Macedonia. Greek tribes. 700BC united. 490 Persia. 479 Independent. 359 Philip. 336 Empire. Alexander. 168BC Rome...395 Byzantine Empire 6C Slav. 9C Bulgar. 11C Byzantine. 14C Ottoman. 1878 Independent. 1879 Ottoman. 1913 Greece/ Bulgaria/ Serbia. 1929 Yugoslavia. 1991 Independent.

Magna Graecia. 8-6C BC. Greek colonies in S Italy. Cumae, Tarentum.

Maia. Greek Pleiade. Mother of Hermes by Zeus.

Makarios III. 1913-77. Orthodox archbishop. Pro-Greek Cyprus president 1959-.

Mars. Roman god of war. = Greek Ares.

Marseilles. c600BC Greek colony. 49BC Rome.

Mavrokordátos, Aléxandros. 1791-1835. Greek revolutionary leader vs Turkey. Prime Minister 1833,44,54-55.

Medea. Greek sorceress who helped Jason get fleece.

Megalopolis. 370-222BC. Greek city destroyed by Spartan Cleomenes III.

Meleager. Greek hero. Killed Artemis’ boar.

Melpomene. Greek Muse of tragedy.

Menander. 342-292BC. Greek comic dramatist. Dyscolus 316BC.

Mentor. Greek tutor of Telemachus, Odysseus’ son.

Messina. 730BC Greek. 396BC Carthage. 264BC Independent. 535 Byzantine. 843 Saracens sack. 1061 Norman...«Sicily.

Metaxas, Ioannis. 1871-1941. Greek dictator 1936-. Repelled Italian invasion 1940.

Micon. c460BC. Greek painter, sculptor. Theseus vs Amazons.

Milo. 6C BC. Greek Olympic wrestler. 6 Olympic, 6 Pythian championships.

Mnemosyne. Greek goddess of memory. Muses’ mother by Zeus.

Mnesicles. 5C BC. Greek architect of Propylae on Acropolis.

Momus. Greek personification of ridicule, humiliation.

Morpheus. Greek god of dreams about people.

Muhammad ’Ali Pasha. 1769-1849. Egyptian Viceroy 1805-48. Killed Mameluks. Aided Ottomans vs Greeks. Dynasty ruled Egypt to 1952.

Mycale, Battle. 479BC. Greek navy defeats Persians.

Mycenaeans. c1600-c1100BC. Greek civilization. Time of Homer’s epics. Late Bronze Age. Ended with Dorian invasion.

Myron. c480-440BC. Greek sculptor. Discobolos.

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