Greek Culture In The Odyssey

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Greece, home of the great story The Odyssey, but there is so much more, in this exciting country. Greece is a great place to travel and there are many things you can only find in this great nation.
Greece is a Country in the Mediterranean Sea that, according to The Cultures and World of Greece, is “about the same size as England or Alabama” (DuBois 7). Also, “Greece is covered in mountains for about ¾ of its land mass.” (DuBois 7). The land area of Greece, according to DuBois, consists of 2,600 islands scattered across the country’s surrounding seas (7). Some of these islands and deserts are home to Greece’s ample amount of wildlife and vegetation. In the book, The Cultures and World of Greece, it states that, “Greece has about 6,000 species

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