Greatest Enemies of Greece

The history of Greece spans several thousand years. Can you name the most famous opponents of Greece, from the ancient polises to the Modern era? Good luck!

Most of these 'enemies' are historical states and nations

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Hint	Answer
We can only learn about the Greek war with this city state from the Homer's Iliad	Troy
Greek polises fought this empire in the Battle of Marathon and Thermopylae	Achaemenid Empire
This city-state fought Greeks for Sicily	Carthage
Tribes from the North that raided Greek ports as pirates	Illyrians
Saviors from the above, who later turned Greece into their province	Romans
The Catholic Pope organized the Crusaders who plundered Byzantium	Papal States
Empire destroyed Byzantine Empire by conquering Constantinople	Ottoman Empire
Country Greece fought against in Second Balkan War	Bulgaria

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Country that defeated Greece in 1919-1922 War	Turkey
Greece intervented in this country after WWI, so it supported the above	Soviet Union
Mussolini tried to conquere Greece (but we all know how it's ended)...	Italy
And then this country occupied Greece for four years	Nazi Germany
This hoxhaist country (together with others) briefly supported communists during the Greek civil war	Albania
Existence of this non-recognized nation approved the impossibility of the Enosis	Northern Cyprus
This country had to add "North" to its name because of Greece	North Macedonia

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1 Comments

Level 69

Nov 8, 2025

It seems a bit funny when the "greatest enemies" list starts from legendary violent Troyan war and ends on ridiculuous argument over a neighbor's name!