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Definitions for greek dark ages Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word greek dark ages. Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Greek Dark Ages. The Greek Dark Age or Ages and Geometric or Homeric Age are terms which have regularly been used to refer to the period of Greek history from the presumed Dorian invasion and end of the Mycenaean palatial civilization around 1200 BC, to the first signs of the Greek poleis in the 9th century BC.
After the Minoans came the Myceneans. They were soldiers from mainland Greece, and were the Greeks who fought Troy in the 1200s BC. After the Mycenean age ended, about 1100 BC, Greece entered a Dark Age. This lasted until the 800s BC when the Greeks set off by sea to explore and set up colonies.The Olympic Games begun in 776 BC.he Greeks called themselves Hellenes, and their land was Hellas. The name Greece comes from the Romans. The name 'Hellenes' came from a legendary hero named Hellen (a man, and not the same as Helen of Troy). Some Greek philosophers did not mind shocking people or being laughed at.