| Greece | |
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| Continent | Europe |
| Location | Southeastern Europe |
| Population | Greek and Turkish citizens |
| Affiliation | Ottoman Empire |
Greece is a country in Southeastern Europe under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
Geography[]
Greece is situated on the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula, at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian to the west, and the Cretan and the Mediterranean Seas to the south. Hundreds of inhabited islands are also part of Greece.
People[]
By the 1700s, Ottoman Greece was a multiethnic society. However, as many of them were Orthodox Christians and faced a level of persecution under Muslim rule. This led to a migration of ethnic Greeks to Western Europe. A large number did convert to Islam, however.
History[]
Background[]
Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy and literature, as well as many major scientific and mathematical principles.
Beginning in the 16th century, the bulk of Greece fell under Ottoman control. However, the Ionian Islands remained under control of Venice.
Season One[]
Pirate Captain James Flint keeps a copy of the book the Republic, by the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato, on his desk in his cabin. The pirate vessel the Demeter is named after the Ancient Greek goddess of the harvest.
Captain Flint explains his goals to Eleanor Guthrie by comparing it to those of Odysseus in Homer’s the Odyssey. He tells the story of how Odysseus was told when he arrived at his home in Ithaca and after defeating all his enemies, he was to walk inland with an oar. He is to keep walking until somebody mistakes that oar for shovel, and that would be the place no man had ever been troubled by the sea, and he could find peace. Flint says all he wants is to walk away from the sea and find some peace.
The Guthrie Trading Company ship the Andromache is named after several figures from Greek mythology, most notably the wife of Prince Hector of Troy.
The pirate vessel the Medusa is named after a monster in Greek mythology.
Season Two[]
In a series of flashbacks to 1705, it is shown that the Hamilton Residence has many pieces of art relating to greek mythology, such as tapestries depicting Athena, Dionysus and Apollo, and a painting of Ares and Aphrodite.
Season Three[]
The front page of Jack Rackham's issue of the Jamaica Courant features a story about developments in the Italian conflict with the Ottoman Empire over the island of Corfu. The front page details that a convoy of ships bearing Italian recruits that is bound for Corfu, accompanied by two second rate men of war.
The British privateer vessel the Orion is named after a figure in Greek mythology who is also the namesake of a constellation.
Season Four[]
Woodes Rogers’ ship the Eurydice is named after a figure from Greek mythology who was the wife of Orpheus, whom he tried and failed to rescue from the Underworld.
