Sentence examples for greek settlements from inspiring English sources

After the Greek settlements in Sicily, the Siculi became Hellenized and substituted Greek for their original language.

Thereafter the Illyrians were known mainly as pirates who disturbed the trade of many Greek settlements on the Adriatic coast.

The Athenian forces, which had been sent to Sicily to support Greek settlements there, were forced to withdraw.

Alexander established a number of Greek settlements, which provided an impetus for the development of trade and communication with western Asia.

At that time, though hardly a state in the modern sense, Greek settlements dotted the entire Mediterranean and much of the Black Sea.

Trapezus, one of the most easterly of ancient Greek settlements, was probably founded in 756 bce by colonists from Sinope (modern Sinop).

Greek settlement is first clearly attested by the presence of pottery dating from about 1000 bce.

It ultimately became the most flourishing Greek settlement on the Euxine (Black) Sea.

Morgantina, near present-day Aidone, was the site of an ancient Greek settlement.

The Aramaean quarters coexisted with a new Greek settlement, which followed a Hippodamian, or orthogonal, plan.

22 February 1965: A city found in Afghanistan is the first Greek settlement in Central Asia.