What do Italians think of Greek culture?
Italians still remeber the culture of Ancient Greece as the parent of Ancient Roman culture. In terms of economics and work ethic, some Italians have a superiority complex particularly in the north where they strongly conform to the Northern European work ethic of organization and punctuality.
What is it like living in Italy?
Basically, Italy is a giant crayon box that melted together into the modern Italian people. They all even speak different regional dialects to this day. If you speak Italian, here’s a really interesting Ted Talk on the Italian language. Clearly, there are a lot of cultural differences between the North, Central, and the South.
What is the difference between the Greeks and the Spaniards?
Spaniards consider themselves white and European, and would be deeply insulted if you suggested they were Latin American of any kind. The Greeks — Only nominally considered European by other Europeans, but the Greeks fiercely identify as European. Naturally, this is a huge irritant to Greeks.
What unites the Greeks and Italians?
The popular saying “one face, one race” unites Greeks and Italians highlighting the similarities between the two peoples , even if the most appropriate combination would probably be the one between the Greece and the South of Italy (because of History and climate).
What do Turkey and Greece have in common with Italy?
Greeks, and Italians (northern Italy excluded) share the same Greko-roman history as well as several common medieval (see Frankish kingdoms of Greece or Venetian colonies) and more recent influences, meanwhile with Turkey shared history and influences are more limited. Let me give some examples.
What are the different ethnicities in Italy?
Lombards in the North, Byzantine in the central, Spanish and Greek and Byzantine in the south, Arab in Sicily, Romans all over, and then all of the slaves that Romans brought back to Rome sprinkled around the country. Basically, Italy is a giant crayon box that melted together into the modern Italian people.