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Ancient Greece and Greek culture have had a powerful influence
on the development of art and civilization in Europe and the West in
particular. Our modern governmental institutions and art forms can
all trace their roots to Greece.
 As tattoo symbols, Greek tattoos range from the Greek Cross - four
equal arms, to the Greek alphabet, architectural details such as the
Greek Key made famous by, among others, Gianni Versace, and an
incredible array of mythic figures and heroes, Olympian and
otherwise, Gods and Goddesses, that nearly defy the imagination. A
partial list of well-known figures includes Zeus and Hera, Poisideon,
Apollo, Athena, Hades, Ares, Eros and Aphrodite, Hermes, and heroes
like Hercules. The Greek Gods had a great influence on a number of
their Roman counterparts, such as Hermes to Mercury, Ares to Mars
and there were often similar figures in a number of Northern
European mythological pantheons.
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The Greek alphabet arose from the Phoenician, gave rise to the
Cyrillic, Gothic, Coptic and Latin alphabets and is the oldest
alphabet in use today. It is also widely used in science and
mathematics. Whether you were a member of a Greek Fraternity or not,
there are few among us who are unfamiliar with Alpha, Beta, Delta,
Gamma, Epsilon and the list goes on and on, all the way to Omega, in
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