Ethnic Greeks native to Asia Minor
Ethnic group
TheAsia Minor Greeks (Greek :Μικρασιάτες ,romanized : Mikrasiates Asiatic Greeks orAnatolian Greeks , make up theethnic Greek populations who lived inAsia Minor from the 13th century BC as a result ofGreek colonization ,[ 1] population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923, thoughsome communities in Asia Minor survive to the present day.
Cappadocian Greeks also known asGreek Cappadocians (Greek :Έλληνες-Καππαδόκες, Ελληνοκαππαδόκες, Καππαδόκες ;Turkish :KapadokyalıRumlar )[ 2] Cappadocians are an ethnicGreek community native to the geographical region ofCappadocia in central-easternAnatolia .
Pontic Greeks (Greek :Πόντιοι ,romanized: Póndii Ελληνοπόντιοι romanized: Ellinopóndii Turkish :Pontus Rumları orKaradeniz Rumları Georgian :პონტოელი ბერძნები romanized: P’ont’oeli Berdznebi Greek [ 3] [ 4] Pontus , on the shores of theBlack Sea and in thePontic Mountains of northeasternAnatolia .
Smyrniote Greeks (Greek : Σμυρνιώτες Έλληνες;Turkish :İzmir Yunanlıları ) are aGreek ethnic community originating from theSmyrna region on theAegean coast ofAnatolia .
Other Asia Minor Greeks [ edit ] Notable Asia Minor Greeks [ edit ] Thales ,pre-Socratic philosopher, considered the father of philosophy and science, one of theSeven Sages of Greece Homer , poet, the father of Western literature, his origin is disputed, but the most widespread account was that he was fromIonia Hesiod , poet, the father of Greekdidactic poetry Herodotus , historian and geographer, the father of historyHecataeus of Miletus , historian and geographer, the father of geographyStrabo , geographer and historianHipparchus , astronomer, geographer, and mathematician, considered the father of astronomy and founder oftrigonometry Apollonius of Perga , geometer and astronomer, one of the greatest mathematicians of antiquityEudoxus of Cnidus , astronomer, mathematician, doctor, and lawmakerHippodamus , architect, urban planner, physician, mathematician, meteorologist, the father of Europeanurban planning Galen , physician and surgeon, one of the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquityHerophilos , physician, one of the earliestanatomists Dioscorides , physician, pharmacologist, botanist, the father ofpharmacognosy Aretaeus of Cappadocia , physician, wrote eight treatises ondiseases Soranus of Ephesus , physician, most notably his four-volume treatise ongynecology Apelles , renownedpainter Bias of Priene , one of the Seven Sages of GreeceAnaximander , pre-Socratic philosopher, first to attempt making a map of the known worldAnaximenes , pre-Socratic philosopherHeraclitus , pre-Socratic philosopherXenophanes , pre-Socratic philosopher, theologian and poetAnaxagoras , pre-Socratic philosopher and mathematicianLeucippus , pre-Socratic philosopher, the founder ofatomism Nausiphanes , atomist philosopherDiogenes , philosopher and one of the founders ofCynicism Eubulides ,Megarian philosopherDiodorus Cronus , Megarian philosopherXenocrates ,Platonic philosopher and mathematicianCrantor , Platonic philosopherStrato of Lampsacus ,Peripatetic philosopher, called the PhysicusAlexander of Aphrodisias , Peripatetic philosopherCleanthes ,Stoic philosopher andboxer Chrysippus , Stoic philosopherEpictetus , Stoic philosopherAntipater of Tarsus , Stoic philosopherMetrodorus of Lampsacus ,Epicurean philosopherDiogenes of Oenoanda , Epicurean philosopherArcesilaus , philosopher, the founder ofAcademic Skepticism Apollonius of Tyana ,Neo-Pythagorean philosopher, became a mythical hero during the Roman EmpireProclus ,Neoplatonic philosopherSimplicius of Cilicia , Neoplatonic philosopherScylax of Caryanda , explorer and writerAnacreon ,lyric poetAlcman ,choral lyric poetAratus , didactic poetMimnermus ,elegiac poetCallinus , elegiac poetHipponax ,iambic poetDiphilus , one of the greatest poets ofNew Comedy Quintus Smyrnaeus ,epic poetGeorge of Pisidia , Byzantine poetChariton , novelist, wroteCallirhoe novel Xenophon of Ephesus , novelist, wroteEphesian Tale Heraclides Ponticus , philosopher and astronomer, possibly the originator of theheliocentric theoryPhilo of Byzantium , engineer, physicist and writer onmechanics Autolycus of Pitane , astronomer, mathematician, and geographerCallippus , astronomer and mathematicianCrates of Mallus , constructed the earliest knownglobe of the EarthTheodosius of Bithynia , astronomer and mathematicianTheon of Smyrna , mathematician and philosopherBryson of Heraclea , mathematicianNicephorus Gregoras , Byzantine mathematician and astronomerSostratus of Cnidus , architect and engineer, probably designed thelighthouse of Alexandria Pythius of Priene , architect, designed theTemple of Athena Polias and theMausoleum at Halicarnassus Isidore of Miletus andAnthemius of Tralles , two main Byzantine architects and mathematicians, designed theHagia Sophia Sinan , chief Ottoman architect, engineer and mathematicianAsclepiades of Bithynia , physicianRufus of Ephesus , physicianNicander , physician and poetOribasius , physicianAlexander of Tralles , one of the most eminent physicians in the Byzantine EmpireAlexander Polyhistor , scholarSerenus Sammonicus , savant and tutor, owned one of the largest private libraries of antiquityMichael Psellos , Byzantine savant, historian and music theoristCadmus of Miletus , the oldest of thelogographers Xanthus , historianCtesias , historianEphorus , historianDionysius of Halicarnassus , historian and teacher ofrhetoric Pausanias , geographer and historianArrian , historian and philosopherAgatharchides , historianCassius Dio , historianDio Chrysostom , historian and oratorDiogenes Laertius , biographer of the Greek philosophersEunapius , historianPhilostorgius , historianAelius Aristides , orator and authorThemistius , statesman, rhetorician and philosopherThrasymachus ,sophist Alcidamas , sophist and rhetoricianPolemon of Laodicea , sophistZenodotus , grammarian, the first librarian of theLibrary of Alexandria Michael Attaleiates , Byzantine chroniclerNiketas Choniates , Byzantine historianMaximus Planudes , Byzantine grammarian and theologianArtemidorus ,diviner and dream interpreterUlfilas , creator of theGothic alphabet Saint Nicholas , early Christian bishop, the prototype forSanta Claus Saint George , Roman soldier and early Christianmartyr Basil of Caesarea , Bishop and theologianGregory of Nazianzus ,archbishop of Constantinople and theologianAspasia , the most important woman in the history of fifth-centuryAthens Gordian I , Roman emperorHelena ,Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of EmperorConstantine the Great Basilina , mother of EmperorJulian the Apostate Maurice , Byzantine emperorMichael II the Amorian , Byzantine emperorNikephoros II Phokas , Byzantine emperorJohn Tzimiskes , Byzantine emperorRomanos III Argyros , Byzantine emperorMichael IV the Paphlagonian , Byzantine emperorConstantine X Doukas , Byzantine emperorRomanos IV Diogenes , Byzantine emperorAlexios I of Trebizond , Komnenian ruler of the Empire of TrebizonTheodore I Laskaris , first emperor of NicaeaMichael VIII Palaiologos , Byzantine emperorAlexios Philanthropenos , Byzantine general^ "Anatolia - Greek colonies on the Anatolian coasts, c. 1180–547 bce" .Encyclopedia Britannica Archived from the original on 2015-06-19.Before the Greek migrations that followed the end of the Bronze Age (c. 1200 BCE), probably the only Greek-speaking communities on the west coast of Anatolia were Mycenaean settlements at Iasus and Müskebi on the Halicarnassus peninsula and walled Mycenaean colonies at Miletus and Colophon. ^ Özkan, Akdoğan (2009).Kardeş bayramlar ve özel günler . İnkılâp.ISBN 978-975-10-2928-7 Evlerin bolluk ve bereketi şu veya bu sebeple kaçmışsa, özellikle Rumların yoğun olarak yaşadığı Orta ve Kuzey Anadolu'da bunun sebebinin karakoncolos isimli iblis olduğu düşünülürmüş. Kapadokyalı Rumlar yeni yılın başında sırf ... ^ Alan John Day; Roger East; Richard Thomas (2002).A Political and Economic Dictionary of Eastern Europe . Psychology Press. p. 454.ISBN 1857430638 Pontic Greeks An ethnic Greek minority found in Georgia and originally concentrated in the breakaway republic of Abkhazia. The Pontic Greeks are ultimately descended from Greek colonists of the Caucasus region (who named the Black Sea the Pontic Sea) ^ Totten, Samuel; Bartrop, Paul Robert; Jacobs, Steven L. (2008).Dictionary of Genocide: A-L . ABC-CLIO. p. 337.ISBN 978-0313346422 Pontic Greeks, Genocide of. The Pontic (sometimes Pontian) Greek genocide is the term applied to the massacres and deportations perpetuated against ethnic Greeks living in the Ottoman Empire at the hands of the Young Turk government between 1914 and 1923. The name of this people derives from the Greek word pontus, meaning "sea coast," and refers to the Greek population that lived on the south-eastern coast of the Black Sea, that is, in northern Turkey, for three millennia.
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