Greece

The flag of Greece consists of nine equal horizontal stripes alternating blue and white with a square canton the width of five stripes with a white cross with a thickness of one stripe.

Symbolism[]

The nine stripes represent the nine syllables in the Greek phrase "Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος" (Greek: Eleutheria è Thanatos, English: Liberty or Death) , the motto of the 19th-century Hellenic Revolution against the Ottoman Empire. The cross was also a symbol of the revolution. The blue and white represent the Hellenic Sea. ^[2]

The flag's colors are borrowed from the Greek coat of arms.

Nickname[]

Cross and Stripes
- Σταυρός και ρίγες (Stavrós kai ríges)

References[]

[1] Greece at Flags of the World

[2] The Greek Flag

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