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<span>Historical evolution</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Historical_evolution-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Military_dictatorship_(1967–1974)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_dictatorship_(1967–1974)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1</span> <span>Military dictatorship (1967–1974)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Military_dictatorship_(1967–1974)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Theories_regarding_the_blue_and_white_colours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Theories_regarding_the_blue_and_white_colours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Theories regarding the blue and white colours</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Theories_regarding_the_blue_and_white_colours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Current_flag_of_Greece" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current_flag_of_Greece"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Current flag of Greece</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Current_flag_of_Greece-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Current flag of Greece subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Current_flag_of_Greece-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Protocol" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Protocol"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Protocol</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Protocol-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Colours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Colours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Colours</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Colours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Flag_days" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Flag_days"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Flag days</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Flag_days-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military_flags" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_flags"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Military flags</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Military_flags-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Military flags subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Military_flags-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Army_and_Air_Force_War_flag" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Army_and_Air_Force_War_flag"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Army and Air Force War flag</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Army_and_Air_Force_War_flag-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Naval_and_civil_ensigns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Naval_and_civil_ensigns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Naval and civil ensigns</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Naval_and_civil_ensigns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_uniformed_services" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_uniformed_services"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Other uniformed services</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_uniformed_services-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Flag_of_the_head_of_state" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Flag_of_the_head_of_state"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Flag of the head of state</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Flag_of_the_head_of_state-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Use_of_double-headed_eagle" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Use_of_double-headed_eagle"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Use of double-headed eagle</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Use_of_double-headed_eagle-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button 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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8B%A8%E1%8C%8D%E1%88%AA%E1%8A%AD_%E1%88%B0%E1%8A%95%E1%8B%B0%E1%89%85_%E1%8B%93%E1%88%8B%E1%88%9B" title="የግሪክ ሰንደቅ ዓላማ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="የግሪክ ሰንደቅ ዓላማ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86" title="علم اليونان – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="علم اليونان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fl%C3%A3mbura-a_G%C3%A3rtsiiljei" title="Flãmbura-a Gãrtsiiljei – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Flãmbura-a Gãrtsiiljei" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_Grecia" title="Bandera de Grecia – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Bandera de Grecia" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunan%C4%B1stan_bayra%C4%9F%C4%B1" title="Yunanıstan bayrağı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Yunanıstan bayrağı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kob%C3%A9r_Yunani" title="Kobér Yunani – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Kobér Yunani" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D1%84%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%8B" title="Греция флагы – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Греция флагы" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%86%D1%8F%D0%B3_%D0%93%D1%80%D1%8D%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%96" title="Сцяг Грэцыі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сцяг Грэцыі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8C%D1%86%D1%8F%D0%B3_%D0%93%D1%80%D1%8D%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%96" title="Сьцяг Грэцыі – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Сьцяг Грэцыі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%93%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Национално знаме на Гърция – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Национално знаме на Гърция" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Gr%C4%8Dke" title="Zastava Grčke – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Zastava Grčke" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_Gr%C3%A8cia" title="Bandera de Grècia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bandera de Grècia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%98eck%C3%A1_vlajka" title="Řecká vlajka – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Řecká vlajka" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baner_Gwlad_Groeg" title="Baner Gwlad Groeg – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Baner Gwlad Groeg" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A6kenlands_flag" title="Grækenlands flag – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Grækenlands flag" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagge_Griechenlands" title="Flagge Griechenlands – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Flagge Griechenlands" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreeka_lipp" title="Kreeka lipp – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kreeka lipp" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Σημαία της Ελλάδας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σημαία της Ελλάδας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_Grecia" title="Bandera de Grecia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bandera de Grecia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flago_de_Grekio" title="Flago de Grekio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Flago de Grekio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greziako_bandera" title="Greziako bandera – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Greziako bandera" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%85_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86" title="پرچم یونان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پرچم یونان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapeau_de_la_Gr%C3%A8ce" title="Drapeau de la Grèce – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Drapeau de la Grèce" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandeira_de_Grecia" title="Bandeira de Grecia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bandeira de Grecia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%97%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%8B_%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B7%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9F%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%A7%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%9C" title="ગ્રીસનો રાષ્ટ્રધ્વજ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ગ્રીસનો રાષ્ટ્રધ્વજ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B7%B8%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4%EC%9D%98_%EA%B5%AD%EA%B8%B0" title="그리스의 국기 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="그리스의 국기" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%B7" title="Հունաստանի դրոշ – Armenian" lang="hy" 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href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grie%C4%B7ijas_karogs" title="Grieķijas karogs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Grieķijas karogs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graikijos_v%C4%97liava" title="Graikijos vėliava – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Graikijos vėliava" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_la_Grecia" title="Bandera de la Grecia – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Bandera de la Grecia" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li 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data-title="علم اليونان" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendera_Yunani" title="Bendera Yunani – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Bendera Yunani" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlag_van_Griekenland" title="Vlag van Griekenland – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Vlag van Griekenland" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%81%AE%E5%9B%BD%E6%97%97" title="ギリシャの国旗 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ギリシャの国旗" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellas%E2%80%99_flagg" title="Hellas’ flagg – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Hellas’ flagg" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_greske_flagget" title="Det greske flagget – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Det greske flagget" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a 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class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">2:3 (and also 7:12)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">22 December 1978<span class="noprint">; 45 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1978-12-22</span>)</span> (Naval Ensign 1822–present, National Flag 1969–70; 1978–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">Nine horizontal stripes, in turn blue and white; a white Greek cross throughout a blue canton.</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_flag" title="National flag">national flag</a> of <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, popularly referred to as the <b>Blue-and-White</b> (<span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">Γαλανόλευκη</span></span>, <span title="Greek-language text"><i lang="el-Latn">Galanólefki</i></span>) or the <b>Cyan-and-White</b> (<span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">Κυανόλευκη</span></span>, <span title="Greek-language text"><i lang="el-Latn">Kyanólefki</i></span>), is officially recognised by Greece as one of its <a href="/wiki/National_symbol" title="National symbol">national symbols</a> and has 5 equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white. There is a blue canton in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross; the cross symbolises <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox Christianity">Eastern Orthodox Christianity</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Blazon" title="Blazon">blazon</a> of the flag is Azure, four bars Argent; on a canton of the field a Greek cross throughout of the second. The official flag ratio is 2:3.<sup id="cite_ref-presidency_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presidency-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The shade of blue used in the flag has varied throughout its history, from light blue to dark blue, the latter being increasingly used since the late 1960s. It was officially adopted by the <a href="/wiki/First_National_Assembly_at_Epidaurus" title="First National Assembly at Epidaurus">First National Assembly at Epidaurus</a> on 13 January 1822. </p><p>While the nine stripes do not have any official meaning, the most popular interpretation says that they represent the <a href="/wiki/Syllable" title="Syllable">syllables</a> of the phrase <span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el"><a href="/wiki/Eleftheria_i_thanatos" title="Eleftheria i thanatos">Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος</a></span></span> ('Freedom or Death'): the five blue stripes for the syllables in <span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">Ελευθερία</span></span>, the four white for those of <span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">ή Θάνατος</span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-Army_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Army-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total of nine stripes is also said to represent the letters of the word <span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">ελευθερία</span></span> ("freedom").<sup id="cite_ref-Army_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Army-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> White and blue symbolise the colours of the Greek sky and sea.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_background">Historical background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Historical background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Greek_flags" title="List of Greek flags">List of Greek flags</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roman_(Orthodox_Christian)_Merchant_Flag_1453-1793.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Roman_%28Orthodox_Christian%29_Merchant_Flag_1453-1793.svg/150px-Roman_%28Orthodox_Christian%29_Merchant_Flag_1453-1793.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Roman_%28Orthodox_Christian%29_Merchant_Flag_1453-1793.svg/225px-Roman_%28Orthodox_Christian%29_Merchant_Flag_1453-1793.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Roman_%28Orthodox_Christian%29_Merchant_Flag_1453-1793.svg/300px-Roman_%28Orthodox_Christian%29_Merchant_Flag_1453-1793.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Greek Orthodox Christian <a href="/wiki/Civil_ensign" title="Civil ensign">Merchant Flag</a> (1453–1793)</figcaption></figure> <p>The origins of today's national flag with its cross-and-stripe pattern are a matter of debate. Every part of it, including the blue and white colors, the cross, as well as the stripe arrangement can be connected to very old historical elements; however, it is difficult to establish "continuity", especially as there is no record of the exact reasoning behind its official adoption in early 1822.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>It has been suggested by historians that the current flag derived from an older design, the virtually identical flag of the powerful <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Cretan</a> <a href="/wiki/Kallergis_family" title="Kallergis family">Kallergis family</a>. This flag was based on their coat of arms, whose pattern is supposed to be derived from the standards of their claimed ancestor, Byzantine Emperor <a href="/wiki/Nicephorus_II_Phocas" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicephorus II Phocas">Nicephorus II Phocas</a> (963–969 AD). This pattern (according to not easily verifiable descriptions) included nine stripes of alternating blue and white, as well as a cross, assumed to be placed on the upper left.<sup id="cite_ref-Zapheiriou_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapheiriou-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the use of alternating blue and white - or silver - stripes on (several centuries-old) Kallergis' coats of arms is well documented, no depiction of the above described pattern (with the nine stripes and the cross) survives.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antiquity_and_the_Byzantine_Empire">Antiquity and the Byzantine Empire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Antiquity and the Byzantine Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Byzantine_imperial_flag,_14th_century,_square.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century%2C_square.svg/150px-Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century%2C_square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century%2C_square.svg/225px-Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century%2C_square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century%2C_square.svg/300px-Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century%2C_square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>This design, from the 14th century during the <a href="/wiki/Palaiologos" title="Palaiologos">Palaiologan dynasty</a>, is the only attested flag of the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Flags as they are known today did not exist in antiquity. Instead, a variety of emblems and symbols (<span lang="grc"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B5%E1%BF%96%CE%BF%CE%BD#Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="wikt:σημεῖον">σημεῖον</a></span>, <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc-Latn">sēmeîon</i></span>; <abbr title="plural">pl.</abbr> <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">σημεῖᾰ</span></span>, <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc-Latn">sēmeîa</i></span>) were used to denote each state and were for example painted on the <a href="/wiki/Aspis" title="Aspis">hoplite shields</a>. The closest analogue to a modern flag were the <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Vexillum" title="Vexillum">vexillum</a></i></span>-like banners used by ancient Greek armies, such as the so-called <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc-Latn">phoinikis</i></span>, a cloth of deep red, suspended from the top of a staff or spear. It is not known to have carried any device or decoration though. </p><p>The Byzantines, like the Romans before them, used a variety of flags and banners, primarily to denote different military units. These were generally square or rectangular, with a number of streamers attached.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most prominent among the early Byzantine flags was the <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Labarum" title="Labarum">labarum</a></i></span>. In the surviving pictorial sources of the middle and later Empire, primarily the illustrated <a href="/wiki/Skylitzes_Chronicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Skylitzes Chronicle">Skylitzes Chronicle</a>, the predominating colours are red and blue in horizontal stripes, with a cross often placed in the centre of the flag. Other common symbols, prominently featuring on <a href="/wiki/Sigillography" title="Sigillography">seals</a>, were depictions of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Christ</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Virgin Mary</a> and saints, but these represent personal rather than family or state symbols. Western European-style <a href="/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">heraldry</a> was largely unknown until the last centuries of the Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is no mention of any "state" flag until the mid-14th century, when a Spanish atlas, the <i><a href="/wiki/Libro_del_Conoscimiento" class="mw-redirect" title="Libro del Conoscimiento">Conosçimiento de todos los reynos</a></i> depicts the flag of "the Empire of Constantinople" combining the red-on-white Cross of St George with the "tetragrammatic cross" of the ruling house of the <a href="/wiki/Palaiologoi" class="mw-redirect" title="Palaiologoi">Palaiologoi</a>, featuring the four <a href="/wiki/Beta_(letter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Beta (letter)">betas</a> or <i>pyrekvola</i> ("fire-steels") on the flag quarters representing the imperial motto <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Βασιλεύς Βασιλέων Βασιλεύων Βασιλευόντων</span></span> ("King of Kings Reigning over those who Rule").<sup id="cite_ref-heraldica_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heraldica-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tetragrammatic cross flag, as it appears in quarters II and III in this design, is well documented. In the same Spanish atlas this "plain" tetragrammatic cross flag is <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gr_byz.html#con">presented as</a> (among other places in the Empire) "the Flag of <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Salonika</a>" and "the real Greece and Empire of the Greeks (la vera Grecia e el imperio de los griegos)". The (quartered) arrangement that includes the Cross of St. George is documented only in the Spanish atlas, and most probably combines the arms of Genoa (which had occupied Galata) with those of the Byzantine Empire, and was most probably flown only in Constantinople.<sup id="cite_ref-LS_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pseudo-Kodinos" class="mw-redirect" title="Pseudo-Kodinos">Pseudo-Kodinos</a> records the use of the "tetragrammatic cross" on the banner (<i>phlamoulon</i>) borne by imperial <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_navy" title="Byzantine navy">naval vessels</a>, while the <i><a href="/wiki/Megas_doux" title="Megas doux">megas doux</a></i> displayed an image of the emperor on horseback.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ottoman_period">Ottoman period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ottoman period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Graeco-Ottoman_banner.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Graeco-Ottoman_banner.png/200px-Graeco-Ottoman_banner.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Graeco-Ottoman_banner.png/300px-Graeco-Ottoman_banner.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Graeco-Ottoman_banner.png/400px-Graeco-Ottoman_banner.png 2x" data-file-width="668" data-file-height="469" /></a><figcaption>The merchant vessel <i>Panagia tis Hydras</i>, built 1793, flying the Graeco-Ottoman flag.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Agios_Nikolaos_and_Poseidon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Agios_Nikolaos_and_Poseidon.jpg/200px-Agios_Nikolaos_and_Poseidon.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Agios_Nikolaos_and_Poseidon.jpg/300px-Agios_Nikolaos_and_Poseidon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Agios_Nikolaos_and_Poseidon.jpg/400px-Agios_Nikolaos_and_Poseidon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="578" /></a><figcaption><i>Agios Nikolaos</i> (1797) and <i>Poseidon</i> (1815), belonging to the Anargyros brothers from <a href="/wiki/Spetses" title="Spetses">Spetses</a>, flying variants of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian flag">Russian flag</a></figcaption></figure> <p>During the Ottoman rule several unofficial flags were used by Greeks, usually employing the Byzantine <a href="/wiki/Double-headed_eagle" title="Double-headed eagle">double-headed eagle</a> (see below), the cross, depictions of saints and various mottoes.<sup id="cite_ref-LS_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Christian Greek <a href="/wiki/Sipahi" title="Sipahi">sipahi</a> cavalry employed by the Ottoman Sultan were allowed to use their own, clearly Christian flag, when within <a href="/wiki/Epirus" title="Epirus">Epirus</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Peloponnese" title="Peloponnese">Peloponnese</a>. It featured the classic blue cross on a white field with the picture of <a href="/wiki/Saint_George" title="Saint George">St. George</a> slaying the dragon,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and was used from 1431 until 1639, when this privilege was greatly limited by the Sultan.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Similar flags were used by other local leaders. The closest to a Greek "national" flag during Ottoman rule was the so-called "Graeco-Ottoman flag" (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Γραικοθωμανική παντιέρα</span></span>), a civil ensign Greek Orthodox merchants (better: merchants from the Greek-dominated Orthodox <i><a href="/wiki/Millet_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Millet (Ottoman Empire)">millet</a></i>) were allowed to fly on their ships, combining stripes with red (for the Ottoman Empire) and blue (for Orthodoxy) colours. After the 1774 <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_K%C3%BC%C3%A7%C3%BCk_Kaynarca" title="Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca">Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca</a>, Greek-owned merchant ships could also fly the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Russia" title="Flag of Russia">Russian flag</a>. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Orlov_Revolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlov Revolt">uprising of 1769</a> the historic blue cross on white field was used again by key military leaders, such as Olga the III, who used it all the way to the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Revolution">revolution of 1821</a>. It became the most popular Revolution flag, and it was argued that it should become the national flag. The "reverse" arrangement, white cross on a blue field, also appeared as Greek flag during the uprisings. This design had apparently been used earlier as well, as a local symbol (a similar 16th or 17th century flag has been <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gr_ottom.html#sou">found</a> near <a href="/wiki/Chania" title="Chania">Chania</a>). </p><p>A military leader, <a href="/wiki/Giannis_Stathas" title="Giannis Stathas">Yiannis Stathas</a>, used a flag with white cross on blue on his ship since 1800. The first flag featuring the design eventually adopted was created and hoisted in the <a href="/wiki/Evangelistria_Monastery,_Skiathos" title="Evangelistria Monastery, Skiathos">Evangelistria monastery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Skiathos" title="Skiathos">Skiathos</a> in 1807. Several prominent military leaders (including <a href="/wiki/Theodoros_Kolokotronis" title="Theodoros Kolokotronis">Theodoros Kolokotronis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Miaoulis" title="Andreas Miaoulis">Andreas Miaoulis</a>) had gathered there for consultation concerning an uprising, and they were sworn to this flag by the local bishop.<sup id="cite_ref-Army_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Army-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Spachides_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag used by the Greek sipahis of the Ottoman army between 1431 and 1619"><img alt="Flag used by the Greek sipahis of the Ottoman army between 1431 and 1619" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Spachides_Flag.svg/120px-Spachides_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Spachides_Flag.svg/180px-Spachides_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Spachides_Flag.svg/240px-Spachides_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="380" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_reconstructed.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design is a reconstruction, based on past observations"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/23px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/36px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/46px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag used by the Greek <a href="/wiki/Sipahi" title="Sipahi">sipahis</a> of the Ottoman army between 1431 and 1619</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roman_(Orthodox_Christian)_Merchant_Flag_1453-1793.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Civil ensign for merchant ships owned by Ottoman subjects belonging to the Greek Orthodox (Rum) millet"><img alt="Civil ensign for merchant ships owned by Ottoman subjects belonging to the Greek Orthodox (Rum) millet" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Roman_%28Orthodox_Christian%29_Merchant_Flag_1453-1793.svg/120px-Roman_%28Orthodox_Christian%29_Merchant_Flag_1453-1793.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Roman_%28Orthodox_Christian%29_Merchant_Flag_1453-1793.svg/180px-Roman_%28Orthodox_Christian%29_Merchant_Flag_1453-1793.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Roman_%28Orthodox_Christian%29_Merchant_Flag_1453-1793.svg/240px-Roman_%28Orthodox_Christian%29_Merchant_Flag_1453-1793.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Civil ensign for merchant ships owned by Ottoman subjects belonging to the Greek Orthodox (<i><a href="/wiki/R%C3%BBm" class="mw-redirect" title="Rûm">Rum</a></i>) <i><a href="/wiki/Millet_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Millet (Ottoman Empire)">millet</a></i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Samos_(1834%E2%80%931912).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Civil flag and ensign of the Principality of Samos (1835–1912)"><img alt="Civil flag and ensign of the Principality of Samos (1835–1912)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Samos_%281834%E2%80%931912%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Samos_%281834%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Samos_%281834%E2%80%931912%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Samos_%281834%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Samos_%281834%E2%80%931912%29.svg/240px-Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Samos_%281834%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Civil flag and ensign of the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Samos" title="Principality of Samos">Principality of Samos</a> (1835–1912)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Septinsular_Republic.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Septinsular Republic (1800–1807), the first autonomous modern Greek state"><img alt="Flag of the Septinsular Republic (1800–1807), the first autonomous modern Greek state" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Flag_of_the_Septinsular_Republic.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Septinsular_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Flag_of_the_Septinsular_Republic.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Septinsular_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Flag_of_the_Septinsular_Republic.svg/240px-Flag_of_the_Septinsular_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Septinsular_Republic" title="Septinsular Republic">Septinsular Republic</a> (1800–1807), the first autonomous modern Greek state</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Cretan_State.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="National flag and ensign of the Cretan State"><img alt="National flag and ensign of the Cretan State" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Cretan_State.svg/120px-Flag_of_Cretan_State.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Cretan_State.svg/180px-Flag_of_Cretan_State.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Cretan_State.svg/240px-Flag_of_Cretan_State.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vexillological description"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> National flag and ensign of the <a href="/wiki/Cretan_State" title="Cretan State">Cretan State</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Free_State_of_Ikaria.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Free State of Icaria"><img alt="Flag of the Free State of Icaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_Free_State_of_Ikaria.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Free_State_of_Ikaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_Free_State_of_Ikaria.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Free_State_of_Ikaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_Free_State_of_Ikaria.svg/240px-Flag_of_the_Free_State_of_Ikaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/35px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Icaria#Free_State_of_Icaria" title="Icaria">Free State of Icaria</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_of_Independence">War of Independence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: War of Independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rigas_Feraios_flag_manuscript.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Proposed flag of Greece as drawn by Rigas Feraios in his manuscripts."><img alt="Proposed flag of Greece as drawn by Rigas Feraios in his manuscripts." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Rigas_Feraios_flag_manuscript.png/99px-Rigas_Feraios_flag_manuscript.png" decoding="async" width="99" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Rigas_Feraios_flag_manuscript.png/149px-Rigas_Feraios_flag_manuscript.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Rigas_Feraios_flag_manuscript.png/198px-Rigas_Feraios_flag_manuscript.png 2x" data-file-width="409" data-file-height="495" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Proposed flag of Greece as drawn by <a href="/wiki/Rigas_Feraios" title="Rigas Feraios">Rigas Feraios</a> in his manuscripts.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%CE%92%CF%81%CF%85%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82,_%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%8C%CE%B4%CF%89%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_-_%CE%9F_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%AF_%CF%84%CE%B7_%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82,_1865.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bishop Germanos of Patras blessing the flag of the Greek revolutionaries at the Monastery of Agia Lavra, part of a popular legend regarding the start of the revolution of 1821, although it never actually happened."><img alt="Bishop Germanos of Patras blessing the flag of the Greek revolutionaries at the Monastery of Agia Lavra, part of a popular legend regarding the start of the revolution of 1821, although it never actually happened." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/%CE%92%CF%81%CF%85%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82%2C_%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%8C%CE%B4%CF%89%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_-_%CE%9F_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%AF_%CF%84%CE%B7_%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82%2C_1865.jpg/88px-%CE%92%CF%81%CF%85%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82%2C_%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%8C%CE%B4%CF%89%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_-_%CE%9F_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%AF_%CF%84%CE%B7_%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82%2C_1865.jpg" decoding="async" width="88" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/%CE%92%CF%81%CF%85%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82%2C_%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%8C%CE%B4%CF%89%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_-_%CE%9F_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%AF_%CF%84%CE%B7_%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82%2C_1865.jpg/132px-%CE%92%CF%81%CF%85%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82%2C_%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%8C%CE%B4%CF%89%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_-_%CE%9F_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%AF_%CF%84%CE%B7_%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82%2C_1865.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/%CE%92%CF%81%CF%85%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82%2C_%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%8C%CE%B4%CF%89%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_-_%CE%9F_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%AF_%CF%84%CE%B7_%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82%2C_1865.jpg/176px-%CE%92%CF%81%CF%85%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82%2C_%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%8C%CE%B4%CF%89%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_-_%CE%9F_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%AF_%CF%84%CE%B7_%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82%2C_1865.jpg 2x" data-file-width="806" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bishop <a href="/wiki/Germanos_of_Patras" class="mw-redirect" title="Germanos of Patras">Germanos of Patras</a> blessing the flag of the Greek revolutionaries at the <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">Monastery</a> of <a href="/wiki/Agia_Lavra" title="Agia Lavra">Agia Lavra</a>, part of a popular legend regarding the start of the revolution of 1821, although it never actually happened.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greek_Independence_1821.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag used by revolutionaries from 1769 to the early stages of the War of Independence"><img alt="Flag used by revolutionaries from 1769 to the early stages of the War of Independence" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Greek_Independence_1821.svg/120px-Greek_Independence_1821.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Greek_Independence_1821.svg/180px-Greek_Independence_1821.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Greek_Independence_1821.svg/240px-Greek_Independence_1821.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag used by revolutionaries from 1769 to the early stages of the War of Independence</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revolutionary_flags">Revolutionary flags</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Revolutionary flags"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Xenophon_-_Book_of_Signals_-_Flags_of_the_Admirals.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Xenophon_-_Book_of_Signals_-_Flags_of_the_Admirals.jpg/220px-Xenophon_-_Book_of_Signals_-_Flags_of_the_Admirals.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="315" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Xenophon_-_Book_of_Signals_-_Flags_of_the_Admirals.jpg/330px-Xenophon_-_Book_of_Signals_-_Flags_of_the_Admirals.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Xenophon_-_Book_of_Signals_-_Flags_of_the_Admirals.jpg/440px-Xenophon_-_Book_of_Signals_-_Flags_of_the_Admirals.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1465" /></a><figcaption>Flags used by various admirals of the Revolutionary Navy from an 1823 manuscript.</figcaption></figure> <p>Prior and during the early days of the <a href="/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence" title="Greek War of Independence">Greek War of Independence</a> (1821–1829), many different flags were designed, proposed, and used: by various <a href="/wiki/Greek_Enlightenment" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Enlightenment">Greek intellectuals</a> in Western Europe, and by local leaders, chieftains, and regional councils. Aside from the cross, many of these flags featured saints, the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_(mythology)" title="Phoenix (mythology)">phoenix</a> (symbolising the rebirth of the Greek nation), mottoes such as "Freedom or Death" (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος</span></span>), or the <a href="/wiki/Fasces" title="Fasces">fasces</a>-like emblems of the <i><a href="/wiki/Filiki_Eteria" title="Filiki Eteria">Filiki Eteria</a></i>, the secret society that organised the uprising. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Rigas_Feraios.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The flag of Greece, as proposed by Rigas Feraios in 1797"><img alt="The flag of Greece, as proposed by Rigas Feraios in 1797" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Rigas_Feraios.svg/120px-Flag_of_Rigas_Feraios.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Rigas_Feraios.svg/180px-Flag_of_Rigas_Feraios.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Rigas_Feraios.svg/240px-Flag_of_Rigas_Feraios.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> The flag of Greece, as proposed by <a href="/wiki/Rigas_Feraios" title="Rigas Feraios">Rigas Feraios</a> in 1797</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Sacred_Band_of_1821.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Sacred Band with phoenix and motto "from my ashes I'm reborn""><img alt="Flag of the Sacred Band with phoenix and motto "from my ashes I'm reborn"" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_the_Sacred_Band_of_1821.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Sacred_Band_of_1821.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_the_Sacred_Band_of_1821.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Sacred_Band_of_1821.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_the_Sacred_Band_of_1821.svg/240px-Flag_of_the_Sacred_Band_of_1821.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Band_(1821)" title="Sacred Band (1821)">Sacred Band</a> with phoenix and motto "from my ashes I'm reborn"</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_Ypsilantis_flag_(obverse).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Alexander Ypsilantis"><img alt="Flag of Alexander Ypsilantis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Alexander_Ypsilantis_flag_%28obverse%29.svg/120px-Alexander_Ypsilantis_flag_%28obverse%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Alexander_Ypsilantis_flag_%28obverse%29.svg/180px-Alexander_Ypsilantis_flag_%28obverse%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Alexander_Ypsilantis_flag_%28obverse%29.svg/240px-Alexander_Ypsilantis_flag_%28obverse%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1931" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ypsilantis_(1792%E2%80%931828)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Ypsilantis (1792–1828)">Alexander Ypsilantis</a> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Areios_Pagos_Anatolikis_Ellados.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Areopagus of Eastern Continental Greece"><img alt="Flag of the Areopagus of Eastern Continental Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Areios_Pagos_Anatolikis_Ellados.svg/120px-Areios_Pagos_Anatolikis_Ellados.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Areios_Pagos_Anatolikis_Ellados.svg/180px-Areios_Pagos_Anatolikis_Ellados.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Areios_Pagos_Anatolikis_Ellados.svg/240px-Areios_Pagos_Anatolikis_Ellados.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Areopagus_of_Eastern_Continental_Greece" title="Areopagus of Eastern Continental Greece">Areopagus of Eastern Continental Greece</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Andreas_Lontos_Flag_(Revolution1821).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The flag of Andreas Londos"><img alt="The flag of Andreas Londos" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Andreas_Lontos_Flag_%28Revolution1821%29.svg/120px-Andreas_Lontos_Flag_%28Revolution1821%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Andreas_Lontos_Flag_%28Revolution1821%29.svg/180px-Andreas_Lontos_Flag_%28Revolution1821%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Andreas_Lontos_Flag_%28Revolution1821%29.svg/240px-Andreas_Lontos_Flag_%28Revolution1821%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> The flag of <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Londos" title="Andreas Londos">Andreas Londos</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1821_Flag_of_Hydra.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Hydra island"><img alt="Flag of Hydra island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/1821_Flag_of_Hydra.svg/120px-1821_Flag_of_Hydra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/1821_Flag_of_Hydra.svg/180px-1821_Flag_of_Hydra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/1821_Flag_of_Hydra.svg/240px-1821_Flag_of_Hydra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="531" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of <a href="/wiki/Hydra_(island)" title="Hydra (island)">Hydra</a> island</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1821_Flag_of_Spetses.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Spetses island"><img alt="Flag of Spetses island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/1821_Flag_of_Spetses.svg/120px-1821_Flag_of_Spetses.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/1821_Flag_of_Spetses.svg/180px-1821_Flag_of_Spetses.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/1821_Flag_of_Spetses.svg/240px-1821_Flag_of_Spetses.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="531" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of <a href="/wiki/Spetses" title="Spetses">Spetses</a> island</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kastellorizo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Kastellorizo island"><img alt="Flag of Kastellorizo island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Kastellorizo.svg/120px-Flag_of_Kastellorizo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Kastellorizo.svg/180px-Flag_of_Kastellorizo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Kastellorizo.svg/240px-Flag_of_Kastellorizo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of <a href="/wiki/Kastellorizo" title="Kastellorizo">Kastellorizo</a> island</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Athanasios_Diakos_1821.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Athanasios Diakos"><img alt="Flag of Athanasios Diakos" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Athanasios_Diakos_1821.svg/120px-Athanasios_Diakos_1821.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Athanasios_Diakos_1821.svg/180px-Athanasios_Diakos_1821.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Athanasios_Diakos_1821.svg/240px-Athanasios_Diakos_1821.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="384" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of <a href="/wiki/Athanasios_Diakos" title="Athanasios Diakos">Athanasios Diakos</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Administration_of_Samos.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Military-Political System of Samos"><img alt="Flag of the Military-Political System of Samos" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_the_Administration_of_Samos.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Administration_of_Samos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_the_Administration_of_Samos.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Administration_of_Samos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_the_Administration_of_Samos.svg/240px-Flag_of_the_Administration_of_Samos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="558" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Military-Political_System_of_Samos" title="Military-Political System of Samos">Military-Political System of Samos</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adoption">Adoption</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Adoption"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_land_flag_of_Greece.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Old_land_flag_of_Greece.png/220px-Old_land_flag_of_Greece.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Old_land_flag_of_Greece.png/330px-Old_land_flag_of_Greece.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Old_land_flag_of_Greece.png/440px-Old_land_flag_of_Greece.png 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>The old land flag, still flying over the <a href="/wiki/Old_Parliament_House,_Athens" title="Old Parliament House, Athens">Old Parliament House</a> in <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Evangelical_School_Teachers_and_Graduates,_1878.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Evangelical_School_Teachers_and_Graduates%2C_1878.JPG/220px-Evangelical_School_Teachers_and_Graduates%2C_1878.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Evangelical_School_Teachers_and_Graduates%2C_1878.JPG/330px-Evangelical_School_Teachers_and_Graduates%2C_1878.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Evangelical_School_Teachers_and_Graduates%2C_1878.JPG/440px-Evangelical_School_Teachers_and_Graduates%2C_1878.JPG 2x" data-file-width="792" data-file-height="564" /></a><figcaption>Greek Teachers and Graduates of the Evangelical School of <a href="/wiki/Smyrna" title="Smyrna">Smyrna</a> with greek flag (1878).</figcaption></figure> <p>European monarchies, aligned in the so-called "<a href="/wiki/Concert_of_Europe" title="Concert of Europe">Concert of Europe</a>", were suspicious towards national or social revolutionary movements such as the <i>Etaireia</i>. The <a href="/wiki/First_National_Assembly_at_Epidaurus" title="First National Assembly at Epidaurus">First Greek National Assembly</a>, convening in January 1822, thus took steps to disassociate itself from the <i>Etaireia</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s legacy and portray nascent Greece as a "conventional", ordered nation-state.<sup id="cite_ref-Army_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Army-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As such, not only were the regional councils abolished in favour of a central administration, but it was decided to abolish all revolutionary flags and adopt a universal national flag. The reasons why the particular arrangement (white cross on blue) was selected, instead of the more popular blue cross on a white field, remain unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-Army_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Army-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 March 1822, the Provisional Government, by Decree Nr. 540, laid down the exact pattern: white cross on blue (plain) for the land flag; nine alternate-coloured stripes with the white cross on a blue field in the canton for the naval ensign; and blue with a blue cross on a white field in the canton for the civil ensign (merchant flag).<sup id="cite_ref-presidency_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presidency-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Army_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Army-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 June 1828, by decree of the Governor <a href="/wiki/Ioannis_Kapodistrias" title="Ioannis Kapodistrias">Ioannis Kapodistrias</a>, the civil ensign was discontinued, and the cross-and-stripes naval ensign became the national ensign, worn by both naval and merchant ships.<sup id="cite_ref-Army_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Army-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This design became immediately very popular with Greeks and in practice was often used simultaneously with the national (plain cross) flag. </p><p>On 7 February 1828 the Greek flag was internationally recognised for the first time by receiving an official salutation from British, French, and Russian forces in <a href="/wiki/Nafplio" title="Nafplio">Nafplio</a>, then the capital of Greece.<sup id="cite_ref-MEE_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEE-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Greece_(1822-1978).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Greek flag on land, 1822–1969 and 1975–78 as adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus"><img alt="Greek flag on land, 1822–1969 and 1975–78 as adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/240px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Greek flag on land, 1822–1969 and 1975–78 as adopted by the <a href="/wiki/First_National_Assembly_at_Epidaurus" title="First National Assembly at Epidaurus">First National Assembly at Epidaurus</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Greece.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="National flag for use abroad and as the civil ensign. Since 1978 the sole national flag of Greece"><img alt="National flag for use abroad and as the civil ensign. Since 1978 the sole national flag of Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/120px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/180px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/240px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">National flag for use abroad and as the <a href="/wiki/Civil_ensign" title="Civil ensign">civil ensign</a>. Since 1978 the sole national flag of Greece</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greek_merchant_navy_flag.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Civil ensign used from 1822 to 1828"><img alt="Civil ensign used from 1822 to 1828" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Greek_merchant_navy_flag.svg/120px-Greek_merchant_navy_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Greek_merchant_navy_flag.svg/180px-Greek_merchant_navy_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Greek_merchant_navy_flag.svg/240px-Greek_merchant_navy_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span><a href="/wiki/Civil_ensign" title="Civil ensign">Civil ensign</a> used from 1822 to 1828</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Greece_(1970-1975,_3-2).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="A darker variant of the national flag"><img alt="A darker variant of the national flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Flag_of_Greece_%281970-1975%2C_3-2%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_Greece_%281970-1975%2C_3-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Flag_of_Greece_%281970-1975%2C_3-2%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_Greece_%281970-1975%2C_3-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Flag_of_Greece_%281970-1975%2C_3-2%29.svg/240px-Flag_of_Greece_%281970-1975%2C_3-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A darker variant of the national flag</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_evolution">Historical evolution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Historical evolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Specifications_for_the_Flag_of_Greece_(1833).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Specifications_for_the_Flag_of_Greece_%281833%29.png/160px-Specifications_for_the_Flag_of_Greece_%281833%29.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Specifications_for_the_Flag_of_Greece_%281833%29.png/240px-Specifications_for_the_Flag_of_Greece_%281833%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Specifications_for_the_Flag_of_Greece_%281833%29.png/320px-Specifications_for_the_Flag_of_Greece_%281833%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1414" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>The first official specifications for the war flag or naval ensign (published 3 June 1833)</figcaption></figure> <p>After the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Greece_(Wittelsbach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Greece (Wittelsbach)">Kingdom of Greece</a> in 1832, the new king, <a href="/wiki/Otto_of_Greece" title="Otto of Greece">Otto</a>, added the royal <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> (a shield in his ancestral <a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Bavaria_(lozengy).svg" title="File:Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg">Bavarian pattern</a> topped by a crown) in the centre of the cross for military flags (both land and sea versions).<sup id="cite_ref-presidency_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presidency-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decree dated 4 (16) April 1833 provided for various maritime flags such as the war flag or naval ensign (set at 18:25), pennant, royal standard (set at 7:10) and civil ensign (i.e. the naval ensign without coat of arms).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A royal decree dated 28 August 1858 provided for details on the construction and dimensions concerning the flags described in the 1833 decree and other flags. After Otto's abdication in 1862, the royal coat of arms was removed. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Administrative_flags_of_Greece,_Megale_Ellenike_Egkyklopaideia,_1934.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Administrative_flags_of_Greece%2C_Megale_Ellenike_Egkyklopaideia%2C_1934.jpg/160px-Administrative_flags_of_Greece%2C_Megale_Ellenike_Egkyklopaideia%2C_1934.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Administrative_flags_of_Greece%2C_Megale_Ellenike_Egkyklopaideia%2C_1934.jpg/240px-Administrative_flags_of_Greece%2C_Megale_Ellenike_Egkyklopaideia%2C_1934.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Administrative_flags_of_Greece%2C_Megale_Ellenike_Egkyklopaideia%2C_1934.jpg/320px-Administrative_flags_of_Greece%2C_Megale_Ellenike_Egkyklopaideia%2C_1934.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5349" data-file-height="8047" /></a><figcaption>Administrative flags of Greece (1934)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1863, the 17-year old Danish prince William was selected as Greece's new king, taking on the name <a href="/wiki/George_I_of_Greece" title="George I of Greece">George I</a>. A royal decree dated 28 December 1863 introduced crowns into the various flags in place of the coat of arms.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similar arrangements were made for the royal flags, which featured the coat of arms of the House of <a href="/wiki/Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl%C3%BCcksburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg">Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg</a> on a square version of the national flag. A square version of the land flag with St. George in the centre was adopted on 9 April 1864 as the <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Army" title="Hellenic Army">Army</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Colors,_standards_and_guidons" class="mw-redirect" title="Colors, standards and guidons">colours</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Army_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Army-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The exact shape and usage of the flags was determined by Royal Decree on 26 September 1867.<sup id="cite_ref-Army_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Army-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By a new Royal Decree, on 31 May 1914, the various flags of Greece and its military were further regulated. By this decree, the flag with the crown was adopted for use as a <a href="/wiki/State_flag" title="State flag">state flag</a> by ministries, embassies and civil services, while the sea flag (without the crown) was allowed for use by private citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-Army_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Army-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 25 March 1924, with the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Hellenic_Republic" title="Second Hellenic Republic">Second Hellenic Republic</a>, the crowns were removed from all flags.<sup id="cite_ref-Army_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Army-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 February 1930, the national flag's proportions were established at a 2:3 ratio, with the arms of the cross being "one fifth of the flag's width". The land version of the national flag was to be used by ministries, embassies, and in general by all civil and military services, while the sea flag was to be used by naval and merchant vessels, consulates and private citizens. On 10 October 1935, <a href="/wiki/Georgios_Kondylis" title="Georgios Kondylis">Georgios Kondylis</a> declared that the monarchy had been restored. By decree of 7 November 1935, the 31 May 1914 decree was restored.<sup id="cite_ref-1935_Flags_Restoration_Decree_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1935_Flags_Restoration_Decree-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thereby, the crown was restored on the various flags.<sup id="cite_ref-Army_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Army-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Compulsory Law 447 of 1937 described two types of flags allowed for use by private individuals: a fortress-type and a navy-type flag, both identical to the national land and sea flags, but without the crown. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Military_dictatorship_(1967–1974)"><span id="Military_dictatorship_.281967.E2.80.931974.29"></span>Military dictatorship (1967–1974)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Military dictatorship (1967–1974)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The legal provisions went unaltered for a relatively long period of time. In 1967, a new Compulsory Law (198) regulated the declaration of regional flag days, but did not alter the flag. However, on August 18, 1969, the sea flag was established as the sole national flag<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on August 18, 1970, the flag ratio was changed to 7:12 from 2:3.<sup id="cite_ref-Army_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Army-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flags flying in ministries, embassies and public buildings had the crown in the centre of the cross until the official abolition of the monarchy on 1 June 1973 and the use of the crown was officially discontinued on July 16.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Metapolitefsi" title="Metapolitefsi">restoration of democracy</a>, Law 48/1975 and Presidential Decree 515/1975, which entered into effect on 7 June 1975, reversed the situation and designated the former "land flag" as the sole flag of Greece, to be used even at sea. The situation was once again reversed in 1978, when the sea flag once again became the sole flag of Greece and all previous provisions were abolished.<sup id="cite_ref-Army_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Army-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_(1833-1858).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Naval ensign (1833–1858) Proportions: 18:25"><img alt="Naval ensign (1833–1858) Proportions: 18:25" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281833-1858%29.svg/120px-Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281833-1858%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281833-1858%29.svg/180px-Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281833-1858%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281833-1858%29.svg/240px-Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281833-1858%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/35px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span>Naval ensign (1833–1858)<br />Proportions: 18:25</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_(1858-1862).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Naval ensign (1858–1862) Proportions: 2:3"><img alt="Naval ensign (1858–1862) Proportions: 2:3" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281858-1862%29.svg/120px-Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281858-1862%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281858-1862%29.svg/180px-Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281858-1862%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281858-1862%29.svg/240px-Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281858-1862%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="705" data-file-height="470" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/35px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span>Naval ensign (1858–1862)<br />Proportions: 2:3</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:State_Flag_of_Greece_(1863-1924_and_1935-1973).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State flag (1863–1924 and 1935–73)"><img alt="State flag (1863–1924 and 1935–73)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/State_Flag_of_Greece_%281863-1924_and_1935-1973%29.svg/120px-State_Flag_of_Greece_%281863-1924_and_1935-1973%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/State_Flag_of_Greece_%281863-1924_and_1935-1973%29.svg/180px-State_Flag_of_Greece_%281863-1924_and_1935-1973%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/State_Flag_of_Greece_%281863-1924_and_1935-1973%29.svg/240px-State_Flag_of_Greece_%281863-1924_and_1935-1973%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/35px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span>State flag (1863–1924 and 1935–73)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_(1863-1924_and_1935-1970).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Naval ensign (1863–1924 and 1935–73)"><img alt="Naval ensign (1863–1924 and 1935–73)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281863-1924_and_1935-1970%29.svg/120px-Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281863-1924_and_1935-1970%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281863-1924_and_1935-1970%29.svg/180px-Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281863-1924_and_1935-1970%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281863-1924_and_1935-1970%29.svg/240px-Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281863-1924_and_1935-1970%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/35px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span>Naval ensign (1863–1924 and 1935–73)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Greece.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sole national flag (1969–1970) Proportions: 2:3"><img alt="Sole national flag (1969–1970) Proportions: 2:3" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/120px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/180px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/240px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sole national flag (1969–1970) Proportions: 2:3</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Greece_(7-12).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sole national flag (1970–1975) Proportions: 7:12"><img alt="Sole national flag (1970–1975) Proportions: 7:12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Greece_%287-12%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_Greece_%287-12%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Greece_%287-12%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_Greece_%287-12%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Greece_%287-12%29.svg/240px-Flag_of_Greece_%287-12%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sole national flag (1970–1975) Proportions: 7:12</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theories_regarding_the_blue_and_white_colours">Theories regarding the blue and white colours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Theories regarding the blue and white colours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several Greek researchers<sup id="cite_ref-Zapheiriou_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapheiriou-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tzouras_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tzouras-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kokkoni_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kokkoni-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have attempted to establish a continuity of usage and significance of the blue and white colours, throughout Greek history. </p><p>Usages cited include the pattern of blue and white formations included on the shield of <a href="/wiki/Achilles" title="Achilles">Achilles</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Tzouras_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tzouras-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LS_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the apparent connection of blue with goddess <a href="/wiki/Athena" title="Athena">Athena</a>, some of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" title="Alexander the Great">Alexander the Great</a>'s army banners,<sup id="cite_ref-Zapheiriou_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapheiriou-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> possible blue and white flags used during <a href="/wiki/Byzantine" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine">Byzantine</a> times,<sup id="cite_ref-Tzouras_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tzouras-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LS_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> supposed coats of arms of imperial dynasties and noble families, uniforms, emperors' clothes, patriarchs' thrones etc.,<sup id="cite_ref-Zapheiriou_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapheiriou-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kokkoni_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kokkoni-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 15th century versions of the Byzantine Imperial Emblems <sup id="cite_ref-LS_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, of course, cases of usage during the Ottoman rule and the Greek revolution. </p><p>On the other hand, the <a href="/wiki/Great_Greek_Encyclopedia" title="Great Greek Encyclopedia">Great Greek Encyclopedia</a> notes in its 1934 entry on the Greek flag that "very many things have been said for the causes which lead to this specification for the Greek flag, but without historical merit".<sup id="cite_ref-MEE_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEE-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_flag_of_Greece">Current flag of Greece</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Current flag of Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Greece_(construction_sheet).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Greece_%28construction_sheet%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_Greece_%28construction_sheet%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Greece_%28construction_sheet%29.svg/330px-Flag_of_Greece_%28construction_sheet%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Greece_%28construction_sheet%29.svg/440px-Flag_of_Greece_%28construction_sheet%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>Construction sheet of the national flag</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:208px;max-width:208px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:102px;max-width:102px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vertical_flag_of_Greece_(correct).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Correct vertical display" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Vertical_flag_of_Greece_%28correct%29.svg/100px-Vertical_flag_of_Greece_%28correct%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Vertical_flag_of_Greece_%28correct%29.svg/150px-Vertical_flag_of_Greece_%28correct%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Vertical_flag_of_Greece_%28correct%29.svg/200px-Vertical_flag_of_Greece_%28correct%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="810" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><b>Correct</b> vertical display</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:102px;max-width:102px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vertical_flag_of_Greece_(incorrect).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Incorrect vertical display" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Vertical_flag_of_Greece_%28incorrect%29.svg/100px-Vertical_flag_of_Greece_%28incorrect%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Vertical_flag_of_Greece_%28incorrect%29.svg/150px-Vertical_flag_of_Greece_%28incorrect%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Vertical_flag_of_Greece_%28incorrect%29.svg/200px-Vertical_flag_of_Greece_%28incorrect%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="810" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><b>Incorrect</b> vertical display</div></div></div></div></div> <p>In 1978, the sea flag was adopted as the sole national flag, with a 2:3 ratio.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flag is used on both land and sea is also the war and civil ensign, replacing all other designs surviving until that time. No other designs and badges can be shown on the flag. To date, no specification of the exact shade of the blue colour of the flag has been issued. Consequently, in practice hues may vary from very light to very dark. The Greek Flag Day is on 27 October. </p><p>The old land flag is still flown at the <a href="/wiki/Old_Parliament_House,_Athens" title="Old Parliament House, Athens">Old Parliament building</a> in Athens, site of the National Historical Museum, and can still be seen displayed unofficially by private citizens. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protocol">Protocol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Protocol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Greece_(parade).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Greece_%28parade%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_Greece_%28parade%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Greece_%28parade%29.svg/330px-Flag_of_Greece_%28parade%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Greece_%28parade%29.svg/440px-Flag_of_Greece_%28parade%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="911" data-file-height="879" /></a><figcaption>The flag as used in parades</figcaption></figure> <p>The use of the Greek flag is regulated by Law 851.<sup id="cite_ref-Law_851_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Law_851-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More specifically, the law states that: </p> <ul><li>When displayed at the Presidential Palace, the <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Parliament" title="Hellenic Parliament">Hellenic Parliament</a>, the ministries, embassies and consulates of <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, schools, military camps, and public and private ships as well as the navy, the flag must:</li></ul> <dl><dd><ol><li>Fly from 8am until sunset,</li> <li>Be displayed on a white mast topped with a white cross on top of a white sphere,</li> <li>Not be torn or damaged in any way. If the flag is damaged, it should be burned in a respectful manner.</li></ol></dd></dl> <ul><li>The flag can be displayed by civilians on days specified by the ministry of internal affairs, as well as in sporting events and other occasions of the sort.</li> <li>When displayed vertically, the canton must be on the left side of the flag from the point of view of the spectator.</li> <li>The flag should never be:</li></ul> <dl><dd><ol><li>Defaced by means of writing or superimposing any kind of image or symbol upon it,</li> <li>Used to cover a statue. In that case, cloth in the national colours must be used,</li> <li>Hung from windows or balconies without the use of a mast,</li> <li>Used for commercial purposes,</li> <li>Used as a logo for any corporation or organization, even at different proportions.</li></ol></dd></dl> <ul><li>When placed on top of a coffin, the canton must always be on the right of the person's head.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colours">Colours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Colours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The government has <b>not specified</b> exactly <i>which</i> shade of blue should be used for the flag, and as such flags with many varying shades exist. In the most recent legislation regarding the national flag, the colours mentioned are: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote centered" style="width:400px; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>The National Flag of Greece is cyan and white, it is made up of nine (9) stripes equal in width, of which five (5) are cyan and four (4) are white so that the upper and lower stripes are cyan and the others in between are white. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style=""><b>Law 851/1978</b>, <i>Regarding the National Flag</i>, Article 1, Clause 1</cite></p> </div> <p>Because of the use of the word 'cyan' (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">κυανός</span>, <span title="Greek-language text"><i lang="el-Latn">Kyanos</i></span>), which can also mean 'blue' in <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>, the exact shade of blue remains ambiguous. Although it implies the use of a light shade of blue, such as on the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_Nations" title="Flag of the United Nations">flag of the United Nations</a>, the colours of the Greek flag tend to be darker, especially during the <a href="/wiki/Greek_military_junta_of_1967%E2%80%931974" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek military junta of 1967–1974">dictatorship</a> and in recent years, with the exception of the years of the rule of <a href="/wiki/Otto_of_Greece" title="Otto of Greece">King Otto</a>, when a very light shade of blue was used. Consequently, the shade of blue is largely left to the flagmakers to decide, as shown in the table below. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">White color </th> <th colspan="3">Blue color </th> <th>Source </th> <th>Year </th> <th>URL </th></tr> <tr> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffffff; color:black;"> </span> White </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffffff; color:black;"> </span> #ffffff </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffffff; color:black;"> </span> 0% - 0% - 0% - 0% </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0039a6; color:white;"> </span> 286 C </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#005bae; color:white;"> </span> #005bae </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#005bae; color:white;"> </span> 100% - 60% - 0% - 5% </td> <td>Album des Pavillons </td> <td>2000 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Album_des_Pavillons_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Album_des_Pavillons-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffffff; color:black;"> </span> White </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffffff; color:black;"> </span> #ffffff </td> <td> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#2175d8; color:black;"> </span> 285 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#2175d8; color:black;"> </span> #2175d8 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a> Flag Manual </td> <td>2008 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffffff; color:black;"> </span> White </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffffff; color:black;"> </span> #ffffff </td> <td> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#004C98; color:white;"> </span> Reflex Blue </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#004C98; color:white;"> </span> #004C98 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a> Flag Manual </td> <td>2012 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flag_days">Flag days</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Flag days"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Porosoxiday.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Porosoxiday.jpg/200px-Porosoxiday.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Porosoxiday.jpg/300px-Porosoxiday.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Porosoxiday.jpg/400px-Porosoxiday.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1143" data-file-height="1766" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ohi_Day" title="Ohi Day">Ohi Day</a> decorations in <a href="/wiki/Poros" title="Poros">Poros</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Law 851/1978 sets the general outline for when the specific days on which the flag should be raised.<sup id="cite_ref-Law_851_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Law_851-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For national holidays, this applies country-wide, but on local ones it only applies to those areas where the said holiday is being celebrated.<sup id="cite_ref-Law_851_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Law_851-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the flag may also be flown on days of national mourning, <a href="/wiki/Half-mast" title="Half-mast">half-mast</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Interior_(Greece)" title="Ministry of the Interior (Greece)">Minister of the Interior</a> has the authority to proclaim flag days if they are not already proclaimed, and proclaiming regional flag days is vested with the elected head of each <a href="/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">regional unit</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Greece" title="Prefectures of Greece">prefectures</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Law_851_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Law_851-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:800px;"> <caption>National flag days in Greece </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Reason </th></tr> <tr> <td>25 March </td> <td><i>25th of March</i> </td> <td>Anniversary of the traditional start date for the <a href="/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence" title="Greek War of Independence">Greek War of Independence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EU_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EU-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 October </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ochi_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Ochi Day">Ochi Day</a> (No Day)</i> </td> <td>Anniversary of the refusal to accept the <a href="/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian invasion of Greece">Italian ultimatum</a> in 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-EU_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EU-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 November </td> <td><i>Polytechnic Day</i> </td> <td>Anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Athens_Polytechnic_uprising" title="Athens Polytechnic uprising">Athens Polytechnic uprising</a> against the military junta (school holiday).<sup id="cite_ref-PD_201/1998_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PD_201/1998-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Although 17 November is not an official national holiday, Presidential Decree 201/1998 states that respects are to be paid to the flag on that particular day.<sup id="cite_ref-PD_201/1998_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PD_201/1998-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_flags">Military flags</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Military flags"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Army_and_Air_Force_War_flag">Army and Air Force War flag</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Army and Air Force War flag"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The war flag (equivalent to regimental colours) of the Army and the Air Force is of square shape, with a white cross on blue background. On the centre of the cross the image of Saint George is shown on Army war flags and the image of <a href="/wiki/Michael_(archangel)" title="Michael (archangel)">archangel Michael</a> is shown on Air Force war flags.<sup id="cite_ref-presidency_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presidency-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Army war flags are normally carried by infantry, tank and special forces regiments and battalions, by the <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Military_Academy" title="Hellenic Military Academy">Evelpidon Military Academy</a>, the Non-Commissioned Officers Academy and the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Guard_(Greece)" title="Presidential Guard (Greece)">Presidential Guard</a> when in battle or in parade.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, flying a war flag in battle is unlikely with current warfare tactics. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:War_flag_of_the_Hellenic_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Army regimental war flag"><img alt="Army regimental war flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/War_flag_of_the_Hellenic_Army.svg/116px-War_flag_of_the_Hellenic_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="116" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/War_flag_of_the_Hellenic_Army.svg/174px-War_flag_of_the_Hellenic_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/War_flag_of_the_Hellenic_Army.svg/233px-War_flag_of_the_Hellenic_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="727" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Army regimental war flag</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Hellenic_Air_Force_(1973-1978).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Air Force and civil air ensign, 1973–1978"><img alt="Air Force and civil air ensign, 1973–1978" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_the_Hellenic_Air_Force_%281973-1978%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Hellenic_Air_Force_%281973-1978%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_the_Hellenic_Air_Force_%281973-1978%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Hellenic_Air_Force_%281973-1978%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_the_Hellenic_Air_Force_%281973-1978%29.svg/240px-Flag_of_the_Hellenic_Air_Force_%281973-1978%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Air Force and civil air ensign, 1973–1978</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Naval_and_civil_ensigns">Naval and civil ensigns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Naval and civil ensigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The current naval and civil <a href="/wiki/Ensign_(flag)" title="Ensign (flag)">ensigns</a> are identical to the national flag. </p><p>The simple <i>white cross on blue field</i> pattern is also used as the Navy's <a href="/wiki/Naval_jack" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval jack">jack</a> and as the base pattern for naval rank flags. These flags are described in Chapter 21 (articles 2101–30) of the Naval Regulations. A jack is also flown by larger vessels of the Hellenic Coast Guard. </p><p>Units of Naval or Coast Guard personnel in parade fly the war ensign in place of the war flag.<sup id="cite_ref-War_flags_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-War_flags-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Jack_of_Greece.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Naval jack of Greece"><img alt="Naval jack of Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Naval_Jack_of_Greece.svg/120px-Naval_Jack_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Naval_Jack_of_Greece.svg/180px-Naval_Jack_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Naval_Jack_of_Greece.svg/240px-Naval_Jack_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Naval jack of Greece</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_rank_flag_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Greece.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Naval rank flag of the prime minister of Greece"><img alt="Naval rank flag of the prime minister of Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Naval_rank_flag_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Greece.svg/120px-Naval_rank_flag_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Naval_rank_flag_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Greece.svg/180px-Naval_rank_flag_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Naval_rank_flag_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Greece.svg/240px-Naval_rank_flag_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Naval rank flag of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime minister of Greece">prime minister of Greece</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greek_Navy_Admiral_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Naval rank flag for a full admiral"><img alt="Naval rank flag for a full admiral" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Greek_Navy_Admiral_Flag.svg/120px-Greek_Navy_Admiral_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Greek_Navy_Admiral_Flag.svg/180px-Greek_Navy_Admiral_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Greek_Navy_Admiral_Flag.svg/240px-Greek_Navy_Admiral_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Naval rank flag for a full <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">admiral</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hellenic_Coast_Guard_Flag_(1973-1980).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coast Guard ensign (1973–1980)"><img alt="Coast Guard ensign (1973–1980)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Hellenic_Coast_Guard_Flag_%281973-1980%29.svg/120px-Hellenic_Coast_Guard_Flag_%281973-1980%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Hellenic_Coast_Guard_Flag_%281973-1980%29.svg/180px-Hellenic_Coast_Guard_Flag_%281973-1980%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Hellenic_Coast_Guard_Flag_%281973-1980%29.svg/240px-Hellenic_Coast_Guard_Flag_%281973-1980%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Coast_Guard" title="Hellenic Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a> ensign (1973–1980)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_uniformed_services">Other uniformed services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Other uniformed services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the past a war flag was assigned to the former semi-military <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Gendarmerie" title="Hellenic Gendarmerie">Hellenic Gendarmerie</a>, which was later merged with <a href="/wiki/Cities_Police" title="Cities Police">Cities Police</a> to form the current <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Police" title="Hellenic Police">Hellenic Police</a>. The flag was similar to the Army war flag but showing <a href="/wiki/Agape,_Chionia,_and_Irene" title="Agape, Chionia, and Irene">Saint Irene</a> in place of Saint George.<sup id="cite_ref-War_flags_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-War_flags-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the Fire Service and the Hellenic Police are considered civilian agencies, they are not assigned war flags. They use the National Flag instead.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Identical rules were applied to the former Cities Police. However, recently the Police Academy has been assigned a war flag, and they paraded for the first time with this flag on Independence Day, March 25, 2011. The flag is similar to the Army war flag, with the image of St George replaced with that of <a href="/wiki/Artemius" title="Artemius">Artemius of Antioch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flag_of_the_head_of_state">Flag of the head of state</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Flag of the head of state"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Flag_of_Greece" title="Special:EditPage/Flag of Greece">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Flag+of+Greece%22">"Flag of Greece"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Flag+of+Greece%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Flag+of+Greece%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Flag+of+Greece%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Flag+of+Greece%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Flag+of+Greece%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Throughout the history of <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, various <a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Greece" title="List of heads of state of Greece">heads of state</a> have used different flags. The designs differ according to the historical era they were used in and in accordance with the political scene in <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> at the time. The first flag to be used by a <a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Greece" title="List of heads of state of Greece">head of state of Greece</a> was that of <a href="/wiki/Otto_of_Greece" title="Otto of Greece">King Otto of Greece</a>. </p><p>Following the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Greece_(Wittelsbach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Greece (Wittelsbach)">Kingdom of Greece</a> in 1832, the 17-year old Bavarian prince <a href="/wiki/Otto_of_Greece" title="Otto of Greece">Otto</a> was selected as king for the newfound monarchy. A royal decree dated 4 (16) April 1833 prescribed a number of maritime flags, including the royal standard. This flag, set at a 7:10 ratio, was a variant of the Greek white-cross-on-blue and featured the ancestral coat of arms of the <a href="/wiki/Wittelsbach_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Wittelsbach dynasty">Wittelsbach dynasty</a> at its centre. The construction and dimensions of this flag was further described by a decree dated 28 August 1858, which also changed the proportions of the flag from 7:10 to 3:2. Following Otto's abdication in 1862, the Wittelsbach coat of arms would subsequently be removed. </p><p>In 1863, the 17-year old Danish prince William was selected as Greece's new king, taking on the name <a href="/wiki/George_I_of_Greece" title="George I of Greece">George I</a>. A royal decree dated 28 December 1863 prescribed that the king's standard would retain the same dimensions and basic design of the previous flag. At the flag's centre, the royal coat of arms of the new dynasty (<a href="/wiki/Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl%C3%BCcksburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg">Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg</a>) would feature. By a new royal decree of 3 June 1914, the distinguishing flags to be utilised by the various members of the royal family were described. The king's flag was defined as being square in shape and, as in previous flags, featured the coat of arms of the king on a Greek white-cross-on-blue. As the king at the time, <a href="/wiki/Constantine_I_of_Greece" title="Constantine I of Greece">Constantine I</a>, was made a <a href="/wiki/Stratarchis" class="mw-redirect" title="Stratarchis">field marshal</a> the previous year, the coat of arms on his flag featured a heraldic representation of the <a href="/wiki/Marshal%27s_baton" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshal's baton">Marshal's baton</a> in twos, crossed behind his coat of arms. </p><p>With the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Hellenic_Republic" title="Second Hellenic Republic">Second Hellenic Republic</a> in 1924, the king's flag was made redundant. In 1930, a presidential decree described the president's flag as being a square version of the usual cross flag, devoid of any distinguishing markings. </p><p>On 10 October 1935, <a href="/wiki/Georgios_Kondylis" title="Georgios Kondylis">Georgios Kondylis</a> declared that the monarchy had been restored and the 3 June 1914 decree was restored by decree of 7 November 1935. This flag, and the flags of other members of the royal family, was replaced the following year with new designs. Unlike previous designs, all flags now featured the coat of arms of the dynasty at its centre and would be distinguished by the number of crowns present at each of the four corners of the flags: The flag of the king featured a crown on each of the corners of the flag. This was the last design of a royal standard to be adopted prior to the eventual formal abolition of the monarchy in 1973. </p><p>The president's flag is currently prescribed by Presidential Decree 274/1979.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greek_flag_with_monogram_of_King_Otto.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag with the monogram of King Otto of Greece (1833–1862)"><img alt="Flag with the monogram of King Otto of Greece (1833–1862)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Greek_flag_with_monogram_of_King_Otto.svg/120px-Greek_flag_with_monogram_of_King_Otto.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Greek_flag_with_monogram_of_King_Otto.svg/180px-Greek_flag_with_monogram_of_King_Otto.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Greek_flag_with_monogram_of_King_Otto.svg/240px-Greek_flag_with_monogram_of_King_Otto.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag with the monogram of King Otto of Greece (1833–1862)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Royal_Standard_of_Greece_(1833-1858).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Royal Standard of Greece (1833–1858)"><img alt="The Royal Standard of Greece (1833–1858)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Naval_Royal_Standard_of_Greece_%281833-1858%29.svg/120px-Naval_Royal_Standard_of_Greece_%281833-1858%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Naval_Royal_Standard_of_Greece_%281833-1858%29.svg/180px-Naval_Royal_Standard_of_Greece_%281833-1858%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Naval_Royal_Standard_of_Greece_%281833-1858%29.svg/240px-Naval_Royal_Standard_of_Greece_%281833-1858%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> The Royal Standard of Greece (1833–1858)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Royal_Standard_of_Greece_(1858-1862).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Royal Standard of Greece (1858–1862)"><img alt="The Royal Standard of Greece (1858–1862)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Naval_Royal_Standard_of_Greece_%281858-1862%29.svg/120px-Naval_Royal_Standard_of_Greece_%281858-1862%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Naval_Royal_Standard_of_Greece_%281858-1862%29.svg/180px-Naval_Royal_Standard_of_Greece_%281858-1862%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Naval_Royal_Standard_of_Greece_%281858-1862%29.svg/240px-Naval_Royal_Standard_of_Greece_%281858-1862%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="702" data-file-height="468" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> The Royal Standard of Greece (1858–1862)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greek_Royal_Flag_1863.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Royal Standard of Greece (1863–1913)"><img alt="The Royal Standard of Greece (1863–1913)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Greek_Royal_Flag_1863.svg/120px-Greek_Royal_Flag_1863.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Greek_Royal_Flag_1863.svg/180px-Greek_Royal_Flag_1863.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Greek_Royal_Flag_1863.svg/240px-Greek_Royal_Flag_1863.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1070" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> The Royal Standard of Greece (1863–1913)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Standard_of_King_George_I_of_Greece_(1863-1913).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of King George I of Greece (1863–1913)"><img alt="Flag of King George I of Greece (1863–1913)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Standard_of_King_George_I_of_Greece_%281863-1913%29.svg/120px-Standard_of_King_George_I_of_Greece_%281863-1913%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Standard_of_King_George_I_of_Greece_%281863-1913%29.svg/180px-Standard_of_King_George_I_of_Greece_%281863-1913%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Standard_of_King_George_I_of_Greece_%281863-1913%29.svg/240px-Standard_of_King_George_I_of_Greece_%281863-1913%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of King George I of Greece (1863–1913)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_President_of_Greece.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the president of Greece (1979–present)"><img alt="Flag of the president of Greece (1979–present)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_the_President_of_Greece.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_the_President_of_Greece.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_the_President_of_Greece.svg/240px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="834" data-file-height="834" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Greece" title="President of Greece">president of Greece</a> (1979–present)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_of_double-headed_eagle">Use of double-headed eagle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Use of double-headed eagle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Flag_of_Greece" title="Special:EditPage/Flag of Greece">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Flag+of+Greece%22">"Flag of Greece"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Flag+of+Greece%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Flag+of+Greece%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Flag+of+Greece%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Flag+of+Greece%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Flag+of+Greece%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palaeologoi_eagle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Palaeologoi_eagle.jpg/200px-Palaeologoi_eagle.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Palaeologoi_eagle.jpg/300px-Palaeologoi_eagle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Palaeologoi_eagle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="369" data-file-height="487" /></a><figcaption>The double-headed eagle was the symbol of the <a href="/wiki/Palaiologoi" class="mw-redirect" title="Palaiologoi">Palaiologoi</a> dynasty.</figcaption></figure> <p>One of the most recognisable and beloved Greek symbols, the <a href="/wiki/Double-headed_eagle" title="Double-headed eagle">double-headed eagle</a>, is not a part of the modern Greek flag or coat of arms (although it is officially used by the Greek Army, the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Greece" title="Church of Greece">Church of Greece</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cypriot_National_Guard" title="Cypriot National Guard">Cypriot National Guard</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Cyprus" title="Church of Cyprus">Church of Cyprus</a>, and was incorporated in the Greek coat of arms in 1926<sup id="cite_ref-LS_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). One suggested explanation <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> is that, upon independence, an effort was made for political — and international relations — reasons to limit expressions implying efforts to recreate the Byzantine Empire. Yet another theory<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> is that this symbol was only connected with a particular period of Greek history (Byzantine) and a particular form of rule (imperial). </p><p>Some Greek sources have attempted to establish links with ancient symbols: the eagle was a common design representing power in ancient city-states, while there was an implication of a "dual-eagle" concept in the tale that Zeus left two eagles fly east and west from the ends of the world, eventually meeting in Delphi, thus proving it to be the centre of the earth. However, there is virtually no doubt that its origin is a blend of Roman and Eastern influences. Indeed, the early Byzantine Empire inherited the Roman eagle as an imperial symbol. During his reign, Emperor <a href="/wiki/Isaac_I_Comnenus" class="mw-redirect" title="Isaac I Comnenus">Isaac I Comnenus</a> (1057–59) modified it as double-headed, influenced by traditions about such a beast in his native <a href="/wiki/Paphlagonia" title="Paphlagonia">Paphlagonia</a> in Asia Minor (in turn reflecting possibly much older local myths). Many modifications followed in flag details, often combined with the cross. After the recapture of Constantinople by the Byzantine Greeks in 1261, two crowns were added (over each head) representing — according to the most prevalent theory — the newly recaptured capital and the intermediate "capital" of the <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Nicaea" title="Empire of Nicaea">empire of Nicaea</a>. There has been some confusion about the exact use of this symbol by the Byzantines; it appears that, at least originally, it was more a "dynastic" and not a "state" symbol (a term not fully applicable at the time, anyway), and for this reason, the colours connected with it were clearly the colours of "imperial power", i.e., red and yellow/gold. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople" title="Fall of Constantinople">fall of Constantinople</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> nonetheless, the double-headed eagle remained a strong symbol of reference for the Greeks. Most characteristically, the Orthodox Church continues to use the double-headed eagle extensively as a decorative motif, and has also adopted a black eagle on yellow/gold background as its official flag. </p><p>After the Ottoman conquest, however, this symbol also found its way to a "new Constantinople" (or <a href="/wiki/Third_Rome" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Rome">Third Rome</a>), i.e. <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>. Russia, deeply influenced by the Byzantine Empire, saw herself as its heir and adopted the double-headed eagle as its imperial symbol. It was also adopted by the Serbs, the Montenegrins, the Albanians and a number of Western rulers, most notably in Germany and Austria. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Greek_Orthodox_Church.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Greek Orthodox Church"><img alt="Flag of the Greek Orthodox Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_the_Greek_Orthodox_Church.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Greek_Orthodox_Church.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_the_Greek_Orthodox_Church.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Greek_Orthodox_Church.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_the_Greek_Orthodox_Church.svg/240px-Flag_of_the_Greek_Orthodox_Church.svg.png 2x" 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class="reference-text">Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070402084632/http://www.army.gr/n/g/publications/articles/GreekFlag0/GreekFlag1/">Η καθιέρωση της ελληνικής σημαίας ("The adoption of the Greek flag")</a>, Hellenic Army General Staff, 2003.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Flag Bulletin, Volumes 14–17</i>, Flag Research Center, 1976, p. 63: "Greeks wanted this color for their flag because they have always looked at the blue sky and the blue ocean."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Zapheiriou-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Zapheiriou_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Zapheiriou_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Zapheiriou_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Zapheiriou_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span 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Oxford University Press. pp. 472, 999. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-504652-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-504652-6"><bdi>978-0-19-504652-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Oxford+Dictionary+of+Byzantium&rft.pages=472%2C+999&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=978-0-19-504652-6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlag+of+Greece" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-heraldica-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-heraldica_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.heraldica.org/topics/national/byzantin.htm">"Byzantine Heraldry, from <i>Heraldica.org</i>"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140106100602/http://www.heraldica.org/topics/national/byzantin.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 6 January 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Oxford University Press. pp. 472–473. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-504652-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-504652-6"><bdi>978-0-19-504652-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Oxford+Dictionary+of+Byzantium&rft.pages=472-473&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=978-0-19-504652-6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlag+of+Greece" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MEE-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MEE_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MEE_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://anemi.lib.uoc.gr/php/pdf_pager.php?filename=%2Fvar%2Fwww%2Fanemi-portal%2Fmetadata%2Fa%2Ff%2Fb%2Fattached-metadata-01-0002588%2F279838_10.pdf&rec=%2Fmetadata%2Fa%2Ff%2Fb%2Fmetadata-01-0002588.tkl&do=279838_10.pdf&width=662&height=963&pagestart=1&maxpage=1104&lang=en&pageno=1&pagenotop=1&pagenobottom=262"><i>Μεγάλη Ἐλληνικὴ Ἐγκυκλοπαιδεῖα</i></a> [<i>Greece - Hellenism</i>] (in Greek). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 November</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Gazette+16%2F1864%2C+25-4-1864%2C+p.+85&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.et.gr%2Fidocs-nph%2Fsearch%2FpdfViewerForm.html%3Fargs%3D5C7QrtC22wEAK2kq_ZCTwHdtvSoClrL89jIOERdkaTXtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6qSYtMQEkEHLwnFqmgJSA5UkHEKavWyL4FoKqSe4BlOTSpEWYhszF8P8UqWb_zFijGEKYZW5D6cHE0jxwiaE_B3VjI95Ckucxi5zOQRDDluu&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlag+of+Greece" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wEg7sqjUkXhkHdtvSoClrL8rhVGUJriOULtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6qSYtMQEkEHLwnFqmgJSA5UkHEKavWyL4FoKqSe4BlOTSpEWYhszF8P8UqWb_zFijB2CD49C6oOTf0c1KpUdpIBmx7O5mCsosB2RnMH1Gsqc">"Gazette 61/1867, 19-10-1867, pages 700-701"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171110171645/http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wEg7sqjUkXhkHdtvSoClrL8rhVGUJriOULtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6qSYtMQEkEHLwnFqmgJSA5UkHEKavWyL4FoKqSe4BlOTSpEWYhszF8P8UqWb_zFijB2CD49C6oOTf0c1KpUdpIBmx7O5mCsosB2RnMH1Gsqc">Archived</a> from the original on 10 November 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 November</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%CE%A6%CE%95%CE%9A+541%2F1935%2C+dated+12.11.1935%2C+page+2656&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.et.gr%2Fidocs-nph%2Fsearch%2FpdfViewerForm.html%3Fargs%3D5C7QrtC22wFO_KkoXZFLcndtvSoClrL8c6_D4wm7uet5MXD0LzQTLWPU9yLzB8V68knBzLCmTXKaO6fpVZ6Lx9hLslJUqeiQDXcWtx2XOBuUCmKPaHy46nmatzZ4drAC3R56ovwa0E8.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlag+of+Greece" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.et.gr/api/Download_Small/?fek_pdf=19690100159">"Nomothetikón Diátagma yp' arith. 254 Perí tís Ethnikís kaí tón Polemikón Simaión" <bdi lang="el">Νομοθετικὸν Διάταγμα ὑπ’ ἀριθ. 254 Περὶ τῆς Ἐθνικῆς καὶ τῶν Πολεμικῶν Σημαιῶν</bdi></a> [Legislative Decree No. 254 About the National and Military Flags]. <i><a href="/wiki/Government_Gazette_(Greece)" title="Government Gazette (Greece)">Government Gazette of the Kingdom of Greece</a></i> (in Greek). <b>A</b> (159). Athens: National Printing Office. 18 August 1969. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230907195058/https://www.et.gr/api/Download_Small/?fek_pdf=19690100159">Archived</a> from the original on 7 September 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 September</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Government+Gazette+of+the+Kingdom+of+Greece&rft.atitle=Nomothetik%C3%B3n+Di%C3%A1tagma+yp%27+arith.+254+Per%C3%AD+t%C3%ADs+Ethnik%C3%ADs+ka%C3%AD+t%C3%B3n+Polemik%C3%B3n+Simai%C3%B3n+%CE%9D%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%B8%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%E1%BD%B8%CE%BD+%CE%94%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B1+%E1%BD%91%CF%80%E2%80%99+%E1%BC%80%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B8.+254+%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%E1%BD%B6+%CF%84%E1%BF%86%CF%82+%E1%BC%98%CE%B8%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%E1%BF%86%CF%82+%CE%BA%CE%B1%E1%BD%B6+%CF%84%E1%BF%B6%CE%BD+%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BA%E1%BF%B6%CE%BD+%CE%A3%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B9%E1%BF%B6%CE%BD&rft.volume=A&rft.issue=159&rft.date=1969-08-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.et.gr%2Fapi%2FDownload_Small%2F%3Ffek_pdf%3D19690100159&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlag+of+Greece" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Legislative Decree 53/1973 <i>On the amendment of certain provisions of the L.D. 254/69 "Regarding the National Flag and War Flags"</i> (Government Gazette Issue A 144/1973)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Tzouras-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tzouras_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tzouras_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tzouras_19-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">V. Tzouras, <i>Η Ελληνική Σημαία, Μελέτη Πρωτότυπος Ιστορική (The Greek Flag, Original Historic Study)</i>, A. Lantzas, Kerkyra 1909</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kokkoni-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kokkoni_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kokkoni_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">E. Kokkoni and G. Tsiveriotis, <i>Ελληνικές Σημαίες, Σήματα-Εμβλήματα (Greek Flags, Signs and Emblems)</i>, Athens 1997 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/960-7795-01-6" title="Special:BookSources/960-7795-01-6">960-7795-01-6</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Law 851/21-12-1978 <i>On the national Flag, War Flags and the Distinguishing Flag of the President of the Republic</i>, Gazette issue A-233/1978.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Law_851-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Law_851_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Law_851_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Law_851_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Law_851_22-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://old.law.uoa.gr/crime-research/simaia.pdf">Law 851 (in Greek)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130120102653/http://old.law.uoa.gr/crime-research/simaia.pdf">Archived</a> 2013-01-20 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Album_des_Pavillons-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Album_des_Pavillons_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Album des pavillons nationaux et des marques distinctives</i>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.seepeaa.gr/LH2Uploads/ItemsContent/247/%CE%A0%CE%A1%CE%9F%CE%95%CE%94%CE%A1%CE%99%CE%9A%CE%9F%20%CE%94%CE%99%CE%91%CE%A4%CE%91%CE%93%CE%9C%CE%91%20%CE%A5%CE%A0%27%20%CE%91%CE%A1%CE%99%CE%98.%20201-1998%20%CE%9F%CE%A1%CE%93%CE%91%CE%9D%CE%A9%CE%A3%CE%97%20%CE%9A%CE%91%CE%99%20%CE%9B%CE%95%CE%99%CE%A4%CE%9F%CE%A5%CE%A1%CE%93%CE%99%CE%91%20%CE%94%CE%97%CE%9C%CE%9F%CE%A4%CE%99%CE%9A%CE%A9%CE%9D%20%CE%A3%CE%A7%CE%9F%CE%9B%CE%95%CE%99%CE%A9%CE%9D.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 4 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 March</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Presidential+Decree+201%2F1998&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seepeaa.gr%2FLH2Uploads%2FItemsContent%2F247%2F%25CE%25A0%25CE%25A1%25CE%259F%25CE%2595%25CE%2594%25CE%25A1%25CE%2599%25CE%259A%25CE%259F%2520%25CE%2594%25CE%2599%25CE%2591%25CE%25A4%25CE%2591%25CE%2593%25CE%259C%25CE%2591%2520%25CE%25A5%25CE%25A0%2527%2520%25CE%2591%25CE%25A1%25CE%2599%25CE%2598.%2520201-1998%2520%25CE%259F%25CE%25A1%25CE%2593%25CE%2591%25CE%259D%25CE%25A9%25CE%25A3%25CE%2597%2520%25CE%259A%25CE%2591%25CE%2599%2520%25CE%259B%25CE%2595%25CE%2599%25CE%25A4%25CE%259F%25CE%25A5%25CE%25A1%25CE%2593%25CE%2599%25CE%2591%2520%25CE%2594%25CE%2597%25CE%259C%25CE%259F%25CE%25A4%25CE%2599%25CE%259A%25CE%25A9%25CE%259D%2520%25CE%25A3%25CE%25A7%25CE%259F%25CE%259B%25CE%2595%25CE%2599%25CE%25A9%25CE%259D.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlag+of+Greece" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO._Zotiadis2001" class="citation journal cs1">O. Zotiadis (January 2001). "Decorations of War Flags (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Τιμητικές διακρίσεις πολεμικών σημαιών</span>)". <i>Military Review</i>. Hellenic Army General Staff.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Military+Review&rft.atitle=Decorations+of+War+Flags+%28Greek%3A+%3Cspan+lang%3D%22el%22%3E%CE%A4%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%82+%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82+%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8E%CE%BD+%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD%3C%2Fspan%3ECategory%3AArticles+containing+Greek-language+text%29&rft.date=2001-01&rft.au=O.+Zotiadis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlag+of+Greece" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-War_flags-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-War_flags_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-War_flags_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Presidential Decree 348 /17-4-1980, <i>On the war flags of the Armed Forces and the Gendarmerie Corps</i>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wHTYtwQ1DmBJndtvSoClrL8qch8ztD7IMbtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6hq6ZkZV96FIX4AjUZfxaUytXlEZB1FlApTYXFK63-HTZeR-sgyCNgw.">Gazette issue A-98/1980</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230129232541/http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wHTYtwQ1DmBJndtvSoClrL8qch8ztD7IMbtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6hq6ZkZV96FIX4AjUZfxaUytXlEZB1FlApTYXFK63-HTZeR-sgyCNgw.">Archived</a> 29 January 2023 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Presidential Decree 991/7-10-1980, <i>Specification of the size of the National Flag born by the Coast Guard, Cities Police and Fire Service and the length of its staff</i>, Gazette issue A-247/1980.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.astynomia.gr/index.php?Id=5074&Itemid=52">"Σχολή Αξιωματικών Ελληνικής Αστυνομίας"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160806054009/http://www.astynomia.gr/index.php?Id=5074&Itemid=52">Archived</a> from the original on 6 August 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 May</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%CE%A3%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%AE+%CE%91%CE%BE%CE%B9%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8E%CE%BD+%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82+%CE%91%CF%83%CF%84%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.astynomia.gr%2Findex.php%3FId%3D5074%26Itemid%3D52&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlag+of+Greece" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">published in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGrY_r85_PxvndtvSoClrL8I8z79QigGevtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6hq6ZkZV96FIfIVzV77K9VrmI-B8II7sEq0wVwZop3WjWeAjIakbj2s.">Gazette A, 78, dated 17.04.1979, p.726</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Mazarakis-Ainian, Ioannis. Η Ιστορία της Ελληνικής Σημαίας. Nicosia, Cyprus: Cultural Foundation of the Bank of Cyprus. 1996. (In Greek).</li> <li>I. Nouchakis, <i>Η Σημαία μας (Our Flag)</i>, Athens 1908.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Greece&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> Media related to <a 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class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070311004835/http://www.hellasarmy.gr/anagsim.htm">Greek flags during the Ottoman era</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Greek)</span></li> <li>Decrees specifying the design of the flag: <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wG-pNmgvR9663dtvSoClrL8Iqk9pJn1S_jtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6qSYtMQEkEHLwnFqmgJSA5WIsluV-nRwO1oKqSe4BlOTSpEWYhszF8P8UqWb_zFijFfWxdMZuoXTlEeBZpB1JDpNqDXzIlccWkzSE8gY-HcQ">Regarding the Naval and Commercial Flag of the Kingdom</a> (3 June 1833) – contains official drawings</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wFt6lurlHBlsXdtvSoClrL8b5S2mIvi-NjtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6qSYtMQEkEHLwnFqmgJSA5WIsluV-nRwO1oKqSe4BlOTSpEWYhszF8P8UqWb_zFijK93wwqKt6r-Pg1JjKMaDLXcLIGKGfcVTjGoLIJZ-mHk">Regarding the Naval and Commercial 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href="http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGaUeFLzbufzHdtvSoClrL8lj0jDA0wBrh5MXD0LzQTLWPU9yLzB8V68knBzLCmTXKaO6fpVZ6Lx9hLslJUqeiQKIWG7lnQCuhtjiZpv0mfYcaQ84IUxK5_XH4p4koDAGU.">Regarding the National and War Flags</a> (18 August 1969) – changed the proportions to 7:12 and abolished the state flag <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wF6rlIz2Gsd0ndtvSoClrL8VngElbqsA6B5MXD0LzQTLWPU9yLzB8V68knBzLCmTXKaO6fpVZ6Lx9hLslJUqeiQnxUzw4yTZl2CNS_t-_G3G_7mMp16SYOMtEBWjKrbG0o.">Regarding amendments to provisions subject to Legislative Decree 254/69</a> (29 January 1971) – removed the royal crowns from all flags</li></ul></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Flag</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Greece" title="Coat of arms of Greece">Coat of arms</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dt>Anthem</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Hymn_to_Liberty" title="Hymn to Liberty">Hymn to Liberty</a></b></dd> <dt>Motto</dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Eleftheria_i_thanatos" title="Eleftheria i thanatos">Elefthería í Thánatos</a></i></dd> <dt>National personifications</dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Greece_on_the_Ruins_of_Missolonghi" title="Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi">Greece</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix" title="Eugène Delacroix">Delacroix</a></dd> <dd><i>Grateful Hellas</i> by <a href="/wiki/Theodoros_Vryzakis" title="Theodoros Vryzakis">Vryzakis</a></dd> <dt>National holidays</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence" title="Greek War of Independence">25 March (1821)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ohi_Day" title="Ohi Day">28 October (1940)</a></dd> <dt>Colours</dt> <dd><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical symbols</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Double-headed_eagle" title="Double-headed eagle">Double-headed eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_(mythology)" title="Phoenix (mythology)">Phoenix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_drachma" title="Ancient drachma">Drachma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meander_(art)" title="Meander (art)">Meander</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other official symbols</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vergina_Sun" title="Vergina Sun">Vergina Sun</a></li></ul> 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title="Delos">Delos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epidaurus" title="Epidaurus">Epidaurus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knossos" title="Knossos">Knossos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meteora" title="Meteora">Meteora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Athos" title="Mount Athos">Mount Athos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mycenae" title="Mycenae">Mycenae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympia,_Greece" title="Olympia, Greece">Olympia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vergina" title="Vergina">Vergina</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aulos" title="Aulos">Aulos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyre" title="Lyre">Lyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tambourine" title="Tambourine">Tambourine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laouto" title="Laouto">Laouto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bouzouki" 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style="width:5.2em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Prehistory_of_Southeastern_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Prehistory of Southeastern Europe">Prehistory</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(pre-1100 BC)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_Greece" title="Neolithic Greece">Neolithic Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aegean_civilizations" class="mw-redirect" title="Aegean civilizations">Bronze Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelasgians" title="Pelasgians">Pelasgians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycladic_culture" title="Cycladic culture">Cycladic civilization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minoan_civilization" title="Minoan civilization">Minoan civilization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helladic_chronology" title="Helladic chronology">Helladic period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mycenaean_Greece" title="Mycenaean Greece">Mycenaean period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Late_Bronze_Age_collapse#Greece" title="Late Bronze Age collapse">Bronze Age collapse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.2em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Antiquity</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1100 BC-330 AD)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Dark_Ages" title="Greek Dark Ages">Greek Dark Ages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Age_Greek_migrations" title="Iron Age Greek migrations">Iron Age migrations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archaic_Greece" title="Archaic Greece">Archaic period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greco-Persian_Wars" title="Greco-Persian Wars">Greco-Persian Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classical_Greece" title="Classical Greece">Classical period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delian_League" title="Delian League">Delian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peloponnesian_League" title="Peloponnesian League">Peloponnesian League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peloponnesian_War" title="Peloponnesian War">Peloponnesian War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Corinth" title="League of Corinth">League of Corinth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wars_of_Alexander_the_Great" title="Wars of Alexander the Great">Wars of Alexander the Great</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_Greece" title="Hellenistic Greece">Hellenistic period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wars_of_the_Diadochi" title="Wars of the Diadochi">Wars of the Diadochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Greek_wars" title="Roman–Greek wars">Roman–Greek wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Greece">Roman era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantinople#Foundation_of_Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Foundation of Constantinople</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.2em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Medieval_Greece" title="Medieval Greece">Middle Ages</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(330–1453)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Greece" title="Byzantine Greece">Byzantine period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_pagans_in_the_late_Roman_Empire" title="Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire">Persecution of paganism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migration_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Migration period">Migration period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian" title="Plague of Justinian">Plague of Justinian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Byzantine_wars" title="Arab–Byzantine wars">Arab–Byzantine wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Iconoclasm" title="Byzantine Iconoclasm">Iconoclasm</a></li> <li><a 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style="font-size:85%;">(post-1453)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stato_da_M%C3%A0r" title="Stato da Màr">Stato da Màr</a> (<a href="/wiki/Venetian_rule_in_the_Ionian_Islands" title="Venetian rule in the Ionian Islands">Venetian Ionian islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Candia" title="Kingdom of Candia">Kingdom of Candia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Greece" title="Ottoman Greece">Ottoman Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_Greek_Enlightenment" title="Modern Greek Enlightenment">Modern Greek Enlightenment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Septinsular_Republic" title="Septinsular Republic">Septinsular Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence" title="Greek War of Independence">War of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Hellenic_Republic" title="First Hellenic Republic">First Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Greece" title="Kingdom of Greece">Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Balkan_Wars" title="Greece in the Balkan Wars">Balkan Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece_during_World_War_I" title="Greece during World War I">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Schism" title="National Schism">National Schism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greco-Turkish_War_(1919%E2%80%931922)" title="Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)">Greco-Turkish War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Greece_(1923%E2%80%931940)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Greece (1923–1940)">History of Greece (1923–1940)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Hellenic_Republic" title="Second Hellenic Republic">Second Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_of_August_Regime" title="4th of August Regime">4th of August Regime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Greece_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Greece during World War II">World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_civil_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek civil war">Civil war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_military_junta_of_1967%E2%80%931974" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek military junta of 1967–1974">Military junta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metapolitefsi" title="Metapolitefsi">Democratization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Hellenic_Republic" title="Third Hellenic Republic">Third Republic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.2em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_ancient_Greece" title="Regions of ancient Greece">Ancient regions</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_tribes" title="List of ancient Greek tribes">tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Greeks" title="Byzantine Greeks">Byzantine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Greeks" title="Ottoman Greeks">Ottoman Greeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decline_of_Greco-Roman_polytheism" class="mw-redirect" title="Decline of Greco-Roman polytheism">Christianization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_colonisation" title="Greek colonisation">Colonization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Greek_coups_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="List of Greek coups d'état">Coups d'état</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Greece" title="Demographic history of Greece">Demographic</a> (<a href="/wiki/Demographic_history_of_modern_Greece" title="Demographic history of modern Greece">Modern</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_Greece_and_the_Greek_world" title="Economic history of Greece and the Greek world">Economic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geographical_name_changes_in_Greece" title="Geographical name changes in Greece">Geographical name changes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_historic_Greek_countries_and_regions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of historic Greek countries and regions">Greek countries and regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Muslims" title="Greek Muslims">Greek Muslims</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_scholars_in_the_Renaissance" title="Greek scholars in the Renaissance">Renaissance scholars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_languages" title="Hellenic languages">Hellenic languages</a> and <a href="/wiki/Proto-Greek_language" title="Proto-Greek language">Proto-Greek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Greek_inventions_and_discoveries" title="List of Greek inventions and discoveries">Inventions and discoveries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_language_question" title="Greek language question">Language question</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Greece" title="Military history of Greece">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Greece" title="Monarchy of Greece">Monarchy</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Greece" title="List of kings of Greece">Kings</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greek_royal_family" title="Greek royal family">royal family</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phanariotes" class="mw-redirect" title="Phanariotes">Phanariotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polis" title="Polis">Polis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Population_exchange_between_Greece_and_Turkey" title="Population exchange between Greece and Turkey">Population exchange of 1923</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Geography" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Greece" title="Geography of Greece">Geography</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Overview</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Borders_of_Greece" title="Category:Borders of Greece">Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Greece">Cities</a> (<a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">capital</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">co-capital</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Extreme points of Greece">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Greek_place_names" title="List of Greek place names">Place names</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_regions_of_Greece" title="Geographic regions of Greece">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Greece_(geographic_region)" title="Central Greece (geographic region)">Central Greece</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aetolia-Acarnania" title="Aetolia-Acarnania">Aetolia-Acarnania</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aetolia" title="Aetolia">Aetolia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Acarnania" title="Acarnania">Acarnania</a>), <a href="/wiki/Attica" title="Attica">Attica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boeotia" title="Boeotia">Boeotia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Euboea" title="Euboea">Euboea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evrytania" title="Evrytania">Evrytania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phocis" title="Phocis">Phocis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phthiotis" title="Phthiotis">Phthiotis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saronic_Islands" title="Saronic Islands">Saronic Islands</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chania_(regional_unit)" title="Chania (regional unit)">Chania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heraklion_(regional_unit)" title="Heraklion (regional unit)">Heraklion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rethymno_(regional_unit)" title="Rethymno (regional unit)">Rethymno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lasithi" title="Lasithi">Lasithi</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclades" title="Cyclades">Cyclades</a> (<a href="/wiki/Andros" title="Andros">Andros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delos" title="Delos">Delos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kea_(island)" title="Kea (island)">Kea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kythnos" title="Kythnos">Kythnos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milos" title="Milos">Milos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mykonos" title="Mykonos">Mykonos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naxos" title="Naxos">Naxos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paros" title="Paros">Paros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santorini" title="Santorini">Santorini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syros" title="Syros">Syros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tinos" title="Tinos">Tinos</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodecanese" title="Dodecanese">Dodecanese</a> (<a href="/wiki/Agathonisi" title="Agathonisi">Agathonisi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Astypalaia" title="Astypalaia">Astypalaia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chalki" class="mw-redirect" title="Chalki">Chalki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalymnos" title="Kalymnos">Kalymnos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karpathos" title="Karpathos">Karpathos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kasos" title="Kasos">Kasos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kos" title="Kos">Kos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leipsoi" title="Leipsoi">Leipsoi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leros" title="Leros">Leros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nisyros" title="Nisyros">Nisyros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patmos" title="Patmos">Patmos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Symi" title="Symi">Symi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tilos" title="Tilos">Tilos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kastellorizo" title="Kastellorizo">Kastellorizo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epirus" title="Epirus">Epirus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arta_(regional_unit)" title="Arta (regional unit)">Arta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ioannina_(regional_unit)" title="Ioannina (regional unit)">Ioannina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Preveza_(regional_unit)" title="Preveza (regional unit)">Preveza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thesprotia" title="Thesprotia">Thesprotia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ionian_Islands" title="Ionian Islands">Ionian Islands</a> (<a href="/wiki/Corfu" title="Corfu">Corfu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ithaca_(island)" title="Ithaca (island)">Ithaca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kefalonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kefalonia">Kefalonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kythira" title="Kythira">Kythira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lefkada" title="Lefkada">Lefkada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paxi" class="mw-redirect" title="Paxi">Paxi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zakynthos" title="Zakynthos">Zakynthos</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Macedonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Macedonia">Macedonia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chalkidiki" title="Chalkidiki">Chalkidiki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drama_(regional_unit)" title="Drama (regional unit)">Drama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florina_(regional_unit)" title="Florina (regional unit)">Florina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grevena_(regional_unit)" title="Grevena (regional unit)">Grevena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Imathia" title="Imathia">Imathia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kastoria_(regional_unit)" title="Kastoria (regional unit)">Kastoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kavala_(regional_unit)" title="Kavala (regional unit)">Kavala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kilkis_(regional_unit)" title="Kilkis (regional unit)">Kilkis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kozani_(regional_unit)" title="Kozani (regional unit)">Kozani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pella_(regional_unit)" title="Pella (regional unit)">Pella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pieria_(regional_unit)" title="Pieria (regional unit)">Pieria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serres_(regional_unit)" title="Serres (regional unit)">Serres</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thasos" title="Thasos">Thasos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki_(regional_unit)" title="Thessaloniki (regional unit)">Thessaloniki</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Aegean_islands" title="North Aegean islands">North Aegean islands</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chios" title="Chios">Chios</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ikaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Ikaria">Ikaria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lemnos" title="Lemnos">Lemnos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lesbos" title="Lesbos">Lesbos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samos" title="Samos">Samos</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peloponnese" title="Peloponnese">Peloponnese</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arcadia_(regional_unit)" title="Arcadia (regional unit)">Arcadia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argolis" title="Argolis">Argolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corinthia" title="Corinthia">Corinthia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laconia" title="Laconia">Laconia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Messenia" title="Messenia">Messenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Achaea" title="Achaea">Achaea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elis_(regional_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elis (regional unit)">Elis</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thessaly" title="Thessaly">Thessaly</a> (<a href="/wiki/Karditsa_(regional_unit)" title="Karditsa (regional unit)">Karditsa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larissa_(regional_unit)" title="Larissa (regional unit)">Larissa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magnesia_(regional_unit)" title="Magnesia (regional unit)">Magnesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trikala_(regional_unit)" title="Trikala (regional unit)">Trikala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sporades" title="Sporades">Sporades</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Thrace" title="Western Thrace">Thrace</a> (<a href="/wiki/Evros_(regional_unit)" title="Evros (regional unit)">Evros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhodope_(regional_unit)" title="Rhodope (regional unit)">Rhodope</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xanthi_(regional_unit)" title="Xanthi (regional unit)">Xanthi</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Terrain</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Canyons_and_gorges_of_Greece" title="Category:Canyons and gorges of Greece">Canyons and gorges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_caves_in_Greece" title="List of caves in Greece">Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Greece" title="Geology of Greece">Geology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Greece" title="List of islands of Greece">Islands</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aegean_Islands" title="Aegean Islands">Aegean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ionian_Islands" title="Ionian Islands">Ionian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Greece" title="List of mountains in Greece">Mountains</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mount_Olympus" title="Mount Olympus">Olympus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pindus" title="Pindus">Pindus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhodope_Mountains" title="Rhodope Mountains">Rhodopes</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Peninsulas_of_Greece" title="Category:Peninsulas of Greece">Peninsulas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Plains_of_Greece" title="Category:Plains of Greece">Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Greece" title="List of volcanoes in Greece">Volcanoes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Greece" title="Water supply and sanitation in Greece">Water</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Coasts_of_Greece" title="Category:Coasts of Greece">Coasts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Greece" title="List of lakes of Greece">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Greece" title="List of rivers of Greece">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Crete" title="Sea of Crete">Sea of Crete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Icarian_Sea" title="Icarian Sea">Icarian Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Myrtoan_Sea" title="Myrtoan Sea">Myrtoan Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thracian_Sea" title="Thracian Sea">Thracian Sea</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ionian_Sea" title="Ionian Sea">Ionian Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_Sea" title="Libyan Sea">Libyan Sea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Greece#Environment" title="Geography of Greece">Environment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Greece" title="Climate of Greece">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Natural_disasters_in_Greece" title="Category:Natural disasters in Greece">Natural disasters</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Greece" title="List of earthquakes in Greece">earthquakes</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_Greece" title="List of ecoregions in Greece">Ecoregions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Greece" title="Environmental issues in Greece">Environmental issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Forests_of_Greece" title="Category:Forests of Greece">Forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_Greece" title="List of mammals of Greece">Mammals</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Greece" title="List of birds of Greece">birds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_Greece" title="National parks of Greece">National Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Protected_areas_of_Greece" title="Category:Protected areas of Greece">Protected areas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Politics" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Greece" title="Politics of Greece">Politics</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Greece" title="Constitution of Greece">Constitution</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Constitutional amendments (<a href="/wiki/Greek_constitutional_amendment_of_1986" title="Greek constitutional amendment of 1986">1986</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_constitutional_amendment_of_2001" title="Greek constitutional amendment of 2001">2001</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_constitutional_amendment_of_2008" title="Greek constitutional amendment of 2008">2008</a>, 2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_history_of_Greece" title="Constitutional history of Greece">Constitutions</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_Constitution_of_1822" title="Greek Constitution of 1822">1822</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_Constitution_of_1827" title="Greek Constitution of 1827">1827</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_Constitution_of_1844" title="Greek Constitution of 1844">1844</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_Constitution_of_1864" title="Greek Constitution of 1864">1864</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_Constitution_of_1911" title="Greek Constitution of 1911">1911</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Special_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Special Court">Supreme Special Court</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Executive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Greece" title="Cabinet of Greece">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Greece" title="Government of Greece">Government</a> (<a href="/wiki/Government_Gazette_(Greece)" title="Government Gazette (Greece)">Government Gazette</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Greece" title="President of Greece">President</a> (<a href="/wiki/Presidential_Mansion,_Athens" title="Presidential Mansion, Athens">Presidential Mansion</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Greece" title="Prime Minister of Greece">Prime Minister</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maximos_Mansion" title="Maximos Mansion">Maximos Mansion</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legislature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conference_of_Presidents_(Greece)" title="Conference of Presidents (Greece)">Conference of Presidents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Parliament" title="Hellenic Parliament">Hellenic Parliament</a> (<a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Hellenic_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament">Speaker</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Committees_(Greece)" title="Parliamentary Committees (Greece)">Parliamentary Committees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidium_of_the_Hellenic_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidium of the Hellenic Parliament">Presidium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Greece" title="Elections in Greece">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greek_nationality_law" title="Greek nationality law">Nationality law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parataxis" title="Parataxis">Parataxis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_parliamentary_constituencies_of_Greece" title="List of parliamentary constituencies of Greece">Parliamentary constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasokification" title="Pasokification">Pasokification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Greece" title="List of political parties in Greece">Political parties</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Judicial system of Greece">Judicial system</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_State_(Greece)" title="Council of State (Greece)">Council of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Audit_(Greece)" title="Court of Audit (Greece)">Court of Audit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Civil_and_Criminal_Court_of_Greece" title="Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece">Supreme Court</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Security</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Police" title="Hellenic Police">Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Greece" title="Capital punishment in Greece">Capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Greece" title="Corruption in Greece">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Greece" title="Crime in Greece">Crime</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_mafia" title="Greek mafia">Greek mafia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_Greece" title="Life imprisonment in Greece">Life imprisonment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_in_Greece" title="Terrorism in Greece">Terrorism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Coast_Guard" title="Hellenic Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Greece" title="Foreign relations of Greece">Foreign relations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aegean_dispute" title="Aegean dispute">Aegean dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_dispute" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyprus dispute">Cyprus dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Council_of_Europe" title="Greece in the Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Greece_and_the_European_Union" title="Category:Greece and the European Union">European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_naming_dispute" title="Macedonia naming dispute">Macedonia naming dispute</a> (<a href="/wiki/Macedonian_language_naming_dispute" title="Macedonian language naming dispute">Language naming dispute</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Greece_and_NATO" title="Category:Greece and NATO">NATO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_passport" title="Greek passport">Passport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Treaties_of_Greece" title="Category:Treaties of Greece">Treaties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Greece_and_the_United_Nations" title="Category:Greece and the United Nations">United Nations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Military_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of Greece">Military</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Air_Force" title="Hellenic Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_alliances_involving_Greece" title="Category:Military alliances involving Greece">Alliances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Army" title="Hellenic Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_Greece" title="Conscription in Greece">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_military_ranks" title="Greek military ranks">Military ranks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Navy" title="Hellenic Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evzones" title="Evzones">Evzones</a> (<a href="/wiki/Presidential_Guard_(Greece)" title="Presidential Guard (Greece)">Presidential Guard</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_(Greece)" title="National Guard (Greece)">National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier_(Athens)" title="Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens)">Tomb of the Unknown Soldier</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Social issues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Greece" title="Abortion in Greece">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Greece" title="Cannabis in Greece">Cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Greece" title="Education in Greece">Education</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Greece" title="List of universities in Greece">universities</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_care_in_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Health care in Greece">Healthcare</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Greece" title="List of hospitals in Greece">hospitals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Obesity_in_Greece" title="Obesity in Greece">obesity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smoking_in_Greece" title="Smoking in Greece">smoking</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Greece" title="Human rights in Greece">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Greece" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Greece">Human rights abuses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Greece">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_Greece" title="Prostitution in Greece">Prostitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Political_scandals_in_Greece" title="Category:Political scandals in Greece">Political scandals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racism_in_Europe#Greece" title="Racism in Europe">Racism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ideologies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservatism#Greece" title="Conservatism">Conservatism</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Monarchism_in_Greece" title="Category:Monarchism in Greece">Monarchism</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Fascism_in_Greece" title="Category:Fascism in Greece">Fascism</a> (<a href="/wiki/Metaxism" title="Metaxism">Metaxism</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberalism_in_Greece" title="Liberalism in Greece">Liberalism</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Republicanism_in_Greece" title="Category:Republicanism in Greece">Republicanism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Venizelism" title="Venizelism">Venizelism</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_nationalism" title="Greek nationalism">Nationalism</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hellenocentrism" title="Hellenocentrism">Hellenocentrism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Megali_Idea" title="Megali Idea">Megali Idea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enosis" title="Enosis">Enosis</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Social_Movements" class="mw-redirect" title="New Social Movements">New Social Movements</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Environmentalism_in_Greece" title="Category:Environmentalism in Greece">Environmentalism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Feminism_in_Greece" title="Feminism in Greece">Feminism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Category:Pacifism_in_Greece" title="Category:Pacifism in Greece">Pacifism</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialism_in_Greece" title="Socialism in Greece">Socialism</a> (<a href="/wiki/Laocracy" title="Laocracy">Laocracy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Category:Trotskyism_in_Greece" title="Category:Trotskyism in Greece">Trotskyism</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anarchism_in_Greece" title="Anarchism in Greece">Anarchism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Greece" title="Administrative divisions of Greece">Administrative divisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_and_communities_of_Greece" title="Municipalities and communities of Greece">Municipalities and communities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_regions_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative regions of Greece">Administrative regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">Regional units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decentralized_administrations_of_Greece" title="Decentralized administrations of Greece">Decentralized administrations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Economy" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Greece" title="Economy of Greece">Economy</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Greece" title="Agriculture in Greece">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Greece" title="List of airports in Greece">Airports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athens_Stock_Exchange" class="mw-redirect" title="Athens Stock Exchange">Athens Stock Exchange</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_listed_on_the_Athens_Stock_Exchange" title="List of companies listed on the Athens Stock Exchange">companies</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_Greece" title="Banking in Greece">Banking</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Greece" title="Bank of Greece">Central bank</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Greece" title="Bank of Greece">Central bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Greek_brands" title="Category:Greek brands">Brands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Greece" title="List of companies of Greece">Companies</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_electric_power_companies_in_Greece" title="List of electric power companies in Greece">electric power</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_government-debt_crisis" title="Greek government-debt crisis">Debt crisis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_withdrawal_from_the_eurozone" title="Greek withdrawal from the eurozone">Grexit</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_drachma" title="Modern drachma">Drachma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Greece" title="Energy in Greece">Energy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Greece" title="Renewable energy in Greece">renewable</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_energy_in_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear energy in Greece">nuclear</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_euro_coins" title="Greek euro coins">Euro coins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece_and_the_International_Monetary_Fund" title="Greece and the International Monetary Fund">Greece and the International Monetary Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_economic_miracle" title="Greek economic miracle">Greek economic miracle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highways_in_Greece" title="Highways in Greece">Highways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laiki_agora" title="Laiki agora">Laiki agora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ports_in_Greece" title="List of ports in Greece">Ports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_pensions_in_Greece" title="Public pensions in Greece">Public pensions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Greece" title="Rail transport in Greece">Railways</a> (<a href="/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Greece" title="History of rail transport in Greece">history</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_rankings_of_Greece" title="International rankings of Greece">Rankings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Science and technology in Greece">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_shipping" title="Greek shipping">Shipping</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_Merchant_Marine" title="Greek Merchant Marine">Merchant Marine</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Space_Agency" title="Hellenic Space Agency">Space Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Greek_subdivisions_by_GDP" title="List of Greek subdivisions by GDP">Subdivisions by GDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Greece" title="Taxation in Greece">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Greece" title="Telecommunications in Greece">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki_International_Fair" title="Thessaloniki International Fair">Thessaloniki International Fair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Greece" title="Tourism in Greece">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_unions_in_Greece" title="Trade unions in Greece">Trade unions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Greece" title="Transport in Greece">Transportation</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rio%E2%80%93Antirrio_bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Rio–Antirrio bridge">Rio–Antirrio bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Athens_Metro" title="Athens Metro">Athens Metro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki_Metro" title="Thessaloniki Metro">Thessaloniki Metro</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Greece" title="Water supply and sanitation in Greece">Water supply and sanitation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Society" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Society</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Greece" title="Demographics of Greece">Demographics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greek_diaspora" title="Greek diaspora">Diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a> (<a href="/wiki/Name_of_Greece" title="Name of Greece">names of Greece</a> and <a href="/wiki/Names_of_the_Greeks" title="Names of the Greeks">the Greeks</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_to_Greece" title="Immigration to Greece">Immigration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minorities_in_Greece" title="Minorities in Greece">Minorities</a> (<a href="/wiki/Muslim_minority_of_Greece" title="Muslim minority of Greece">Muslim minority</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jews_in_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Jews in Greece">Jews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arvanites" title="Arvanites">Arvanites</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aromanians_in_Greece" title="Aromanians in Greece">Aromanians</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aromanian_question" title="Aromanian question">Aromanian question</a>), <a href="/wiki/Megleno-Romanians" title="Megleno-Romanians">Megleno-Romanians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slavic_speakers_of_Greek_Macedonia" title="Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia">Slavophones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romani_people_in_Greece" title="Romani people in Greece">Roma</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Greece" title="Women in Greece">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Greek_regions_by_life_expectancy" title="List of Greek regions by life expectancy">Life expectancy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Greek_Culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Culture">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anastenaria" title="Anastenaria">Anastenaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caryatid" title="Caryatid">Caryatid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clean_Monday" title="Clean Monday">Clean Monday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basileus" title="Basileus">Concept of kingship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_dress" title="Greek dress">Dress</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chiton_(costume)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiton (costume)">Chiton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chlamys" title="Chlamys">Chlamys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Exomis" title="Exomis">Exomis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fustanella" title="Fustanella">Fustanella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Himation" title="Himation">Himation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mariner%27s_cap" title="Mariner's cap">Mariner's cap</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peplos" title="Peplos">Peplos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perizoma_(loincloth)" title="Perizoma (loincloth)">Perizoma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsarouchi" title="Tsarouchi">Tsarouchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Breeches" title="Breeches">Vraka</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Party" title="Eastern Party">Eastern Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_festival" title="Greek festival">Festivals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_Greek_folklore" title="Modern Greek folklore">Folklore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_East_and_Latin_West" title="Greek East and Latin West">Greek East and Latin West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greektown" title="Greektown">Greektown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenization" title="Hellenization">Hellenization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xenia_(Greek)" title="Xenia (Greek)">Hospitality</a></li> <li>Carols (<a href="/wiki/Kalanta_Christougenon" title="Kalanta Christougenon">Christmas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalanta_of_the_New_Year" title="Kalanta of the New Year">New Year's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalanta_of_the_Theophany" title="Kalanta of the Theophany">Theophany's</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangas" title="Mangas">Mangas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountza" title="Mountza">Mountza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_name" title="Greek name">Naming customs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paideia" title="Paideia">Paideia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philhellenism" title="Philhellenism">Philhellenism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anti-Greek_sentiment" title="Anti-Greek sentiment">Hellenophobia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plate_smashing" title="Plate smashing">Plate smashing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_philosophy" title="Ancient Greek philosophy">Philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Greece" title="Public holidays in Greece">Public holidays</a> (<a href="/wiki/Celebration_of_the_Greek_Revolution" title="Celebration of the Greek Revolution">Independence Day</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohi_Day" title="Ohi Day">Ohi Day</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rouketopolemos" title="Rouketopolemos">Rouketopolemos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souliotic_songs" title="Souliotic songs">Souliotic songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theophany" title="Theophany">Theophany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsiknopempti" title="Tsiknopempti">Tsiknopempti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_units_of_measurement" title="Greek units of measurement">Units of measurement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worry_beads" title="Worry beads">Worry beads</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Greek_art" title="Greek art">Art</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Modern_Greek_architecture" title="Modern Greek architecture">Architecture</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Greece" title="List of castles in Greece">Castles</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cretan_school" title="Cretan school">Cretan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heptanese_school_(painting)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heptanese school (painting)">Heptanese school</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_Greek_art" title="Modern Greek art">Modern art</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_academic_art_of_the_19th_century" title="Greek academic art of the 19th century">19th century</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_Greek_theatre" title="Modern Greek theatre">Theatre</a> (<a href="/wiki/Theatre_of_ancient_Greece" title="Theatre of ancient Greece">Ancient</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_art" title="Byzantine art">Religious art</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Greek_cuisine" title="Greek cuisine">Cuisine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Breads (<a href="/wiki/Daktyla" title="Daktyla">Daktyla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kritsini" class="mw-redirect" title="Kritsini">Kritsini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lagana_(bread)" title="Lagana (bread)">Lagana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paximadi" class="mw-redirect" title="Paximadi">Paximadi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsoureki" title="Tsoureki">Tsoureki</a>)</li> <li>Desserts (<a href="/wiki/Diples" title="Diples">Diples</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halva" title="Halva">Halva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koulourakia" title="Koulourakia">Koulourakia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kourabiedes" class="mw-redirect" title="Kourabiedes">Kourabiedes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Loukoumades" class="mw-redirect" title="Loukoumades">Loukoumades</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melomakarona" class="mw-redirect" title="Melomakarona">Melomakarona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pasteli" class="mw-redirect" title="Pasteli">Pasteli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spoon_sweets" title="Spoon sweets">Spoon sweets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vasilopita" title="Vasilopita">Vasilopita</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Greek_dishes" title="List of Greek dishes">List of dishes</a></li> <li>Drinks (<a href="/wiki/Mastika" title="Mastika">Mastika</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metaxa" title="Metaxa">Metaxa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ouzo" title="Ouzo">Ouzo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rakomelo" title="Rakomelo">Rakomelo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sideritis" title="Sideritis">Sideritis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tentura" title="Tentura">Tentura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsipouro" title="Tsipouro">Tsipouro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsikoudia" title="Tsikoudia">Tsikoudia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frapp%C3%A9_coffee" title="Frappé coffee">Frappé coffee</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Greek_Protected_Designations_of_Origin_cheeses" title="List of Greek Protected Designations of Origin cheeses">Cheeses</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anthotyros" title="Anthotyros">Anthotyros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Feta" title="Feta">Feta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Graviera" title="Graviera">Graviera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kasseri" title="Kasseri">Kasseri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kefalotyri" title="Kefalotyri">Kefalotyri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ladotyri_Mytilinis" title="Ladotyri Mytilinis">Ladotyri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manouri" title="Manouri">Manouri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metsovone" title="Metsovone">Metsovone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mizithra" title="Mizithra">Mizithra</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filo" title="Filo">Filo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Amygdalopita" title="Amygdalopita">Amygdalopita</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bougatsa" title="Bougatsa">Bougatsa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Galaktoboureko" title="Galaktoboureko">Galaktoboureko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karydopita" title="Karydopita">Karydopita</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spanakopita" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanakopita">Spanakopita</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiropita" title="Tiropita">Tiropita</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_salad" title="Greek salad">Greek salad</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dakos" title="Dakos">Dakos</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meze" title="Meze">Meze</a></li> <li>Pasta (<a href="/wiki/Gogges" title="Gogges">Gogges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flomaria" title="Flomaria">Flomaria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hilopites" title="Hilopites">Hilopites</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_restaurant" title="Greek restaurant">Restaurants</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kafenio" title="Kafenio">Kafenio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ouzeri" title="Ouzeri">Ouzeri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taverna" title="Taverna">Taverna</a>)</li> <li>Sauces (<a href="/wiki/Skordalia" title="Skordalia">Skordalia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taramosalata" class="mw-redirect" title="Taramosalata">Taramosalata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tirokafteri" title="Tirokafteri">Tirokafteri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tzatziki" title="Tzatziki">Tzatziki</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souvlaki" title="Souvlaki">Souvlaki</a></li> <li>Varieties (<a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_the_Ionian_islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of the Ionian islands">Heptanesean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cretan_cuisine" title="Cretan cuisine">Cretan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epirotic_cuisine" title="Epirotic cuisine">Epirote</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macedonian_cuisine_(Greek)" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedonian cuisine (Greek)">Macedonian</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_wine" title="Greek wine">Wine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Agiorgitiko" title="Agiorgitiko">Agiorgitiko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aidini" title="Aidini">Aidini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assyrtiko" title="Assyrtiko">Assyrtiko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Athiri" title="Athiri">Athiri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kotsifali" title="Kotsifali">Kotsifali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lesbian_wine" class="mw-redirect" title="Lesbian wine">Lesbian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limnio" title="Limnio">Limnio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mavrodafni" title="Mavrodafni">Mavrodafni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mandilaria" title="Mandilaria">Mandilaria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malagousia" title="Malagousia">Malagousia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malvasia" title="Malvasia">Malvasia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moschofilero" title="Moschofilero">Moschofilero</a>, <a href="/wiki/Retsina" title="Retsina">Retsina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robola" title="Robola">Robola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Savatiano" title="Savatiano">Savatiano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vilana" title="Vilana">Vilana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xinomavro" title="Xinomavro">Xinomavro</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Greece" title="Languages of Greece">Languages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greek_alphabet" title="Greek alphabet">Greek alphabet</a> (<a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Greek_alphabet" title="History of the Greek alphabet">History</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_orthography" title="Greek orthography">Orthography</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_diacritics" title="Greek diacritics">Diacritics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_Braille" title="Greek Braille">Braille</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyrillization_of_Greek" title="Cyrillization of Greek">Cyrillization</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek" title="Romanization of Greek">Romanization</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greeklish" title="Greeklish">Greeklish</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Greek_numerals" title="Greek numerals">numerals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek language</a> (<a href="/wiki/Demotic_Greek" title="Demotic Greek">Demotic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Katharevousa" title="Katharevousa">Katharevousa</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Varieties_of_Modern_Greek" title="Varieties of Modern Greek">dialects</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cappadocian_Greek" title="Cappadocian Greek">Cappadocian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cretan_Greek" title="Cretan Greek">Cretan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cypriot_Greek" title="Cypriot Greek">Cypriot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greco-Australian_dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Greco-Australian dialect">Greco-Australian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maniots#Maniot_dialect" title="Maniots">Maniot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pontic_Greek" title="Pontic Greek">Pontic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsakonian_language" title="Tsakonian language">Tsakonian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yevanic_language" title="Yevanic language">Yevanic</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Sign_Language" title="Greek Sign Language">Greek Sign Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Greek" title="History of Greek">History</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mycenaean_Greek" title="Mycenaean Greek">Mycenaean Greek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medieval_Greek" title="Medieval Greek">Medieval Greek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Modern_Greek" title="Modern Greek">Modern Greek</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_literature" title="Greek literature">Literature</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_literature" title="Ancient Greek literature">Ancient</a>, <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_literature" title="Byzantine literature">Medieval</a>, <a href="/wiki/Modern_Greek_literature" title="Modern Greek literature">Modern</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Greece#Minority_languages" title="Languages of Greece">Minority languages</a> (<a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian language</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arvanitika" title="Arvanitika">Arvanitika</a>), <a href="/wiki/Aromanian_language" title="Aromanian language">Aromanian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balkan_Romani" title="Balkan Romani">Balkan Romani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ladin_language" title="Ladin language">Ladino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macedonian_language" title="Macedonian language">Macedonian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Megleno-Romanian_language" title="Megleno-Romanian language">Megleno-Romanian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Greek_place_names" title="List of Greek place names">Place names</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greek_exonyms" title="Greek exonyms">exonyms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Greek_phrases" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Greek phrases">Proverbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_words_for_love" title="Greek words for love">Words for love</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Media_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Media of Greece">Media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Greece" title="Cinema of Greece">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_in_Greece" title="Internet in Greece">Internet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Greece" title="List of newspapers in Greece">Newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_Greece" title="Television in Greece">Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Media of Greece">Media freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Greece" title="Corruption in Greece">Corruption</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Greece" title="Music of Greece">Music</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_music" title="Byzantine music">Church music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_dances" title="Greek dances">Dances</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ai_Georgis" title="Ai Georgis">Ai Georgis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angaliastos" title="Angaliastos">Angaliastos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Antikristos" title="Antikristos">Antikristos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ballos" title="Ballos">Ballos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dionysiakos" title="Dionysiakos">Dionysiakos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fisounis" title="Fisounis">Fisounis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gaitanaki" title="Gaitanaki">Gaitanaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geranos" class="mw-redirect" title="Geranos">Geranos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hasapiko" title="Hasapiko">Hasapiko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ikariotikos" title="Ikariotikos">Ikariotikos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalamatianos" title="Kalamatianos">Kalamatianos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kangeli" title="Kangeli">Kangeli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kastorianos" title="Kastorianos">Kastorianos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerkiraikos" title="Kerkiraikos">Kerkiraikos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koftos" title="Koftos">Koftos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pidikhtos" title="Pidikhtos">Pidikhtos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leventikos" title="Leventikos">Leventikos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maniatikos" title="Maniatikos">Maniatikos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metsovitikos" class="mw-redirect" title="Metsovitikos">Metsovitikos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ntames" title="Ntames">Ntames</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palamakia" title="Palamakia">Palamakia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Partalos" title="Partalos">Partalos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pentozali" title="Pentozali">Pentozali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Proskinitos" title="Proskinitos">Proskinitos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pyrrhichios" title="Pyrrhichios">Pyrrhichios</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rougatsiarikos" title="Rougatsiarikos">Rougatsiarikos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sirtaki" title="Sirtaki">Sirtaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sousta" title="Sousta">Sousta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syrtos" title="Syrtos">Syrtos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trata_(dance)" title="Trata (dance)">Trata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsakonikos" title="Tsakonikos">Tsakonikos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsamikos" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsamikos">Tsamikos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zeibekiko" title="Zeibekiko">Zeibekiko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zervos" title="Zervos">Zervos</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89ntekhno" title="Éntekhno">Éntekhno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_folk_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek folk music">Folk music</a> (<a href="/wiki/Music_of_Crete" title="Music of Crete">Cretan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Epirus" class="mw-redirect" title="Music of Epirus">Epirote</a>, <a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Heptanese" class="mw-redirect" title="Music of the Heptanese">Heptanesian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Macedonia_(Greece)" title="Music of Macedonia (Greece)">Macedonian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nisiotika" title="Nisiotika">Nisiotika</a>, <a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Peloponnese" title="Music of the Peloponnese">Peloponnesian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pontic_Greeks#Music" title="Pontic Greeks">Pontic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Thessaly" title="Music of Thessaly">Thessalian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Thrace" title="Music of Thrace">Thracian</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_hip_hop" title="Greek hip hop">Hip Hop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ionian_School_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ionian School (music)">Ionian School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La%C3%AFko" title="Laïko">Laïko</a> (<a href="/wiki/Skyladiko" class="mw-redirect" title="Skyladiko">Skyladiko</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_musical_instruments" title="Greek musical instruments">Musical instruments</a> (<a href="/wiki/Askomandoura" title="Askomandoura">Askomandoura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aulos" title="Aulos">Aulos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bouzouki" title="Bouzouki">Bouzouki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_lyra" title="Byzantine lyra">Byzantine lyra</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cretan_lyra" title="Cretan lyra">Cretan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macedonian_lyra" title="Macedonian lyra">Macedonian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Politiki_lyra" class="mw-redirect" title="Politiki lyra">Politiki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pontian_lyra" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontian lyra">Pontic</a>), <a href="/wiki/Crotala" class="mw-redirect" title="Crotala">Crotala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Floghera" title="Floghera">Floghera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gaida" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaida">Gaida</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harp" title="Harp">Harp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laouto" title="Laouto">Laouto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyre" title="Lyre">Lyre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Organ_(music)" title="Organ (music)">Organo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pan_flute" title="Pan flute">Pan flute</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phorminx" title="Phorminx">Phorminx</a>, <a href="/wiki/Psaltery" title="Psaltery">Psaltery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salpinx" title="Salpinx">Salpinx</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Santouri">Santouri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Souravli" title="Souravli">Souravli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tambouras" title="Tambouras">Tambouras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tambourine" title="Tambourine">Tambourine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trigono" title="Trigono">Trigono</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsampouna" title="Tsampouna">Tsampouna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tympanum_(hand_drum)" title="Tympanum (hand drum)">Tympano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zilia" title="Zilia">Zilia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebetiko" title="Rebetiko">Rebetiko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek rock">Rock</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_punk" title="Greek punk">Punk</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Greece" title="Religion in Greece">Religion</a> and lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_religion" title="Ancient Greek religion">Ancient religion</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mycenaean_religion" title="Mycenaean religion">Origins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hellenism_(modern_religion)" title="Hellenism (modern religion)">Modern Revival</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aerico" title="Aerico">Aerico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Buddhism_in_Greece" title="Category:Buddhism in Greece">Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Greece" title="Catholic Church in Greece">Catholicism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drosoulites" title="Drosoulites">Drosoulites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a> (Timeline: <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Orthodoxy_in_Greece_(33%E2%80%93717)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of Orthodoxy in Greece (33–717)">Antiquity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Orthodoxy_in_Greece_(717%E2%80%931204)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of Orthodoxy in Greece (717–1204)">Early Middle Ages</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Orthodoxy_in_Greece_(1204%E2%80%931453)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of Orthodoxy in Greece (1204–1453)">Late Middle Ages</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Orthodoxy_in_Greece_(1453%E2%80%931821)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of Orthodoxy in Greece (1453–1821)">Early Modern Era</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Orthodoxy_in_Greece_(1821%E2%80%931924)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of Orthodoxy in Greece (1821–1924)">19th century</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Orthodoxy_in_Greece_(1924%E2%80%931974)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of Orthodoxy in Greece (1924–1974)">Early 20th century</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Orthodoxy_in_Greece_(1974%E2%80%932008)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of Orthodoxy in Greece (1974–2008)">Late 20th century</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Orthodoxy_in_Greece_(from_2008)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of Orthodoxy in Greece (from 2008)">Contemporary</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Greek_fairy_tales" title="Category:Greek fairy tales">Fairy tales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gello" title="Gello">Gello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church" title="Greek Orthodox Church">Greek Orthodox Church</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople" title="Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople">Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Greece" title="Church of Greece">Church of Greece</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Greek_Orthodox_Church" title="Flag of the Greek Orthodox Church">Flag</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Old_Calendarists" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Old Calendarists">Greek Old Calendarists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Greece" title="Hinduism in Greece">Hinduism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypertimos" title="Hypertimos">Hypertimos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Greece" title="Islam in Greece">Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Judaism_in_Greece" title="Category:Judaism in Greece">Judaism</a> (<a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Greece" title="History of the Jews in Greece">History</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kallikantzaros" title="Kallikantzaros">Kallikantzaros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamia" title="Lamia">Lamia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormo" title="Mormo">Mormo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Athos" title="Mount Athos">Mount Athos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Mythology</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_primordial_deities" title="Greek primordial deities">Primordial deities</a>, <a href="/wiki/Titan_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan (mythology)">Titans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Twelve_Olympians" title="Twelve Olympians">Twelve Olympians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odysseus" title="Odysseus">Odysseus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason" title="Jason">Jason</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oedipus" title="Oedipus">Oedipus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus">Perseus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daedalus" title="Daedalus">Daedalus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orpheus" title="Orpheus">Orpheus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Theseus" title="Theseus">Theseus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bellerophon" title="Bellerophon">Bellerephon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Satyr" title="Satyr">Satyr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Centaur" title="Centaur">Centaur</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nymph" title="Nymph">Nymph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestantism_in_Greece" title="Protestantism in Greece">Protestantism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychai" title="Psychai">Psychai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_Greece" title="Sikhism in Greece">Sikhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thymiaterion" title="Thymiaterion">Thymiaterion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Name_days_in_Greece" title="Name days in Greece">Name days</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vrykolakas" title="Vrykolakas">Vrykolakas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayside_shrine" title="Wayside shrine">Wayside shrine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Greece" title="Sport in Greece">Sport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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Summer Olympics">2004</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_in_Greece" title="Rugby league in Greece">Rugby league</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Symbols</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hymn_to_Liberty" title="Hymn to Liberty">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Greece" title="Coat of arms of Greece">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Flag</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_colours_of_Greece" title="National colours of Greece">national colours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Greek_flags" title="List of Greek flags">Flags</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleftheria_i_thanatos" title="Eleftheria i thanatos">Motto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Greece" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Greece">Orders and decorations</a></li> <li><a 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