The presence of the Greeks in Egypt is as old as their prehistory. And they were in such great numbers in antiquity that they surpassed even the dark-skinned native Egyptians. The floods of the Nile buried all the settlements on the banks of the river and what remained was stone far from the river. The pottery that was found was crude and the houses were made of mud and grass. The inhabitants were engaged in agriculture, fishing and hunting. The Greeks taught the Egyptians to methodically cultivate the land near the mouth of the Nile. The Greeks of the old era first settled in Ethiopia. There is even a reference in Homer's Iliad to a journey of Zeus to Ethiopia. However, he does not write the medium he used
Ethiopia had rich vegetation and they organized many city-states for transit trade through the Nile. Ethiopians came with them, who are the core of the Egyptian race. Later they also built trading posts near the mouth of the Nile and the goods were transported by ship to Greece and other places in the Mediterranean. The Egyptians were receptive to learning and lived harmoniously with the Greeks at all times. They identified with the Greek way of life throughout the traditional and historical period. They did not consider the Greeks as conquerors, but the Greeks did not consider the Egyptians as slaves. There they built many cities that became commercial, craft and cultural centers of the Greeks. They created oracles, built temples and brought the gods of Olympus to the land of the Nile.
As ancient writers inform us, the Egyptians were a practical people. Good craftsmen, builders, farmers, artists, especially in music and dance. They were practical people and accepted the world as it was, with kindness, without delving into issues that could divide people. They never dealt with letters and sciences, but they became good doctors and anatomists because they dealt with the mummification of the dead. On the contrary, Greek doctors were lagging behind in anatomy because the abuse of the dead was forbidden in ancient Greece. But in other specialties they did not show abilities (pathology, pharmacology). With magical recipes and prayers they tried to cure the sick in the triodos.
Throughout its long history, Greeks in Egypt exercised power: Priests, soothsayers, state officials, generals, sailors, merchants, etc.
The first Pharaoh was a Greek son of Minos of Crete named Min or Menes and in Greek Minas. But even later, most pharaohs were Greek Cretans.
The great works of Egypt were built by the Greeks and with Greek engineers and architects.
Ο Βούτης According to Strabo and Diod. Siculus was the high priest of the temples of Athena and Poseidon. He went to Egypt and discovered the books of Hermes Trismegistus.
in the crypts of the pyramids and transferred from hieroglyphic to priestly script all the sacred texts that were saved from the flood. The great engineer and architect Daedalus He is the creator of the great temple of Hephaestus in Memphis and the Great Pyramid. He built the labyrinth under the palaces with underground galleries.
Ο persecution of Greeks in Egypt It wasn't an isolated incident, but a series of gradual political, social, and economic developments, mainly in the 20th century, which led to the mass departure of Hellenism.
Beginning of the pressure (1952–1956)
- 1952: Revolution of the Free Officers.
- 1954–1956: rise of Gamal Abdel Nasser.
- Phasing out confessions
- restriction of foreign businesses
- increase in taxes on foreigners
There was no mass persecution, but intense insecurity and most Greeks fled to Greece and elsewhere .. The geopolitical situation of the Eastern Mediterranean has created the strategic complex Greece-Cyprus-Israel. Egypt also participates loosely in this . However, Egypt as a Muslim country is not stable and is not committed
Konstantinos Konstantinidis – Amphictyon
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