Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word la tour. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: La Tour, Georges de La Tour(noun) French painter of religious works (1593-1652)
The Greeks or Hellenes (Greek: Î­Î»Î»Î·Î½ÎµÏ [Ëelines]) are an ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Anatolia, Southern Italy, and other regions.They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world.ost Greeks are Christians, belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church. During the first centuries after Jesus Christ, the New Testament was originally written in Koine Greek, which remains the liturgical language of the Greek Orthodox Church, and most of the early Christians and Church Fathers were Greek-speaking.
The ancient Greeks (mainly the Athenians) were a unique people. They believed that individuals should be free as long as they acted within the laws of Greece. This allowed them the opportunity to excel in any direction they chose.Individuality, as the Greeks viewed it, was the basis of their society.n 508 BC, Athens became one of the first societies in ancient times to establish democracy. Democracy came from the Greek words, demos, meaning people, and kratein, meaning to rule. This form of government was used at a meeting place which the Greeks called the Assembly.