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Some accenting mistakes that slipped past:
κρικός (instead of κρίκος)
στην καθημερινότητα μας (instead of στην καθημερινότητά μας)
τό ότι υπάρχει (instead of το ότι υπάρχει)
τα κατοικίδια του (instead of τα κατοικίδιά του)
@@juat6227 lol you are right !
@@maryalex1401 No, he is not. He just came here to trigger the Greeks calling them Turks and Arabs.
@@bitter_truth8646 i think he deleted it
@@maryalex1401 Of course, he deleted his comments. Some people with unknown profile/origin/country/ID come and try to trigger the Greeks or any other. Once they realise their stupidity, they delete everything and leave...☺️
@@bitter_truth8646 yes, they do seem to have a particular mission, but do not like people’s responses and then they pretend they didnt write any comments 🤣
I've noticed that almost every Greek when talking about Europe implied only Northern Europe but I think we from the Mediterranean countries can play a just as important role in the formation of a Paneuropean culture. Greetings from Italy
I believe in Mediterranean superiority :P
@@javiersebastia4337 I didn't mean to imply anything like that. I believe that each has their flaws and that we can make up for each other's flaws
@@simonecordeddu4783 Yeah, I was just kidding. The thing is, we know we have flaws but we are brothers anyway!
@@simonecordeddu4783 Exactly. The premise is that Europe=Germanic speaking Europe (Mediterranean and Balkan countries are automatically left out). But maybe this is implied by the way the question is being phrased idk
This is what's implied. Greeks often tend to say "γίναμε Ευρώπη" when something progressive or modern occurs in the country. What do they mean?
As an outsider (British), I see Greece as uniquely Greek, and that is a good thing. I worry that, in an attempt to "fit in" with the dominant parts of Europe (France/Germany), Greece may begin to lose its "je ne sais quoi". Greece has an authenticity that many more "polished" (forgive the term) European countries lack - this is what makes it so attractive. I think that "becoming European" involves becoming globalised which, unfortunately, encourages cultural homogenisation and a loss of authenticity. Look at England - little is left of the traditions that we are known for. They now exist merely to satisfy tourists, or are perpetuated in media such as "Downton Abbey". As globalisation takes over, local culture is reduced.
To me, Greece is unfamiliar and familiar simultaneously. It has enough "exotica" to be exciting, but it is not so different that one feels out of place.
The number one thing that I find hardest to deal with is the family structure. Gender roles seem to be more fixed, adult children tend to stick closely with their immediate family, and there is an overall patriarchal organisation. This can be quite hard for a northern European where such close family groups are not so common.
- Just my two pennorth.
Well said brother!
Thank you for your comment, you described so eloquently what I had in mind, and I'm Greek. You nailed the thing with the family structure. However I think the youngest generation starts to be very much like the northern Europeans in that point - most of them have a bond with the family but they're not as close as the oldest generation was
Great comment. 🙏
I couldn't agree more!!!
I think this is ultimately a sad development in many places across the world. Without unique cultures and traditions, and strong bonds with the family, people become lost, and we see this a lot in the developed world, which gives rise to many many social ills.
I am Portuguese and I feel a lot like Greeks. Although I am totally pro-Europe, there's a certain wildness that we, Mediterraneans have and that's changing. There are lesser people throwing trash on the street and we don't yell all the time. But that has only changed in my generation. People who are older or stupider still throw trash on the street or act like the environment is something that only the others should care about. On the other hand, our food and hospitality is waaaay better than those in the so-called really developed countries 😁. That's why I love Greece. And the weather is better too. Agapo h Ellada!
@spankmedaddy That makes me sad. But I'm still happy because I can feel the sand in my toes and see the sea whenever I want. That's a wonderful thing. Love, dude.
I wouldn't use the word 'wildness' for it implies a kind of savagery.
We are mediterranean 🇪🇸🇮🇹🇬🇷 we should make a mediterranean union 💚
Right now Greeks are in way better terms with the French than with Spaniards and Italians because the French are willing to help them militarily while Spaniards and Italians have arent and they dislike the French.
Please take the DNA test and use it
@@SnakeCharmerX Greeks have 0% turkic DNA (Central Asia/Mongolia) unlike Turks. Many Greeks have full Anatolian DNA as many Greeks are autochthonous indigenous to Anatolia (Pontic Greeks and Cappadocian Greeks) and theyre very proud about it. All Armenians also come up with full Anatolian DNA results too as theyre also autochthonous indigenous to Anatolia.
@@SnakeCharmerX turkic people couldnt mix with hellenic people due to their turkic pineses you know... 🤏🏼
@@SnakeCharmerX modern day Turks have turkic blood (Central Asia / Mongolia) besides the autochthonous Anatolian one. Thats sets them apart from Greeks and Armenians genetically.
I love Greece. You are the cradle of european civilization, a root of european way of thinking. It's part of our continent DNA and I believe the rest of the world would never understand this completely.
Fun fact: guy at 1:56 is a very famous Greek actor
Θοδωρής Αθερίδης
The one who hates his emotions. Omg what a fool.
@@darkobozic6320 For real. He's a really good actor but I was just rolling my eyes at his response.
@@darkobozic6320 he never said he hates his emotions!!
I'll say this; everyone you interviewed in Greece sounds much more thoughtful, insightful and well-informed than the average American...and I'm an American.
ahahaha! I am Greek American and that hurt!
I agree! (also American 😅)
"Is africa a country???" Chiiiild...🙃
the people interviewed and they way they articulated their answers shows they are not average greeks in terms of "thoughtful, insightful and well-informed" . And some of them seem like they are well educated.
@@kgbstudio I don't know if you are Greek but as Greek my self i assure you that this is average.
Greece and Greeks are our most beloved ones and the ancient friends of our country EGYPT. LOOOOOVE Greece from EGYPT 😃😍🤩🇪🇬🇬🇷
Love from Greece back to you, my brothers and sisters! Egypt is a beautiful realm with rich history!
you ride the camel zuhahahahhah
@@muratturq Is the camel an insult?
Greece and Eypgt are in love since Cleopatra
Mediterranean brothers. Greece and Egypt. Why the need to be "European" Just be modern and strive to improve.
I noticed they link the word Europe to the Nordic culture and separate it from the Mediterranean culture from Latin countries. Greeks are a lot closer to the Mediterranean culture, hence why they may feel they're not European. It's interesting how different countries have different views on outside culture. Here in Brazil, you think about Europe and the first thing that comes to mind is the Mediterranean and even Greece.
@hiooxkrmagkis9323So do Italians, Spanish, Portuguese, And Southern French even yeah.
No greeks we are Balkans no mediteranian culture
@@OKay-ox3khBut anatolia is not considered part of europe .And this was created by greeks who name lands west of Agaean sea as europe and east as asia
@@OKay-ox3khSicilians, Greeks, Cypriots, Maltese and Albanians are located in Europe but all share partial Middle Eastern ancestry - that’s just a fact, seriously look it up. Mediterranean is like a mix of middle eastern and European - That’s why some Greeks can look Arab and some can look Germanic. My mother is Greek (Crete) - Her DNA is about 60% Aegean Greek, the rest is a mix of Levantine ethnicities, Anatolian and Albanian.
@@OKay-ox3kh I’m not talking about Greek DNA alone - Modern Greek people are not 100% Greek DNA. I’m talking about the Ottoman invasions and occupations… I am also talking about the times hundreds of years ago that Greece was invaded by Venetians, Phoenicians, etc. When the Ottomans invaded they raped the women… It’s a fact, and “Anatolian Farmer DNA” is different from Turkish Ottoman DNA.
greeks are the first Europeans
Europe was born in greece
this is not even a question
The question should be "how greek are Europeans?" 😂
Solid point
no greeks don't obtain 100% european dna (for example myheritage etc. in fact they're darker because they're not fully european)
myheritage and other such bs are scams, they even classify albanians as 'european' lol
Modern Greece is political concept
I lived in the uk for a year or so, and I found that I could hold a conversation with people from the balkans, arabs, turks much much easier than the english or other northern europeans. I ended up in friend group consisting of people from montenegro, greece , romania, egypt, turkey e.t.c.There were common cultural refferences, the humor was easier to understand. Surprisingly, the irish were also very familiar in a way, and I think it has something to do with common history themes regarding economic hardships, foreign occupation and immigration. So I guess more than anything, it is common experiences that defne who we identify with more.
Definitely! Very interesting observation.
Concerning the common cultural characteristics between Greeks and Irishmen, I think that the celtic ancestry of the Irish is a crucial factor, as celtic DNA can be found in Asia Minor, even. Moreover, the two cultures have had connections since Alexandrian times.
@@ΜάριοςΕλευθεριάδης-π1σ DNA doesn't really affect people's behaviour, so common hardships and history are a much more likely explanation.
@@maxkerrigan5051 Oh, I'm aware of that. I just used it as a point of reference to show how interconnected the histories of the two peoples are.
@@ΜάριοςΕλευθεριάδης-π1σ Irish and Greeks (and Italians, Spanish etc etc), had the same origin way back (somewhere around the Anatolian plateau), but of course where people settled had a huge influence on how they would become, culturally. The people that settled in the Mediterranean had a good climate, and were able to make a great, vibrant culture based around art, music, and politics. In Ireland, Scotland and Wales however the climate wasn't so good, and therefore culture was never able to cultivate that vibrancy and passion of the Mediterranean. I'm actually ethnically Irish, Scottish (and culturally immerse myself in it) and I see some similarities to be fair, but Mediterranean culture definitely has more depth and passion in my opinion.
I believe that there's not a clear answer in this question. Some greeks may feel more Oriental while others may feel more European. For me, it depends on many factors such as how you were raised by your parents and generally your environment. I personally consider myself Southern/Mediterranean European.
There's not a clear answer. If there was one, we'd have a boring episode. ;)
@@EasyGreekVideos correct, no “true” answer just basically how you feel/act
We are not Europeans.We are not Anatolians.We are Romans.Romania=Byzantine empire.
@briggite ddaria Δεν ισχύει το ίδιο για όλους τους Έλληνες όμως (όπως αποδείχθηκε και από το βίντεο). Αρκετοί νιώθουν πιο κοντά στην "ανατολική" κουλτούρα και τρόπο ζωής. Πάντως, εγώ δεν το θεωρώ κακό και ταυτόχρονα λογικό αφού "συνυπήρχαμε" για αιώνες με τους Τούρκους. Προσωπικά, όπως είπα και πιο πάνω, θεωρώ ότι έχω περισσότερα κοινά με την ευρωπαϊκή κουλτούρα γι'αυτό και κατατάσσω τον εαυτό μου σ' αυτή.
@@christoszingelis9859 is all how long back you date us ? Actually the romans have Greek dna and not vise versa yes Byzantine empire and yes we are the true and first europeans
Love 💗 Greece 🇬🇷 very much from Lebanon 🇱🇧!
Greece 🇬🇷 is my 2nd ultimate favorite country in the world 🌍! And Greek is my 2nd ultimate favorite language!!!!!
🇱🇧 💖 🇬🇷
They are Mediterranean brothers
Christo?
As a Greek I do believe we are just Mediterraneans or southern Europeans. We are distinct, unique. We were mostly influencive and also influenced. But I believe we are a category by ourselves. Our closer countries in terms of culture, are Spain, South part of France, Italy.
Love to everyone from Greece and special love to Cyprus, Armenia, Serbia, France, Egypt, Romania and India. We will always love you
💙💙💙🤍🤍🤍
don't forget lebanon,they love us!and we have really close relations since byzantine times
@@TOUMBAAAAim greek from isreal what about greeks of middle east ...
Greece is mainly a southern European, mediterranean country. It has some Balkan and Middle Eastern influences, but in general the lifestyle, apperiance of people etc. is closer to Southern European countries like Italy, Spain etc.
“Influences from the Balkans”. No. The Balkans (which includes a Greece) is not really its own thing outright but rather a mix of Mediterranean, Ottoman and East Europeans. Some countries just happen to have more Mediterranean influence while others have more Eastern European and others have more Ottoman (specifically the Islamic ones).
@@leonardfeder5115 dont forget gypsys lol
@@leonardfeder5115 Balkans existed before turks came, they were Byzantine. Have you ever listened to Greek byzantine church choir?
@@ChatrandomGuy Ottomans adopted almost everything Byzantine except replacing it’s language and religion. The arts, architecture, musical sounds, evolution of dress styles, etc. of the Ottoman Empire started with the Byzantines.
People often confuse everything ‘Oriental’ about Greek/Balkan by associating it all with ‘Ottoman influence’, when in reality it was already there prior to Ottoman invasion…
Athens does not resemble any European city. I live in Athens and it feels more like a Pakistani or middle eastern city.
American here and I visited Greece (Athens, mostly) - and for me, I would say Mediterranean first and then European. Surprised by many of their responses.
Thank you for your comment! Marilena
@@EasyGreekVideos You're welcome! I was surprised by the Balkan reference, so I went and looked at some maps after watching this episode! ha ha
Considering the Mediterranean (Classical Greece, Rome, Italic Renaissance) is the birthplace of European culture and values, it goes hand in hand.
No Greece is not Mediterranean, Greece is Balkan culture
I learned something new that day!@@nikostheofanidis9970
As a Greek I believe that we are just Southern Europeans and more specifically Mediteranneans. Not east not west not middle easterns not Europeans. Just Greek Mediteranneans and uniquely Greek.
The peoples that come closer to us, because I have travelled a lot, are the Spaniards, the Maltese, the Italians and maybe the Portuguese. I am not referred to the Cypriots, because we realize we are the same country and the same nation, so we consider them as Greeks.
Personally, I believe, there are Greek elements that are unique and I would not like to lose them, but there are also elements in Greece that should change or should resemble to europe. I believe Greece is the definition of Mediteranean country and it should not lose its character. Europe is not in everything the finest and the best. Greetings to everyone.
Im greek from isreal what about greeks of asia minor and levant they are not europens ...??
@@Siomn779nil when you are a Greek you are also a southern european
@@Ελλάδα-ω3θ no ...greeks live in asia minor and levant and egybt
@@Siomn779nil Greeks live in Greece, Cyprus, and in many parts ....if you are a Greek you are a Greek independently where do you live right now
@@Ελλάδα-ω3θ do you know about greek comunity of asia mionr pontic greeks and other greeks greek of levabt greek of egybt ...im greek Rum
Greece is love, Greece is life.
We are Greeks and we are unique. We have our fascinating history and culture and we don't need to belong nowhere.
Europe we are if you think about bouzouki it was brought by Smyrna (Izmir) Greeks after 1922.
I DO AGREE
We are the Greeks and we dont need or want to belong somewhere, especially in a union (europe) which realizes us a inferiors and little.
@@ChatrandomGuy Smyrna was inhabited by Greeks the last 3000 years...
It can belong to China 🇨🇳.
i travelled throu balcans and i think that greece has very little in common with balcans,except some small towns in the north.i went to thessaloniki from sofia and the two cities have very diffrent atmosphere,even if the distance is not so big. Sofia looks like Bucharest,Belgrade and has something that remembers russia in some aspect.Thessaloniki on the other hand is more mediterranean,not so different from Athens and remembered me in some aspects and in the attitude..Palermo,Naples or something of Alexandria .... so i think Greece is predominantly southern european with something that resemles to middle east,but not so much.
Did you travel in winter or summer? I think summer Sofia looks and feels a lot more like Thessaloniki, minus the sea of course. But Varna, which is a coastal Bulgarian city, feels like it could be in Greece at times.
@@EasyGreekVideos in summertime...but I found difference
I think what makes Bulgaria feel different from Greece is the fact, that it was stuck under communist rule without much personal freedom and severe poverty for decades. There are still plenty of people alive who lived through this, plenty of the typical large housing blocks in different stages of decay and visible poverty, for example around Sofia's airport. But there are definitely similarities, for example in food and music, and the weather being frequently warm enough to spend a lot of time outdoors including in cafes and restaurants.
@@Myrto1999 For sure the Communist aspect is what one will see first. But the differences and similarities don't end there. That's what I wanted to point out!
Easy Greek yes, I tried to say pretty much the same, there are a lot of similarities, I have been to Bulgaria twice, the first time it was still fully under communist rule, and it felt so poor and grey, and even then some similarities were visible. I went again two years ago and the similarities were much more obvious, and to me the biggest difference were the language, the communist left overs and that there is still more visible poverty in Bulgaria than in Greece.
whatever the opinion, the thing that stands out to me is how well-spoken greeks are. educated, informed, and thoughtful.
Yes and we get paid 550 a month. With 4 degrees fucking
these people are yeah. but they are not really representative
@@kgbstudio Are you Greek or not, because if you are not you must be a troll, on the other hand if you are Greek you must consider a change of your social environment.
Hahaha nope most people aren't very well educated
@@i.8885 yep... this is a quality YT channel hence the quality of the interviewees participating. Nothing to do with greeks.
Greece is literally the more “Europe” you can get, “Europe” itself comes from Greek mythology, Greece is the birthplace of “Europe”
not modern Greece, maybe in the past! greeks don't obtain 100% european dna (for example myheritage etc. in fact they're darker because they're not fully european)
myheritage and other such bs are scams, they even classify albanians as 'european' lol
@@grinchspoiler2956 I believe science, greeks aren't fully europeans. Dna tests > your personal opinion
@@afriserrrr2898 I believe in science not scams, albainans were never europeans since they don't look the part and are darker than greeks. It is funny though since everybody laughs with your communist bs.My opinion>scam 'tests' lol
@@grinchspoiler2956 I once even mistook a Greek for a Pakistani or Indian when I met him, and you guys have the audacity to call Albanians “non-European”… LOL!
We must not forget. One third of the Greek people have refugee roots in Anatolia. Even we of the third generation still preserve the foods, dances, and culture of the Hellenic east. Also let’s remember, all three of our Hellenic empires, Ancient Greece, Alexander the Great, and The Byzantine Empire were all Empires of the Oriental territories, influenced by Persia, India, and later in Byzantine times Arabia. Except for Marseilles, and Sicily, Greeks didn’t have any territories in Europe. After the death of Alexander, The Greek Bactrian Kingdom was established by his generals right on the Chinese border. It shouldn’t surprise anyone if after 400 years of ottoman oriental rule. Plus all the previous history I mentioned, that we have a culture with strong oriental culture in food, music and personality. Love from Giorgo Piraeus Greece
I'm from Syria and historically Greek have a big influence in Syria I see a lot of similarity between people of the Levant and Greek and historically Greek influence the Middle East and the Middle East influence Greece historically always focusing on the Middle East only in the time of the Roman empire when the Greek started to focus on Europe I mean Roman I mean Byzantine
It is the opposite.
The existence of Greece was when Syrians escaped occupation from the Persians, as they called them the “barbarians of the East”, and also from the earthquakes to the North. In fact actual meaning of Greeks in Arabic is those who fled, and they transferred with them all their knowledge and civilization and founded what is called today Greece, Rome, Malta, Italy, Spain, and Sicily. Indeed, they were proud of their origin as Syrian Arabs, and some of them linked their Arab origin to their names, such as Philip the Arab and Septimius Severus Arabicus. Search for the real history, Syrian, and do not be fooled by the lies of the savages of the North, who today are called the Europeans, who were never affiliated with the Greeks, but on the contrary, Greeks were in wars with them, the Persians, the Mongols, and other peoples of the East named today Asians, and they were at peace with the Arabs from Syria and Iraq to the Maghreb. They were always defending or liberating Arab lands, either from the barbarians of the north or the barbarians of the east, as did Alexander of Macedon, nicknamed Alexander the Great, and Heraclius. Even the first historian Herodotus was a Syrian who was proud of his lineage and his land. Search his description of the borders of Syria that he wrote and everything will become logical and made sense, and you will understand why Turkey was stripped of its Syrian Arab origin, language and race 100 years ago by the northern and eastern barbarians. And you will understand why the savages of the North and East in the past centuries and even today have attacked Syria and Iraq, because between them and the Syrians, led by the Greeks, there is an ancient blood feud, and you will understand why only the Greeks and Romans exist, apart from the Greeks, Rome, Italy, Mali, and Sicily. In the Arab lands only, they were at peace with them, defended them, and shared civilization with them. I advise you to watch Dr. Ahmed Daoud to know your true history and not the falsification of the Franks, Germans, and Vandals from the eighteenth century.
@@KHAT-m8u my friend I'm talking about the influence of the Greeks not the Western European yes Mini call the European hate to know that please have more in common with the Middle East then the European of the all history Greece is interact with the many people of the Middle East and took a lot from them that I know what I meant we have a lot city are name come from the time of the Seleucid Empire beside that you have many Greek live in Syria from that time and after
@@zariaalhajmoustafa2573
Did you know that Malta was only ruled by Greeks, Roman and the arab after them until the Spanish inquisition? Their language is literally Arabic in Syrian dialects to this day.
@@KHAT-m8u and Carthage you forgot the cappuccino and did you know that Malta never speak Latin in the time of the Roman rule does they never speak Latin they speak Phoenician AKA canaanite semitic language closer to Arabic
They basically "invented" the western civilization.. no one can be more European than my Greek brothers
Reject Greece return to monke
not modern Greece, maybe in the past! greeks don't obtain 100% european dna (for example myheritage etc. in fact they're darker because they're not fully european)
myheritage and other such bs are scams, they even classify albanians as 'european' lol
I’m Greek and I hate the West I don’t feel like a westerner imperialist scum
@@afriserrrr2898 being darker doesn't mean not European. They live by the mediterranean, for fucks sake. Do you expect them to be blond or something? And the ancient Greeks are essentially the same as modern Greeks. Those tales about blond ancient Greeks are nonsense refuted even by elementary logic. They existed and still exist but rather as an exception.
While visiting i felt home in Greece more than any other eastern country..its the greek influnce on us not the opposite..🇱🇧😘🇬🇷
Mediterranean brothers!!✊✊
Lebanese and Greeks get along extremely well! When I was studying in the UK, our closest friends were Lebanese, we would cook and have shisha together, not to mention they were the only ones to understand and participate in our humor 🤭 And I happen to know quite a few mixed guys and girls from Lebanese/Greek parents.. and all of them are gorgeous for some reason hahaha
Mediterranean brothers😎
@@spiritusIRATUSbecause technically they are the same people genetically and culturally. Aka J2 gene.
J2 comprises about 50 percent of say Brits Aswell it's not J2 that unites you it's the E haplogroup.
The question is not whether the Greeks are Europeans, but whether the Europeans are Greek. The answer is, to a large and hopefully growing extent, yes they are. How? By subscribing to the basic tenets of Greek Civilization,. If you have adopted Reason, Science, Humanism, and secular Democratic values as your way of life, you are Greek. Doubly so if your aesthetic ideal (=what you would like yourself, your kid, or your mate to look like) is one resembling a Greek statue. Whether you know it or not..
I think that the meaning of European has been perverted. What does it mean to be European? For a lot of people, specially in periferic countries (for example, in Spain, where I live), "European" is synonym of Germanic (or North European). We even had a famous philosopher (Ortega y Gasset) who said: "Spain is the problem, the solution is Europe". But, aren't we supposed to be part of Europe?
Europe means a lot more than that. Countries with diverse cultural background have contributed equally to the development of the European identity. We cannot conceive modern-day Europe without Ancient Greek culture (philosophers, institutions...). Spain, my country, has influenced so much the European history, as well as Portugal. The Balkans and Eastern countries have also their own distinct features which enriches Europe. So, I don't see the point on relating Europe to just one cliché, when Europe is by definition diverse, made up with countries who share some cultural traits which makes Europe a recognisble identity inside and outside the continent.
like someone else said, most of the people in the video were like "we are not european, we are mediterranean/oriental like spanish, portuguese and Italians"
Europeans do the same thing with Asia and Africa. They treat only East Asia as the "real Asia" and Sub-Saharan Africa as the "real Africa". So you finally get a taste of your own medicine. You like to exclude West Asians from Asia and you like to exclude North Africans from Africa. How does it feel to be excluded from your own continent?
@@sarban1653 Man, that makes no sense. I am Spanish, have a strong relationship with countries from North Africa, specially Morocco. What's more, part of our territory is in Africa (Ceuta and Melilla). Therefore, we don't like to "exclude" North Africans from Africa, because in fact the biggest influence on us from this continent comes from North Africa.
We, Spaniards (contrary to a lot of other people) say there's only one America, and when we talk about America we don't mean US, we mean the whole continent, with its cultural richness and diversity. Same with Asia. The fact that a lot of people (specially young people, like in the rest of Western countries) feel attracted to far-east culture doesn't mean we don't recognise other countries as part of Asia. Actually Asia is a such diverse continent with lots of religions, cultures, architecture, languages, which makes it impossible to choose just a few countries as representatives of the collectivity.
Tbh, I'm also Spanish, but I never thought of European meaning Germanic, I always thought Europe = Greco-Roman culture and values and philosophy, and Judeo-Christain mind-set. That's what I have always been taught. I think the Germanic idolatry Ortega y Gasset talked about only exists in very particular sectors of society that have done more harm than good to Spain's nation and society in general. I think it has become more mainstream in recent years, but traditionally speaking, Europe was synonymus of Roman and Greek heritage.
@@sarban1653 No.
As Levantine Christian, I fit right in Greece which shows if the east wasn't dominated by Islam, the gap between two regions would have been a lot smaller. We're more similar than Greeks thinks. ❤
I think it's all the wars and the underdevelopment they have caused in the Middle East that have cut the ties between Greece and Libya, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon (These are 4 countries we had good and close relations with)
True Levante,Palestine and North Africa is so close to Greece as we are also with Italy,South France and Spain unfortunately the war destroys the civilization of Mediterranean people
It's obvious that the Levant is the most similar to Greek culture. To say Greeks are more like swedish Lutherans is idiotic. Now of course there is a tale of two Greeks. Traditional Greeks really have nothing in common with Europe but the new modern Greeks are basically Secular Europeans.
@@buzuxi Same situation everywhere now.
@ACE I don't think religon should divide
I would say Greece is more like Mediterranean/European than Eastern and Balkan. You can only find Eastern and Balkan similarities when near the borders and those are little too. In general, Greeks have different manners and a different way of thinking than the Balkans and the Eastern people. Greeks are more like Italians, Spaniards, and maybe even French people. About the eastern sounding music, it was there before the Ottoman invasion. There are Byzantine paintings that depict the instruments they used during the Byzantine era.
Completely agree 👍
100000% correct comment
Mediterranean is a derivation of middle eastern
@@siyacer EVEN IF that is the case, those middle easterns who formed todays mediterraneans, are different from todays middle eastern.
Great topic! I love this channel. As an African American living in Greece learning the language the culture, I was asking this exact topic to a fellow Greek friend last night. I love all the many different perspectives people gave!
Ah, serendipity! Now that's an English word with no direct translation in Greek...
I am curious how did you end up in Greece
How is it that you ended up there?
@Aluthando Bottoman Greeks in South Africa were immigrants....I can't imagine an American immigrating to Greece for a better life
@@theunderdog4155 I'm back in America one year ago today. Would I live there again during an economic crisis absolutely!
I’m from Spain and we have so many words inherited from greek, our letters sound so similar, of course our mediterranean shared features, and even we are the “corners” of Europe I always thought of greek people as our brothers. And moreover sometimes I see Easy Greek interviewd people and to me they seem spanish people “speaking funny” 😂
Για πολύ καιρό πιστεύω ότι η ελληνική και ισπανική κουλτούρα είναι πολύ παρόμοια, σε όλα τα βίντεο που βλέπω, η ζωή στους δρόμους στην Ελλάδα είναι πολύ παρόμοια με αυτήν της Ισπανίας.
Ταβέρνες, καφετέριες, βεράντες εστιατορίων, το να είναι αργά στο δρόμο, όλα είναι πολύ οικεία για μένα.
Νομίζω ότι η μεγαλύτερη απόσταση είναι μεταξύ Βορρά και Νότου, ή με άλλα λόγια, κοντά ή μακριά από τη Μεσόγειο.
Η ομοιότητα είναι ακόμη μεγαλύτερη στις μικρές πόλεις της νότιας και κεντρικής Ισπανίας και εκείνων της Ελλάδας.
@@manorueda1432
Esto es verdad. A mí me caen mejor los madrileños y los andaluces. Los de Castilla y León son muy pijos. 🙂 Los catalanes … 😝
Pues, sí. Así es. Los italianos, los griegos , los españoles , los chipriotas … todos hablan en voz alta, salen hasta las tantas etc .
Tío, ¿tú de dónde eres?
@@fzpe856 de Sevilla
Living in a really Oriental country as a Greek I am sure that we cannot include Greece in the Oriental group of cultures. Easy Greek's question does not cover the obvious that Greece was always a distinct cultural sphere that has been influencing and received influences since the very beginning, with the first part prevailing.
Greek world, in ancient and medieval times was as distinct as it could be...
Exactly, Greece has influenced the east a lot that's why Greece has similarities with the east because the east was influenced by it not the other way around and it's so true that Greece is culturally very independent
@@cazwalt9013
Maybe Afghanistan but not all east
Depends on what ''oriental country'' you are reffering to. If you are reffering to countries like China or India obviously we have little in common. But if you are reffering to countries like Lebanon, that's a different case!!!
Greece is not oriental. You are oriental LOL
If greeks are not europeans than who the hell is?! From a french point of view, they are the ancestors and founders of Europe.
This channel here does not represent Greece and Greeks. Is by a guy that he is doing soft and cunning anti-Greek propaganda and in reality hates Greeks and everything Greek, if is not paid from someone to do so
You see things in this way because you are French! And in France there is education, truth, knowledge. Try to explain all these you have said to an average european out of Greece or France...😊
Anyways, you are right!
For us, France, is like the EU brother we never had. We will always love and respect France. Greeks are not latins, no slavs, no germanic, no baltic, they are alone and just Greeks. In europe if we could research for a brother to have, then France would be the ultimate choice. 💙💙💙🤍🤍🤍
But Typical Greeks look like Turks.
@@Neothefish turks are like Greeks!
@@Neothefish Let's take them in order because you're saying the wrong things. The Turks came as nomads from Mongolia and had Mongolian characteristics. Today's Turks do not have Mongol characteristics (the western Turks because the easterners have both Arabic and Mongol characteristics even). Therefore, the Turks resembled the Greeks and not the other way around. The Ottomans made child moles from the Greeks, Serbs, Armenians, etc. in order to increase their Ottoman army... Quite the opposite It never happened in history. So why are you lying?? If you were a pure Turk, you wouldn't you look like a Greek or a Serb or an Armenian... study anf think before you speak!
Greetings and warm wishes from Bulgaria- Greek family! 🇧🇬🇬🇷
Брат за брата, Balkan brothers
🇬🇷 🇧🇬 best neighboors forever
🇬🇷🇧🇬🇬🇷🇧🇬🇬🇷🇧🇬🇬🇷🇧🇬
we need a balkan-european union Greece/Bulgaria/Serbia/Romania/Montenegro/Moldova right right now. We will be the best!
'Thracians'
Greeks are uniquely Greek. Our History and culture influenced the world while simultaneously being influenced by the east and the west. Culturally unique. Cuisine is more eastern than European. But even today we hold the values of our ancestors
@@juat6227 you can’t say Turks since turks are from Central asian lmao just say they took culture from the around countries we may have adopt food from
Arab countries not these Turks from central Asian
@@juat6227 Our alphabet is from Lebanon??????
@@juat6227 1) You are Arab Lebanese who speaks and writes in Arabic. 2) The Phoenicians had nothing to do with the Lebanese. 3) Many letters from our alphabet have been adopted by the Phoenicians, but the rules of grammar are 100% Greek invention.
@@juat6227 The writing system is Greek, but of course we have adopted many letters from the alphabet. But you are not "unique"...nigga. Because, the Phoenicians had also adopted many many things from the Sumerians 😉
@@juat6227 Our blood is 100% Turkish and Arab? Learn this arrogant man, the turkish, the original turkish were the Seljuk Turks. And these people came from the Asian steps and had Mongolian/Asian characteristics on their faces. We the Greeks were and still are Caucasians! They used to take Greek (not only) children to their ottoman army. Do you know about janisaries? You learned something today 😉... Ali, the Phoenician...🤣
ωχ ο αθερίδης
Αυτό ρε, που τον ξετρύπωσε τον Θοδωρή;;;
@@JustMe-gz2kl 7:32
@@angelosiosifiag6554 wtf?
Ακριβώς, ο Θοδωρής Αθερίδης, στο κέντρο κέντρο, με τη Μάσκα του Παπαγάλου. Ειλικρινά, ούτε συνεννοημενο να ήταν για το γύρισμα, χαχαχα !
@@georgebardanis hey greko ı am from turkey and I want to say somethıng we will have all of greek lands one day.GREAT OTTOMAN EMPİRE AGAİN.
One never forget that greeks were dominant over Europe, middle east, and Africa consequently, they have left their impact over these regions till now. We shouldn't neglect that. It was one of the most important civilisation that have influenced and left great impression on the world.
Of course we are you european. We don't have to be exactly like the Finns, for example, to be european. The beauty of europe is that you have many peoples with their cultural differences (Scandinavians, Irish, eastern europeans, etc) but we all belong in europe.
@Mz TTM I don't understand what you are saying
we are not Germanic tribes
@@patrikiosvatemanopouloshow about greek from asia ?
Greeks are funny, lovely people, generous, helpful, as a Lebanese person, I feel home when I'm in Greece
We would love to visit Lebanon one day 🙏❤️ Marilena
@@EasyGreekVideos you're more than welcome anytime
Greeks make people from all of the world feeling home when they are in Greece, thanks to their hospitality
Lebanese and other Arabs also make people from around the world feeling at home when they are in their countries, as they give love by touching tourists at their butts. Honestly, I thank God that Greece is nothing like your country and other Arabs
@@Chris-xb7gm i swear youre not greek
Greece is one of those places that’s right at the cross-roads of two regions.
Three regions, Europe, Asia and Africa
@@wonderlandian8465 Actually, we're just Southern Mediterranean Europeans. Nothing else.
Greeks are amazing and most Greeks don't comment in the videos. Usually they are Albanians or Roma (the gypsy community)
The right question would be "How much Europe and Anatolia has been influenced by the Greek civilisation?". The answer would be "a lot".
That's the obvious question.
Both geographically and historically we are the first Europeans, even the name "Europe" is Greek. Our temperament is certainly uniquely Greek, we have points in common with the Mediterranean peoples and influences from the east, but we are Greek and we do well to be Greeks. There is no point in trying to be something else because that way we lose our authenticity.
Europe should be the place where the cultures of its different nations meet and get to know each other and not the place where some impose on others. Otherwise we will have to be called USE after the USA, I don't think we aim for that.
I tell you this as a Greek who was born and raised in Munich, Germany, I want to believe that I have taken all the good things from both cultures.
@@supermavro6072 Whatever you say!
I find the mix of the West and the Near East one of the most captivating aspects of Greece and its beautiful culture. Greece absorbed so much influence from the Near East in its early development in the Bronze Age (specifically Cycladic culture in the Cyclades and the Minoans on Crete).
We forget that, culturally speaking, the people who inhabited those Greek islands were rather adventurous and cosmopolitan people who were highly sophisticated and traded extensively (both ideas and goods) with their neighbors in Egypt, Anatolia, Syria, Cyprus, the Levant, etc…
Very interesting to hear about this topic from the modern day Greek perspective. Thanks!
Greece is undeniably European. So much of our civilisation has its beginning in Greece, and Greeks mostly share the same democratic and liberal values as Northern Europeans. Europe is a melting pot of Germanic, Slavic, Romance, Hellenic, Finnic and so on, and our small differences is what makes us unique as Europeans.
Love to Greece, from Denmark
I think the question was confusing. The answers seemed to tow the line of attributing Europe to North Wester European culture. A lot of Greeks, and I mean a lot would love to see a transition in some aspects to the way North-Westerners live - and I assure you that it is happening right before our eyes. A big part is due to ex-patriots returning from Germany, or Australia etc. and influencing the culture with adopted values. If the question was, "Do Greeks feel Mediterranean, Balkan or Anatolian" you would've gotten 100% "Mediterranean" as the answer.
We know we are European and what we share with the rest of Europe by way of reason, democracy and liberty. These are the corner stones that bind us and will continue to for generations to come. The idea that every human is born free with equal rights is the underscore of our societies.
Greetings from Greece!
@Mz TTM I’m not disassociating myself from any Northern European culture (I’m Scandinavian myself), but even during the Bronze Age, Northern Europe was already then tied to the Greeks and Romans through trade routes and eventual cultural borrowings. It’s true that we’re not Greeks but we’re still all Europeans, and we share the same civilization and heritage through not just Greece but through many other corners of the continent
good comment
We are Mediterranean Europeans and a connection link to East.
Greece has done more for Europe and what it means to be European from cultural, religious and legal perspective, than rest of Europe has done combined together, so what kind of question is that? It is only naturall that Greece would feel familliar to other meditteranien cultures also, because it was governing those areas for millenias , that does not make Greeks less European
True but at the same time don't forget that we do have oriental elements that other south europeans such as the Spanish or Italians do not. Don't forget that Greeks did not just inhabit Greece's today borders but have been living in Anatolia as well since their very existence as nation.
Good comment
Congrats for your education and healthy way of thinking, from a Greek!
Europe did nothing. No help against the Ottomans in 1453.
Greece: 4000 years of history, bitch i mastered all the coltures.
Im Greek and i feel neither European nor Oriental 😂
What do you feel?
@@EasyGreekVideos Just Greek , different from rest of Europe and different from oriental countries ,like a mix right in the middle
Yea exactly
@@EasyGreekVideos Γιατί πρέπει να αισθάνεται κάτι από τα δύο. Διάβασε τι γράφει ο Jones Larvell
@@giannisvar4414 you fell Turkish then XD.
I'm a greek, who lives in the Netherlands. At some point, two girls made a comment and I totally agree with them; Greece is somewhere in the middle and this makes us unique. Greece is and will be the crossroad between the West, the East and the Balkans, this is the gift that we have to handle from now on, we waste some time wondering where we belong. The new Greek country exists only two centuries now, many eastern habbits passed in our daily lives but the same time we grow up with the mentality that in Ancient Greece the base of democracy and the western world begun, and it's true. So, when we will manage to mix these two mentalities and keep the best from each one of them, Greece would be available to offer it's best.
Well said!
no that statment belongs to Turkey not Greece. Turkey is the actual crossroad between the west east and balkans plus caucacus and middle east. Turkey is geographically the center of the world
Μου φαίνεται πολύ αστείο όταν μερικοί άνθρωποι λένε ένα πράγμα και στη συνέχεια λένε κάτι σε πλήρη αντίφαση με αυτό που μόλις είπανε. Ένα πολύ "ευρωπαϊκό" χαρακτηριστικό 🤣
Greek culture is the mother of european culture. Greek philosophy infuences whole Europe to this day, greek civilisation was the starting point for all Europe. Sure, there are eastern influences from the neighboring countries and the osmanic occupation, and that is a good thing, making Greece more pluralistic and colorful. You don’t have to fit into a norm to be a European. The people define Europe, it’s not Europe defining the people.
Ancient Greek culture is the mother of European culture, but ancient and modern Greece don't have so many things in common culture-wise. That's why this is such an interesting question - at its heart lies the question: how much like ancient Greeks are modern Greeks really? And I agree that it's the people defining Europe, not the other way around. At least, that's how it should be.
@@EasyGreekVideos modern greece and ancient greeks have many commons language, summer festivals that have origin since the ancient times,the hospitality,the love of good food joy and music,the love of sea and so many things that you have to research
@@EasyGreekVideos διαφωνω...εχουμε ακριβως τα ιδια κουσουρια με τους αρχαιους Ελληνες.οπως και τα ιδια καλα πχ ανεκαθεν μας τρωει η διχονοια αλλα οταν ερθει η ωρα γινομαστε μια γροθια.κανουμε συχνα εμφυλιους αλλα οταν πολεμαμε εισβολεις κανουμε θαυματα.Στην αρχαια Ελλαδα τεμπελιαζαν και φιλοσοφουσαν αδιακοπα,κανανε παρτυ ολη μερα με μεθυσια και οργια,αλλα παντα προκοβανε.Επισης λανθασμενα νομιζουμε οτι τα φαγητα μας ειναι τουρκικα...οι τουρκοι ηταν ανεκαθεν νομαδες.Οι νομαδες δε φτιαχνανε ουτε μπακλαβαδες ουτε καφεδες.ολα ειναι πολιτικα,βυζαντινα,μικρασιατικα και με επιρροες απο αιγυπτο λιβανο κλπ.Ενας λαος για να εχει διατροφικη κουλτουρα οπως και μουσικη θα πρεπει να υπαρχει για χιλαδες χρονια και με στεριωμενη αναπτυξη.οι τουρκοι δεν ηταν ποτε ετσι.Με το που ηρθαν φερανε σκοταδι και μεσαιωνα στα βαλκανια.Οποτε ειμαστε ιδιος λαος με τους αρχαιους.Αυτο ειναι καταπληκτικο σε καποιες περιπτωσες αλλα και καταδικαστικο σε καποιες αλλες
@@MrDesperado32 Ενδιαφέρον σχόλιο! Σας προτείνω το podcast Διορθωτικά Μαθήματα Ιστορίας, κάποια απ' όσα αναφέρετε δεν είναι χαρακτηριστικά των Ελλήνων αλλά μάλλον παγκόσμια χαρακτηριστικά των ανθρώπων σήμερα..
@@EasyGreekVideos I'm not sure what you're trying to say with this comment if I'm being honest. You're talking about a "European culture", but that's not something that actually exists. Europe is a continent and it consists of many different countries (including Greece), ethnicities (including the Greek one) and cultures. But even if it existed as you're claiming , I don't see what exactly it would have to do with the ancient Greek culture considering that ancient Greeks never interacted ( or didn't interact extensively) with the biggest part of Europe and the vast majority of its population. One culture can't truly influence another if there's no interaction. When it comes to the modern Greek culture it's the evolution of ancient Greek culture. Whether Greece is European or not (which is strictly a matter of geography and not exactly a matter of personal opinion) doesn't have much to do with your second question ("how much like ancient Greeks are modern Greeks")
My experience with Greeks was very similar to other southern Europeans. It surprises me to see how many feel aligned differently!
They are most similar to Turkey, then southern Italy, then Lebanon culturally
I think Greeks are unique
@@greenmachine5600 definitely not lebanon
I honsetly feel that Greeks are rather Mediterranean from history, traditions and way of life. Love and Respect from Syria to Greece 🇬🇷 ❤
Greece and greek people lived in middle east in asia minor and the levant there is mony greek comunites
In general, the Greeks are a people with many things in common with both the Balkans and the Southern Europeans, also with Oriental characteristics. If we should belong somewhere I would say to a group that includes the Balkan states and the European Mediterranean states (except France). But in general, we are a category on our own, Greece does not belong somewhere, it is just Greece (after all, we existed a lot time before before the birth of these cultures, we are original).
Greece is the mother of Europe. The mother of its culture. That is the historical point. Now my point of view is Greece is a European Mediteranean country with strong oriental influences. But for me is a totally different country than Italy, not the same vibe, not the same mentality, not the same architecture, not the same religion etc... they share the mediteranean culture that s all (olive oil, climat, antiquity history, the sea of course etc..) but this culture is everywhere around the sea (Even the south of France.. and Marseille, founded by Greeks ;) ) Without Greece there is not European culture, they influenced everyone! Love to Greece from France
Από πότε μεσογειακοί και Ευρώπη είναι κάτι το διαφορετικό ; Επίσης ανηκουμε στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση όχι στην Ευρώπη, είμαστε Ευρώπη
Και δεν είμαστε στην Ανατολή επειδή βρισκόμαστε ανατολικά των ΥΠΟΛΟΙΠΩΝ χωρών της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης!
I was in Greece two weeks before. I was quite suprised how warm and vibrant the greeks are! I did notice some asian essence in their culture, hospitality and their way of life style.
As I am from india and live in germany, i can understand east and west quite good.
One thing no body can disagree is Greeks are one of the founders of modern europe along with the romans!
So my conclusion is Europe does not exist without greece and the greek civilisation!!
I’m confused…weren’t the Greeks kind of like the first Europeans?
Confused? Didn't you watch the entire video? Italians, Spaniards and Maltese are "mediterraneans" which in Greek mindset means "non-European", as in Greek mindset "European=Germanic"
@@Chris-xb7gm Bro, Greeks are on the continent of Europe, they are European. Mediterranean is just like a sub-genre of that lol.
Roman Empire (named after the capital = Rome). It wasn't called Italy.
Byzantine Empire (named after the capital = Byzantium). It wasn't called Greece.
@@Chris-xb7gm So silly thought!!!!!
You should come to Lebanon 🇱🇧, we look the same, we have the same culture, cuisine, cheerful spirit, music almost the same, and even geography.
Theres a lot of greeks live in Lebanon & they feel like home, cause it is home 🇬🇷
More like 3.000 greek in lebanon
Haha 😂 😂 😂 u are not they are mediterannian population u are semitic/african people DNA wont lie
the first europeans. General speaking. Greece has its roots in a world that was a level on its own before northern Europe dominate in global scene. This world had and has connections not only with europe but with eastern countries north africa based in grecoroman and Byzantine culture . This blending is the characteristic that the Germanic celtic europe defines as Greek. And from that blendind modern Europe traces its roots along with germanoceltic or slavic traditions.
not modern Greece, maybe in the past! greeks don't obtain 100% european dna (for example myheritage etc. in fact they're darker because they're not fully european)
@@afriserrrr2898 not really its because of the sun like older generations in roman times or older.
@@Sira628 sun doesn't change the dna lmao your dna is not fully european, that's what science tells
@@christos3280 so greeks of 4000 yeara ago weren't european?😂😂😂
@@afriserrrr2898 of course it changes the dna thats why africans are black it is called melatonin. Educate yourself learn the basics
Greetings from Jordan ...Greece is literally one of the beautiful places on earth..to me I visited Greece twice and have relatives their..I always thought and still think Greece is European but not western and that Greeks should be proud and stick to this unique character...although it is kind of hypocrisy when western nationalists always gives the credit to ancient Greece in the establishment of modern west but at the same time consider it non western
@@Chris-xb7gm ya but that is the problem..who defined that...western intellects themselves like Sam Huntington and mostly for political reasons for example is Russia really not a European country?..
Secondly actually the name Europe were first used by the Greeks themselves to refer to the countries nothern to Greece including Greece itself
@@raadejeilat67not all greeks are europen or from Europe im greek but from asia...
Χωρίς την αρχαία Ελλάδα δεν θα υπήρχε δυτικός πολιτισμός, η Ελλάδα είναι η δύση
*roman
@@RobertoDeEvan68Athens was the mother and Rome the daughter
@RobertoDeEvan68 check your alphabet to see its origin
@@ΙωάννηςΕλand Egypt and Phoenicia was the grandparents
@siyacer We are talking about western civilization and countries
As a Greek, I am cultural and I don't deny the Great civilizations (Greek, Egyptian, India, Iraqi, Irani, French, Italian, Armenian). If you are educated you cannot deny others' importance, because you are important by yourself.
Of course I recognize the Egyptian and Iraqi culture as important alongside with the Greek one. But when it comes to west side Greek is the important. It is notca matter of competition but a matter of reference. Take care good friend 💙💙💙🤍🤍🤍💙💙💙
Η λέξη Ευρώπη είναι ελληνική. Αυτό τα λέει όλα. Είμαστε οι πρώτοι Ευρωπαίοι. Οι μισές λέξεις στις ευρωπαικές γλώσσες είναι ελληνικές και οι άλλες μισές λατινικές
As an outsider, I think Greece is a crossroads. It is heavily influenced by a Mediterranean culture, and shares more tradition and religion with the Balkans. I had to readjust my thought when people first said they felt "Asian" as I would not consider them similar to the far east at all, but the connection to Asia Minor and even central Asia is quite evident, especially in the food.
As a seafaring culture (which traditionally leads to a trade of cultures with goods), they have become a unique blend of all the ancient and many modern cultures.
I'm glad they are proud of their uniqueness! (Though totally agree with the one girl about how disappointing it is to see people throw trash in the street!)
Throwing trash in the streets the beaches and generally polluting the urban and natural environment we live in is one of the things that drives me really crazy about my fellow Greeks.
not modern Greece, maybe in the past! greeks don't obtain 100% european dna (for example myheritage etc. in fact they're darker because they're not fully european)
myheritage and other such bs are scams, they even classify albanians as 'european' lol
@@grinchspoiler2956 yeah cause we obviously are from Latin America lol
@@zylik2112 I wouldn't put it past the 'results' from those scams lol
Everyone who study greek history knows that greece isnt pure european(west) nor oriental (east) its an hybrid of both cultures. Greek culture formed both cultures alot and took also many aspects of both. Thats why i consider greek/byzantine culture as something unique
We are Southern Europeans, Southern Europe being the Iberian peninsula, Southern Italy (Rome and below), Southern Balkans incl Albania, N Macedonia and Bulgaria and Western Turkey (especially Istanbul and Izmir).
With the people of the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean we share even more common cultural traits, such as our music and our cuisine. I also feel that our sense of hospitality is also an Eastern Mediterranean thing, as it probably is an Islamic influence.
So yes we are of course Europeans, just not the same kind of Europeans as in the North or the East of Europe.
Very interesting. I am half Greek, half Polish. Lived in Greece as child ( the most beautiful childhood ever - by the sea), then in Poland, and from 15 years in Scotland. I miss the open hearted Greek person to person contact.
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@@EasyGreekVideos awww, and here it is!
Wow, almost much of they considering themself as east, i always thought greece is the birthplace of western civilization. By the way, I send my love so much to greek peoples, greeting from Indonesia 🇬🇷🇮🇩
Actually is the birthplace of both greek calture was speared till India in ancient times
interestingly, the name Indonesia comes from Greek: Ἰνδόςand νῆσος .
Western civilization is stated at Easter Mediterranea, Greece was influenced from Eastern civilizations and Egypt mostly (speaking about antiquity) later with dark ages it was Muslim golden age that keep the old texts alive and pass them to Europe later to give birth to the age of enlightenment
Also Christianity wich is a core aspect of western culture started in east.
Western civilization might stated in Europe but you can't not give credit to all the civilizations who give birth to it.
Greece might be part of the western circle today but to call the greek golden age which directly influence Europe later western is a bit problematic
@@giannarosize greek region geopolitically is the crossroad between east and west, same concept is applied on middle east region. Great library of Baghdad collected and translated all manuscript from east asia to greco-roman civilisation. Before greek independence, greek dont even call themself as byzantine/ greek, but as romans. European dark ages ain't completely dark ages, bcuz byzantine still as prominent power inherited the romans success and administration. It became downfall not only cuz of ottoman, but the world ain't consider land silkroad as safest passage for supply chain anymore (beside from muslim blockade). Maritime supply chain at that time might be pretty dangerous for our current standard, but still pretty more profitable than land passages. Many muslim culture actually formed as fusion between middle eastern and greek (like oriental phyrgian music, dome, tselota). Because Roman Empire is not an ethno-religious-style polity, more likely a militaristic and administrative polity. Western europe enlightment somewhat promoting the distance between east and west, created and promoted their own identity through time, as well as muslim world. Because Christianity and Islamic cultures before are more knitted and influenced each other. It changed because of crussaders, then creates a xenophobic attitude towards westerners.
@@giannarosize Not really. The ones who kept the old texts alive were Christian monks hiding from the Moors. It wasn't till centuries after the muslim invasion that muslims came across these books being preserved by monks adn got interested in some of them (not all, omsot they burnt). There was not such a thing as "dark ages".
If greeks aren’t european, then who is? The greeks laid the whole foundation of being european and its distinction from others. It’s not a coincidence that greece and greeks always been at the edge of europe because they saw their neighbors as ”unciviliced” because they where different that the greeks, thus drawing the line between europe and asia
Αυτό είναι το αγαπημένο μου είδος βίντεο, συνεντεύξεις στον δρόμο. Μου αρέσει να κοιτάζω διάφορους ανθρώπους, να βλέπω τις μοναδικες αντιδράσεις τους. Σχετικά με την Ελλάδα, πιστεύω είναι ευρωπαϊκή χώρα με την ουσιαστική επιρροή της ανατολής. 'Παρ'όλα αυτά, κάθε χώρα έχει διάφορους τύπους ανθρώπων. Μπορείς να βρεις και εκατό τοις εκατό ευρωπαίους και απόλυτα ανατολίτες.
Ευχαριστούμε για το σχόλιο!
Οι Ιταλοί είναι πιο μαμάκηδες από μας και η γραφειοκρατία εκεί είναι ατελείωτη. Τα λένε φοιτήτριες
The Double Headed Eagle (looking at both east and west) clearly represents the Greek cultural identity for centuries. We are clearly a blend of both worlds. More than just Greeks, we are also Romans (Ρωμιοί) / or Byzantine in culture, food, language, religion and traditions. Consider that both the East and the West also borrowed many Greek elements. What a balanced and functional blend for all !
Το Βυζάντιο φίλε δυστυχώς είναι πιο ξεχασμένο και από την τελευταία πορδή του Ηρακλή.
@@antmiralgeneralaladeen ε? Α είσαι ο γνωστός ραγιάς μουχαμπετις 🤣 ακόμα Ελλάδα ζεις φίλε?
All those people saying that we are closer to the "East" should make the following experiment: live for a few months in Diyarbakir, Tehran or Baghdad and then live in Milan, Amsterdam or London and see where they would feel more "familiar". I am 99% certain that they will reconsider their opinion that Greece belongs to the Orient.
Αν βάλεις Κωνσταντινούπολη Βηρυτο ή Αλεξάνδρεια;Η μόνη μεγάλη διαφορά με τους λαούς της Μέσης Ανατολής είναι η θρησκεία.Μεγάλη διαφορά φυσικά αλλά τα ύπολοιπα είναι αρκετά κοινά.Με τους δυτικούς(βγάζω εκτός Ιταλούς Ισπανούς) μπορεί να μην έχουμε τόσες διαφορές στην θρησκεία αλλά έχουμε στα υπόλοιπα.Καμία σχέση οι παραδόσεις η κουζίνα η μουσική η νοοτροπία του Έλληνα με τον Δυτικό.Την φορεσιά του Δυτικού μας την φορεσάνε.Δεν ήμασταν ποτέ δυτικοί.Και αν δεν είχαμε και αυτήν την μετάλλαξη από Έλληνες κληρονόμοι του Βυζαντίου(και της αρχαίας Ελλάδας φυσικά αλλά το Βυζάντιο κάνει την διαφορά στην προκειμένη) να γίνουμε με το ζόρι δυτικοί τα κοινά μας θα ήταν ακόμα λιγότερα.
@@antmiralgeneralaladeen Συγνώμη αλλά διαφωνώ. Πέρα από το ότι θεωρώ προβληματικό να αφήνει κάποιος απέξω την Ιταλία και την Ισπανία από τον ορισμό της "Δύσης" καθώς και οι δύο αυτές χώρες αποτελούν αναπόσπαστο κομμάτι της Δυτικής κουλτούρας με την Αναγέννηση και το Διαφωτισμο, το γεγονός και μόνο ότι αναφέρετε ως παραδείγματα "Ανατολής" τη Βηρυτό (μια πόλη με τεράστια Γαλλική επιρροή), την Κωνσταντινούπολη (μια πόλη που ακροβατεί ανάμεσα στην Ανατολή και τη Δύση) και την Αλεξάνδρεια (μια πόλη με τεράστια Ελληνική ιστορία και Αγγλικές επιρροές) περισσότερο δείχνει ότι η ζυγαριά γέρνει προς τη Δύση.
Παραδόξως, όπως αναφέρουν και άλλοι ξένοι κυρίως σχολιαστές, για κάποιο περίεργο λόγο έχουμε συνδυάσει τον όρο "Δύση" με τη Βόρειο/Δυτική Ευρώπη και την κουλτούρα του Προτεσταντισμού. Φυσικά, ο Έλληνας ποτέ δεν υπήρξε μέτοχος της παραπάνω κουλτούρας αλλά - κάτι πολύ σημαντικό - ούτε και πολέμιος. Ο αντιγερμανισμός έγινε της μόδας λόγω μνημονιων (κανείς δεν τον θυμόταν πχ το 2004 όταν όλοι φώναζαν "είναι τρελός ο Γερμανός" για το Ρεχαγκελ, προπονητή της Εθνικής). "Δύση" όμως είναι και η Ιταλία, και η Ισπανία και η Πορτογαλία κλπ. Ναι, φυσικά και έχουμε επιρροές από την ανατολή στην κουλτούρα μας και στο φαγητό μας όπως επίσης έχουμε και επιρροές από τη Δύση. Το Μπριάμ σαν φαγητό στην Ελλάδα είναι το ίδιο (ίσως και λιγότερο) δημοφιλές με το Παστίτσιο ή το Μουσακά που χρησιμοποιούν ζυμαρικά (Ιταλία) και Μπεσαμέλ (Γαλλία). Η μουσική μας έχει στοιχεία από την αρχαία Ελλάδα, την Αραβία αλλά και τη Δύση. Η κοινωνική συμπεριφορά μας έχει στοιχεία από τους Οθωμανούς αλλά και από τη Νότια Ευρώπη. Η σύγχρονη Ελλάδα είναι ένα κράμα πολιτισμών με κυρίαρχη βάση όμως τη Δύση. Οι αξίες που οδήγησαν στην επανάσταση του 1821 βασίζονταν στο Διαφωτισμο που με τη σειρά του βασίστηκε σε αξίες που δημιουργηθηκαν την εποχή του Αριστοτέλη και του Πλάτωνα. Σε καμία περίπτωση η Ελλάδα δεν αποτελεί "Ανατολική" χώρα και δεν θα πρέπει να βρίσκεται στην ίδια κατηγορία με χώρες όπως το Μαρόκο, το Ιράν, η Υεμένη, τι Πακιστάν, κλπ.
@@Atenejin Δεν χρειάζεται συγγνώμη κουβέντα κάνουμε.Βγάζω έξω Ισπανούς Ιταλούς γιατί και αυτοί ανήκουν στους Μεσογειακούς λαούς.Ανήκουν στην Δύση αλλά παράλληλα έχουμε πολλά κοινά λόγω Μεσογείου.Οι πόλεις που σου έφερα ως παράδειγμα είναι πόλεις που υπήρχε Βυζαντινή/Ελληνική κυριαρχία για αιώνες.Δηλαδή μπορεί να εξισλαμίστηκαν αλλά παράλληλα για πολλούς αιώνες ήταν Βυζαντινές/Ελληνικές και συνεπώς "ανατολικές" ή τουλάχιστον όχι δυτικές και παράλληα όχι εντελώς μακρινές.Επιμένω στο Βυζάντιο γιατί η όποια πολιτισμική διαφορά δυτικής και ανατολικής Ευρώπης γεννήθηκε επι Βυζαντίου ή έστω προυπήρχε όσον αφορά το ελληνικό/ελληνόφωνο κομμάτι της ανατολικής Μεσογείου και διογκώθηκε μετέπειτα και λόγω θρησκείας λόγω ανταγωνισμού Πόλης και Ρώμης.Αλλά και επεκτάθηκε και στην υπόλοιπη Ευρώπη αυτός ο διαχωρισμός με τον εκχριστιανισμό των Σλάβων από μέρος μας και των Γερμανικών φύλων από την Ρώμη.
Προφανώς έχουμε επηρεαστεί και από την Δύση αλλά ιστορικά και μόνο να το δεις από τον Μινωικό πολιτισμό μέχρι και τον μεσαίωνα οι Έλληνες είχαν επαφές με Αιγύπτιους Φοίνικες Πέρσες Άραβες Σλάβους Βούλγαρους και μετά ξεκίνησαν κάποιες επαφές με ιταλικές πόλεις λόγω εμποριού επι Βυζαντίου αλλά το σχίσμα και η τέταρτη σταυροφορία έριξαν ταφόπλακα στις όποιες σχέσεις μας με τους Ιταλούς και γενικά Καθολικούς.Μετά έπρεπε να περάσουν πόσοι αιώνες για να φτάσουμε στο 1830 και με την ίδρυση του κράτους και την προστασία μας ουσιαστικά από Αγγλία Γαλλία να μας φορέσουν με το ζόρι τον μανδύα του Δυτικοευρωπαίου κάτι που όμως είναι τόσο ξένο στον Έλληνα και για αυτό ακόμα και σήμερα 200 χρόνια μετά όταν λέμε Ευρωπαίοι το λέμε στον τρίτο πληθυντικό.Φυσικά με την είσοδο μας στην ΕΕ αλλά και τα ΜΜΕ η "δυτικοποίηση" έχει οξυνθεί αλλά παραμένει κάτι ξένο και κάτι εξαναγκαστικό.
Το 1821 πιθανώς να εμπνεύστηκαν και από τον Διαφωτισμό αυτή είναι η κύρια ιδέα το γνωρίζω αλλά δεν το έχω ψάξει αναλυτικότερα.Κύρια ιδέα είναι επίσης ότι το Ναυαρίνο μας "'έσωσε" αλλά τελικά δεν ισχύει και τόσο.Ωστόσο το κύριο γεγονός η κύρια αιτία που είχαμε 1821 και άλλες τόσες απόπειρες ήταν η ηρωική αντίσταση του Παλαιολόγου.Απλά και μόνο με την μη παράδοση του και την αυτοθυσία του χάραξε τον δρόμο της επανάστασης της αντίστασης για τις μελλοντικές γενιές.Έκανε ξεκάθαρο με την πράξη του ότι είμαστε Έλληνες και δεν παραδινόμαστε δεν προσκυνούμε δεν υποτασσόμαστε και για αυτό έμεινε και θρύλος αλλά και ελπίδα για τις επόμενες γενιές.Εξάλλου και ο ίδιος ο Κολοκοτρώνης όταν ζητήθηκε να υπογράψει η Ελλάδα συνθήκη για αυτονομία από έναν Άγγλο νάυαρχο είπε "Ο Βασιλέας μας καμία συνθήκη δεν έκαμε".
Αν είμαστε ανατολική δεν μπορώ να το πω με σιγουριά αλλά δυτική δεν είμαστε με τίποτα.Εξαρτάται βέβαια και που βάζεις το όριο στον χάρτη.Αν συμπεριλάβεις και τις χώρες της ανατολικής Ασίας(Κίνα Ιαπωνία κλπ) ε δεν είμαστε ανατολή σίγουρα.Αν όμως μέινουμε στα της Ευρώπης και Μέσης Ανατολής τότε μάλλον είμαστε το δικό μας κομμάτι γέρνοντας περισσότερο στην Ανατολή.Αν μείνουμε μόνο στην Ευρώπη τότε είμαστε ξεκάθαρα στην Ανατολή για εμένα.Πάντα μιλάω για το πολιτισμικό όχι για το πολιτικοοικονομικό κομμάτι.Επίσης μην ξεχνάς ότι ο Ελληνισμός μέχρι πριν έναν αιώνα απλωνόταν μέχρι την Τραπεζούντα και τα Αδάνα και δεν περιοριζόταν στην Ευρώπη.Μάλιστα για αιώνες η καρδιά του Ελληνισμού χτύπαγε στην Ανατολία και όχι στον Ελλαδικό χώρο
@@antmiralgeneralaladeen σωστός σε όλα 👍
I don't understand the meaning of question.
Greece= litteraly the epithome and the craddle of the European and western Civilization. Greece is the most European country since 3 thousands years. Moreover Greece historically standed his ground despite his geographic localisation nearing North Africa, Middle East, Asia.
Amitiés à nos amis grecs, from France🇨🇵❤🇬🇷
Respect Pierre ! I like France !
As a Serbian now living in Sweden. when I’m in Greece I defenently can feel at home and feel like I’m in ”the balkans” at times in Greece, but then I turn around and I think it looks italian. And the music sometimes feel oriental influenced. So to sum it up: Greece feels like a mix of its own, but its like mixing Balkan with the medditerenian and you get Greece.
But it feels like they have their own thing.
Plus their language is not related to anything else where as the other mediterranian countries can understand eachother more
As a Turkish from Bulgaria, I feel closer to Greeks than any nation.
I think Greeks are European with skills like understanding oriental cultures. (This maybe because of many of them originally from Anatolia and their ancestors used to live together with different ethnicities in Anatolia and than migrated to mainland during population exchange between Turkey and Greece. )
Very true!
With all due respect the last part is very wrong. The Greeks who used to live in anatolia don't have an oriental mentality. All of my ffamily members originated from there but we are all more european than the average Greek here. I happen to know many other families like that and you literally can't tell if they are from anatolia or mainland Greece. The only oriental elements existed in Greece like 100 years ago and they were an abortion of the ottoman occupation.
In case you are a Turk, don't feel close to us. The feeling is not reciprocated. Thanks.
As a Turkish from Bulgaria, what do you have more in common with Greeks thn with albanians, bosnians, northern macedonians andbto a higher extend Bulgarians, all people you should normally and for obvious reasons havr more in common with?
The word "Europa" is Greek. There is nothing more European than the Greco-Roman civilization. The cultural base of the West was founded in the Mediterranean area.
Hm.... very interesting topic.
I am myself lithuanian, and my one of the best foreign friend is greek. We both met during the studies in Bulgaria and even till today when we communicating, we are feeling like a sister and brother or soul twins, like so simmilar personalities who met each other before a long long long years ago... (and I would say we are pretty simmilar in appearance too).
From my experience of communicating with him and other greeks there, I have imoression about greeks like it is strange and unique combination, I can’t find analogues. So greeks seems to me like very very very unique combination.
I, as a person from northeastern Europe getting along so well with my friend and other southern european friends, that I even didn’t had a thought about our differencies. Also, I find myself more comfortable in southern Europe culture societies, than in Northern Europe, (like Sweden, Norway, Finland,).
So I do not know, if my close friend who is greek are more not mediterranean but like a Balkan or eastern european soul, or I am more towards south european or Balkan soul 🤣 but the fact that we getting along perfectly and never felt complete or clear differencies, I would say, that I feel so deep commoness between each other, that is why to me greeks made an impression as very familiar but also very unique and incomparable nation.
As a romanian born growing up in Greece I feel that we share more on the Balkan side than the Anatolian, but there is the distinct Anatolian taste in the greek everyday life, the hotheadness is pure anatolian, the refusal to authority(when its convenient) and lets not talk about the driving skills. In my honest opinion, I think that the greek way of life, is more of greek, not purely balkan, european or anatolian, just greek which makes it unique.
Greece has more to do with southern europe than balkans or anatolia, and hotheadness you describe is southern european, not anatolian. If aynthing, all bordering countries to Greece have more anatolian influence yhan Greece has
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Greece is a crossroad. That's why it's unique and so interesting.
Nothing "crossroad" about Greece
@@Chris-xb7gm Literally the only country that borders Europe, Africa and Asia. Literally a crossroad
ναι είναι μεταξύ Ευρώπης και Μικράς Ασίας
My family is from Lebanon and there’s so much similar with Greek culture and people. Cypriots too. I say they are more from the east but uniquely Mediterranean
True 🙏🙏 Marilena
They are most similar to southern Europeans first, Balkans 2nd and last east.
Balkans and southern European is almost a tie, depending on the context
With cypriots maybe, but lol, what on earth do you think you have in common with Greeks of Greece?
And lol, what is "eastern" about Greece, my lion?
I'm from northern Greece (Thessaloniki). We belong to Europe in terms of geography history and politics, as for our overall culture and mentality, take a big piece of the Mediterranean, a big piece of the Balkans and a smaller piece of the Middle East and blend them together...there you have the Greek thing. Personally I feel European (a Southern one of course).
A lot of the middle east is mediterranean dip shit
@UCU7T3ehKEeHQ3PcqHK9xcPQ Teach your goofy ass to think a bit while reading sth. I separate them cause the term mediterranean covers a huge area. For example Spain and Italy aren't identical to Syria and Lebanon (all are mediterranean countries but the latter are primarily considered part of the Middle East by everyone).
There is no northern Greece .
Is MACEDONIA !!!
Creation of Greece and name by Bavarian prince Otto in 1829 A.D.
@@jordand1043 Macedonia is Greek name ....you re Slav
@@jordand1043fuck of jugoslav in balkan from 6 century Made by tito ! Greece exists 6000 and us people 4000 years ! Makedonia is in greece and a re a greek tribe 😅im also from there we are greeks
Gorgeous language, gorgeous People and gorgeous Country of invaluable cultural heritage - huge and profound landmark on world's cultural map - covering much deeper levels than just geographic pertinence. Take care!!!
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Greeks are European, but they are way more connected with their country than the EU.
not modern Greece, maybe in the past! greeks don't obtain 100% european dna (for example myheritage etc. in fact they're darker because they're not fully european)
@@afriserrrr2898 and so Italians and Spaniards and Portuguese people. They are European. South European.
@@nikkr3584 the south of these countries, they all have the same greek problem: they're not fully eruopean. BUT the north italy/spain/portugal is 100% european. Only greece is ALL NOT fully european!
@@afriserrrr2898 lol it's a "problem" not to have pure northern European DNA? lol. Also yea, many northern Greeks do have lighter features probably from Slavic genes from countless Slavic tribes that were migrating there since Roman times. Northern Italy used to be Celtic, German, and Austrian before becoming part of Italy. It's also no secret that northeastern Spain used to be French before it was conquered by Spain, there's people there to this day that still speak French. Judging by your profile pic, I assume your Balkan. Rule of thumb for us Balkaners is to not associate Western and Northern Europeans with our affairs. So I don't even know why you brought them up.
@@afriserrrr2898 the north of greece too has lighter features due to slavic intermixing, you see people with blond hair and blue eyes, and since when do features outside of the aforementioned immediately classify you as "non european"
and for your first argument regarding modern and ancient greeks, I think you seem to be under the impression that the ancient ones were "white" in the sense of blue eyes and blond hair, which is not true and is debunked just by looking at classical greek art depicting themselves, they have tanned skin and dark curly hair. Sorry to break it to you buddy
It's interesting, because quite often Greek people in conversations say "In Europe, people do this, while in Greece we do that"
I once told my German teacher and she was like I thought Greece was in Europe too😋
Right?!
Interestingly enough, many German politicians, scientists and simple people look down on Greece and make us feel unwelcome in a continent bearing a Greek name. (And I don't mean only after 2009. The Great Powers have constantly let us down) Not only that, but our modern culture is invisible and people only study our ancient past. German professors teaching ancient Greek call it "Greek" as if there is no difference between "Greek" (the Greek spoken today by Greek speakers) and "ancient Greek", because a lot North Europeans only value us for our ancient past.
I don't want to stereotype and say "all Germans think badly of Greece", and I am sure many Germans are more aware of what is happeneing. But it's worth noting that I have seen this happening again and again. Having an appreciation for the ancient past of Greece is, by no means, negative, but Germans thinking Greece is only this after 2.000 years of cultural evolution seems borderline demeaning for many of my younger and older Greek friends in Germany.
@@celseac8107 What you're talking about is stereotypes. Germans are stereotyping Greeks, but Greeks are also doing the same thing for Germans. And everyone is generally doing it about everyone. It takes more focused knowledge and cultural contact to really get to know the people behind the overgeneralizations.
I think one of the Old Greek scholars said the Greek combine the ideals of both Western (European) and Eastern (Asian) world.
Dude don't appropriate our philosophers saying. Western direction of greece would be Italy. And they meant etruscans not barbarians from the north europe.
@@karlmarx1730 Cultural appropriation? You must be kidding me? Since the Romans conquered our lands and brought their Hellenized culture to us, we "Barbarians of the North" have all right to call Hellenic culture also our culture. Face it. And best pieces of Hellenic culture are now found in Museums of Paris, London, Berlin, Moscow... that must be harsh for you Übermenschen from the South. I recognize your ancestor's superior artificial skills, but they had enough slaves to do the hard work. Our Notthern barbarian did have slaves too, but not as many and they didn't have the climatic advances Greece and Rome had. Just face it: all Eiropeans are descendants of the Old Greeks. And not only Europeans.
Have a nice day! :-)
@@Spinnradler ok Ivanoushapolos 🤣
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The Russian name "Ivan" indeed derived from Johannes, the Greek form of Hebrew name Jochanan.
@@Spinnradler my name Daniel is Hebrew and this doesn’t make me Hebrew or Jewish
I think many of them have it the wrong way around. The Greeks influenced the Asian countries, not so much the Asian countries influencing Greece.
False!
Eastern influences from Near east and Egypt pass to Greece
Think first to the Greek alphabet derived from the Phoenician one!
Christianity
Agree, true comment
Η Ελλάδα ειναι Ευρώπη και Δύση πιστεύω αλλα έχει και τις ανατολικές επιρροες λόγω ιστορικού παρελθόντος και λόγω εγγυτητας με την ανατολή
It's a matter of perspective. Europeans consider Greece to be the Eastern most point of Europe, whereas Greece can be considered the Western most point of Asia/ the Middle East. I say this due to its shared climate, culinary similarities, music, traditional dress, and cultural values.
That's a nice thing about mixed identities, you get to choose!
Who cares that Europe is a Greek word so is Egypt. Doesn't mean we are Egyptians although traditional Greeks do have more in common with Copts than European protestants.
@briggite ddaria - Greeks aren't Copts as Copts are non-chalcedonian, but their traditions, values, and church architecture line up with the values of TRADITIONAL Greek people. The Coptic language itself is a Greek dialect. Then you have Pontian Greeks whose music is nothing that Europeans want to hear and Pontians have kinship with people from the caucuses. Our music ,λαϊκά και ρεμπέτικα, is Anatolian and popular in the Levant, Lebanese even have similar dances.. Even Israel likes Greek bouzoukia and play it in their clubs as international music, but not really in Europe
As an American greek that often has to tell Americans that Greeks are not Arab like they fooking seem to think...It really troubles me that so many greeks would not give a definitive "Yes, we are Europeans!" Yes Greeks have influences from all over place and have influenced everywhere , but Greeks are European. Please agree brothers.
Culturally we definitely aren't
@@ΓιαννηςΜπουρεκας-π6μ "Culturally we definitely aren't Europeans", or "Culturally we definitely aren't middle eastern" ?
@@sklavenitis9073 We aren't European, in the cultural prospective. We are more alike other eastern Mediterranean populations, most of the Arab, Turkish, and southern italians, which in no way is a problem or something we should be ashamed of
@@ΓιαννηςΜπουρεκας-π6μ If you where Alexander III I would've just mutinyed.
@@ΓιαννηςΜπουρεκας-π6μgreetings from Egypt to Greece 🇪🇬♥️🇬🇷
Wrong name.Hellas is called the country.Greece is bad word.People are called Hellenic people or Hellenic nation.We are not europeans.We are also called romans by Byzantine empire.Byzantine empire is called Romania.
What an amazing video. Very happy you dived into this subject that is not often discussed amongst Greeks.
The short answer is we are a mixed country but I believe we are leaning more towards the near East. We have much in common with Turkey and the levant.
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Since when the balkans and the Mediterranean (the northern part) aren't European plus if greeks who are the founders of western civilization aren't counted as Europeans then I don't know who is a true European plus the modern idea that if a country is not part of the EU then they're less European than others is just plain stupid
They’re not the founders of western civilisation
Stop appropriating their culture
smart comment
Is sick how plenty of Greek words sound exactly same as their Spanish counterparts.
Spanish borrowed loads of greek words
@ How about Albanian?
@@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya what about it?
Mediterranean.....Absolutely !
7:17 as a spanish speaker, this sounds like me saying something that I wrote smashing my head in the computer keyboard
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Awesome topic of discussion and amazing interviews! As a Greek, I would say that our DNA is closer to the Italians most definitely but our culture (food, music, mentality) is closer to the Turks. We were after all under Ottoman rule for approximately three hundred and fifty years.
Its a very interesting question and extremely interesting responses. To me as an outsider, born and raised in Austria, i look up to Greece as the origin of many philosophical and political ideas as well as the origin of our civilisation. So many things that were originally greek came through the romans and even directly from you to central europe. But its true and undeniable that there are heavy oriental influences in the modern greek culture. This however is in no way something bad, it makes your culture even more unique, rich and beautiful. Long story short to me you are as european as it gets since "being european" doesn't just mean one thing, we are a diverse continent and thats in what lies our strength!
@@PSvGi im not your opinion, not at all. The EU is the best thing that happened to us. It just need heavy reformation and brussel needs more power to get every nation to worker more closely together. The perservation of our identities and cultures is something that happens either way in my opinion. The fear of loosing our tradition is very irrational
Greece has always been Oriental, at least by modern definition