guests with music and dance.Most homes in ancient Greece had a courtyard, which was the center of activity. Children could safely play outside in the warm climate. Homes were divided into areas for the men and areas for the women. The andron was a room reserved for males to entertain male guests. The room had a separate entrance to the street so male guests did not have to cross paths with any of the ladies of the house.

Houses were made out of sun-dried brick on a foundation of stones. Sun-dried brick was not a dependable material and often crumbled. Burglars were termed “wall piercers” because they broke through the walls to gain entry into homes. Roofs were made of overlapping clay tiles. Andron room floors were sometimes tiled, but the flooring of the rest of the rooms was packed dirt.

The Greeks had a very limited amount of furniture in their houses. The rooms were relatively bare by today’s standards. Wooden chairs, couches and stools were typical.

Food was cooked outside during most of the year. When the weather was not conducive to cooking outside, a hearth or brazier was used in the kitchen. Kitchens were built with a hole in the roof so that smoke could escape.

Houses had one or two private rooms. Bathrooms consisted of a chamber pot, which was dumped into a gutter or into the street.

The head of each household was the husband. It was the woman’s role to complete the daily chores and raise children. Often large families included the parents and children, grandparents, unwed female relatives, and slaves all under the same roof.