To Ireland from Greece Most early histories of Ireland make mention of unverifyable inhabitants before the arrival of the Gaelic Milesians, several of which have connections to, or are stated to have traveled from, the area today we know as Greece. Often writers summarize or abrieviate the extensive old Irish manuscripts, without mentioning some of the earliest proposals: any "Indigenous", the "half-Greek" Cessair, the Nemedhians, and the Partholans from Greece. Four "waves of invaders" are usually mentioned: Firbolg ++ former slaves escaped from Greece or Thrace (Northeast Greece), related to the Dananns. Fomorians ++ said to be sea raiders from "Africa" and Tory Island (?off the coast of Donegal Ireland?) Tuatha de Danann ++ highly cultured artisan warriors or "magical fairyfolk", related to the Firbolg. Gaelic Milesian ++ also refered to as the Celtic Gaels, from Spain, Crete (Greece), and origins eastward. While some of these peoples may have been killed in battles defending their Ireland home; and some discount them as mythological or hero-dieties only; it is also said that many of these or previous peoples have survived and merged into the modern day population. Some claim to the extent that each wave only took on a minority role as victor administrators and aristocratic leadership over the existing populations. =welcome>about>help> back(to"start")>Greece

The Shores of the Aegean Sea The modern name and nation known as Greece, is called by themselves as Hellas (silent "H"), an ancient region defined categorization which referenced a common culture and geography with many city-states of Hellenic peoples, some of whom were said to be descendants from a man named Hellen (not to be confused with another Helen, the beautiful woman of Mycanae Argos, and captured by Paris Alexander of Troy.) The slaves of Greece or Thrace (Northeast Greece) could have been from many a nation encountered, or even Hellenic themselves, depending upon the time period, on account of the many Greek colonies throughout the Mediteranean and Black Sea coasts. Slaves were commonly taken by warfare, debt, and trade, and the deprevation was surely equally suffered by every people-group throughout history.