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A pastoral lifestyle ( see pastoralism ) is that of shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture . It lends its name to a genre of literature , art and music that depicts such life in an idealized manner , typically for urban audiences . A " pastoral " is a work of this genre , also known as bucolic , from the Greek , from , meaning a cowherd . ___MASK49___ (" Athína " ) is the capital and largest city of Greece . ___MASK49___ dominates the Attica region and is one of the world ' s oldest cities , with its recorded history spanning over 3 , 400 years , and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC . Classical ___MASK49___ was a powerful city - state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus , which had been a distinct city prior to its 5th century BC incorporation with ___MASK49___ . A centre for the arts , learning and philosophy , home of Plato ' s Academy and Aristotle ' s Lyceum , it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy , largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent , and in particular the Romans . In modern times , ___MASK49___ is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic , financial , industrial , maritime , political and cultural life in Greece . In 2015 , ___MASK49___ was ranked the world ' s 29th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study . The Ambracian Gulf , also known as the Gulf of ___MASK100___ or the Gulf of Actium , and in some official documents as the Amvrakikos Gulf , is a gulf of the Ionian Sea in northwestern Greece . About long and wide , it is one of the largest enclosed gulfs in Greece . The towns of Preveza , Amphilochia ( formerly Karvassaras ), and Vonitsa lie on its shores . A season is a division of the year marked by changes in weather , ecology and hours of daylight . Seasons result from the yearly orbit of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth ' s rotational axis relative to the plane of the orbit . In temperate and polar regions , the seasons are marked by changes in the intensity of sunlight that reaches the Earth ' s surface , variations of which may cause animals to go into hibernation or to migrate , and plants to be dormant . During May , June , and July , the northern hemisphere is exposed to more direct sunlight because the hemisphere faces the sun . The same is true of the southern hemisphere in November , December , and January . It is the tilt of the Earth that causes the Sun to be higher in the sky during the summer months which increases the solar flux . However , due to seasonal lag , June , July , and ___MASK61___ are the hottest months in the northern hemisphere and December , January , and February are the hottest months in the southern hemisphere . ___MASK13___ (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . ___MASK13___ ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . ___MASK49___ is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . The Ionian ___MASK72___ (, , ) is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean ___MASK72___ , south of the Adriatic ___MASK72___ . It is bounded by southern Italy including Calabria , Sicily , and the Salento peninsula to the west , southern Albania to the north , and the west coast of Greece . Pastoralism is the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock . It is animal husbandry : the care , tending and use of animals such as camels , goats , cattle , yaks , llamas , and sheep . " Pastoralism " generally has a ___MASK92___ aspect ; moving the herds in search of fresh pasture and water ( in contrast to pastoral farming , in which non - nomadic farmers grow crops and improve pastures for their livestock ). The Pindus ( also Pindos or Pindhos ) mountain range is located in northern ___MASK13___ and southern ___MASK77___ . It is roughly 160 km long , with a maximum elevation of 2 , 637 m ( Mount Smolikas ). Because it runs along the border of ___MASK34___ and Epirus , the Pindus range is often called the " spine of ___MASK13___ ". The mountain range stretches from near the Greek - Albanian borders in Northern Epirus , entering the Epirus region and Macedonia region in northern ___MASK13___ down to the north of the Peloponnese . Geologically it constitutes an extension of the Dinaric ___MASK70___ , which dominate the western region of the Balkan Peninsula . This vast complex of mountains , peaks , plateaus , valleys and gorges traverses the Greek mainland from the Northwest to the Southeast . Its length reaches almost 230 kilometers and its largest width is 70 kilometers . The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of 19 of the member states of the European ___MASK14___ : ___MASK23___ , Belgium , Cyprus , ___MASK60___ , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , ___MASK71___ , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European ___MASK14___ and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside of Europe , a number of overseas territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency . Epirus is a geographical and historical region in southeastern Europe , now shared between ___MASK13___ and ___MASK77___ . It lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian ___MASK72___ , stretching from the Bay of Vlorë and the Acroceraunian mountains in the north to the Ambracian Gulf and the ruined Roman city of ___MASK91___ in the south . It is currently divided between the region of Epirus in northwestern ___MASK13___ and the counties of Gjirokastër , Vlorë , and Berat in southern ___MASK77___ . The largest city in Epirus is Ioannina , seat of the region of Epirus , with Gjirokastër the largest city in the Albanian part of Epirus . Kostas Krystallis ( Greek :   ; 1868 -- 1894 ) was a Greek author and poet , representative of 19th century Greek pastoral literature . He was born an Ottoman subject in Epirus , but escaped to ___MASK13___ after being denounced to the authorities for writing a patriotic collection of poetry . Krystallis initially wrote his works in archaic language , but after 1891 he adopted the vernacular ( Demotic ) Greek language and became influenced by the New Athenian school . He was a pictorial writer , with a love to nature , while ___MASK5___ of his work was based on traditional folk poetry . ___MASK91___ (" Nikópolis ", " City of Victory ") or Actia ___MASK91___ was the capital city of the Roman province of Epirus Vetus . It was located in the western part of the modern state of Greece . The city was founded by Caesar Augustus in commemoration of his victory in 31 BC over Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium nearby . It was soon made the major city of the wider region of Epirus region . Many impressive remains of the ancient city may be visited today . Literature , in its broadest sense , is any single body of written works . More restrictively , it is writing considered as an art form , or any single writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value , often due to deploying language in ways that differ from ordinary usage . Its Latin root " literatura "/" litteratura " ( derived itself from " littera ": " letter " or " handwriting ") was used to refer to all written accounts , though contemporary definitions extend the term to include texts that are spoken or sung ( ___MASK90___ literature ). Literature can be classified according to whether it is fiction or non - fiction and whether it is poetry or prose ; it can be further distinguished according to major forms such as the novel , short story or ___MASK98___ ; and works are often categorized according to historical periods or their adherence to certain aesthetic features or expectations ( genre ). ___MASK89___ ( occasionally , " Ampracia "), was a city of ancient Greece on the site of modern ___MASK100___ . It was founded as a Corinthian colony in the 7th century BC and was situated about 7 miles from the Ambracian Gulf , on a bend of the navigable river Arachthos ( or Aratthus ), in the midst of a fertile wooded plain . History . It was founded between 650 and 625 BC by Gorgus , son of the Corinthian tyrant Cypselus , at which time its economy was based on farmlands , fishing , timber for shipbuilding , and the exportation of the produce of Epirus . After the expulsion of Gorgus ' s son Periander its government developed into a strong democracy . The early policy of ___MASK89___ was determined by its loyalty to Corinth ( for which it probably served as an entrepot in the Epirus trade ), and its consequent aversion to Corcyra ( as ___MASK89___ participated on the Corinthian side at the Battle of Sybota , which took place in 433 BC between the rebellious Corinthian colony of Corcyra ( modern Corfu ) and Corinth ). ___MASK77___ (; ), officially the Republic of ___MASK77___ , is a sovereign state in Southeastern Europe . It has a population of 3 . 03 million as of 2016 . Tirana is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by ___MASK19___ and Vlorë . ___MASK77___ is located in the south - western part of the Balkan peninsula , bordered by Montenegro to the northwest , Kosovo to the northeast , the Republic of Macedonia to the east , and Greece to the south and southeast . The country has a coastline on the northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea , the Adriatic Sea to the west and the Ionian Sea to the southwest where the Albanian Riviera begins . ___MASK77___ is less than from Italy , across the Strait of Otranto which connects the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea . ___MASK1___ is a coastal city and municipality in southern Albania . It is the second largest port city of Albania , after ___MASK19___ . It is where the Albanian Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on November 28 , 1912 . ___MASK1___ was briefly the capital of Albania . Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the ___MASK11___ to the north , the ___MASK40___ to the west , and the Mediterranean ___MASK72___ to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from ___MASK66___ by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of Europe  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . ___MASK44___ , often called Yannena within Greece , is the capital and largest city of Epirus , an administrative region in north - western Greece . Its populations is 112 , 486 , according to 2011 census . It lies at an elevation of approximately above ___MASK72___ level , on the western shore of lake Pamvotis . It is the capital of ___MASK44___ regional unit and the region of Epirus . ___MASK44___ is located northwest of Athens , southwest of Thessaloniki and east of the port of Igoumenitsa in the Ionian ___MASK72___ . ___MASK51___ is the second - largest city in ___MASK13___ and the capital of Greek Macedonia , the administrative region of ___MASK25___ Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace . Its nickname is   (" Symprotévousa "), literally " the co - capital ", a reference to its historical status as the  (" Symvasilévousa ") or " co - reigning " city of the Eastern ___MASK43___ ( Byzantine ) Empire , alongside ___MASK84___ .