OT: What was the name of Greece in anciant times?

[Baggio]

A radio Q, nobody has answer yet. Help!

 

[Bread]

Helvettia

 

[Deuce]

Different types of civilizations is all I know. Halladic was the oldest of the post the Bronze era.

 

[Matty]

Ancient Greece.

 

[Hawk]

Don't any of the radio callers have Google?

 

[Matty]

Google and Wiki aren't being straightforward, Sickler. There could be several semi-correct answers.

 

[Baggio]

Don't any of the radio callers have Google?

No.

 

[roguejuror]

where's pavy when you need him

 

[Hawk]

Google and Wiki aren't being straightforward, Sickler. There could be several semi-correct answers.

Ah, wish I was smart enough to know even one of the possibilities without looking it up.

 

[Dark Horse]

Hellas

 

[Bread]

Hellas! I knew I was close. My answer was a different region entirely.

 

[Rubyn]

Hellas

I agree with this answer. Learned this in my Mythology class.

 

[Saulty]

Hellas is still the name of Greece. This is the native name of the country.

 

[Archie]

this place is very educational

 

[Rubyn]

Pavy, why on earth would you leave a beautiful country like Greece to move to a dump like the US?

 

[Bread]

Pavy, why on earth would you leave a beautiful country like Greece to move to a dump like the US?

Guarantee you Plommer got a little woody reading this from you.

 

[Saulty]

Pavy, why on earth would you leave a beautiful country like Greece to move to a dump like the US?

I don't mind going there for vacation and seeing family. Not a big fun of all family living within a 5 mile radius.