International City’s Greece Precinct lies at the edge of the residential district. The design of its three- and four-storey buildings on the other hand, travel back to the age of Homer, Aristotle and Alexander. Featuring tiled-roofs, balconies, symmetrically placed windows and white-painted walls, this precinct reminds one of the Greek architectural ideals of order and harmony.
The first Olympic Games were held in Greece in 776 B.C. and there was only one event - a one-kilometre foot race down the centre of the stadium in Olympia.
Athens was named after the goddess of wisdom, Athena.
The Greeks were the first to develop an alphabet with vowels.
Greece was the first country to have a democratic government.
