Why Armenia is not popular in the same way that Greece is?

[Sikeliot]

They even speak similar languages.

They may have started out that way, but from what I have been told, they have diverged very much.

[Linet]

We speak similar languages
.....when that happened and nobody informed me ?

[Trun]

They may have started out that way, but from what I have been told, they have diverged very much.

It is because Armenian has been influenced by Persian.

[Sikeliot]

Armenian doesn't sound like Greek at all that's for sure. I would think going by its sound that it was more related to Persian, Kurdish, etc

[Gospodine]

Graeco-Armeno-Aryan branched off from IE around 3500BC.

It's been a long time since Greek and Armenian were similar. And yes, Armenian is thoroughly Persian-influenced (it was originally though to be a member of the Iranian language family).

And Greek picked up a heavy pre-IE substrate when it moved into the Balkans.

[Sikeliot]

Didn't Greek and Armenian start out somewhere in the Ukraine/Russia area and then spread outward?

[Gospodine]

Didn't Greek and Armenian start out somewhere in the Ukraine/Russia area and then spread outward?

Late PIE movements and migrations have never been finalized. They could have been in the Southern Caucasus, Black Sea region or possibly even in Central Asia.

Generally the Indo-Europeanists that support a late-stage Graeco-Armeno-Aryan branch also support the idea that the PIE urheimat was in the Armenian highlands; the Armenian Hypothesis.

The other thing that differentiates Armenian is that it's not entirely Indo-European.

It has a substrate of likely Proto-Caucasian influence: Hurro-Urartian. Indeed the Urartian Kingdom was centered around Mount Ararat and Lake Van.

[gregorius]

Lol armenian doesnt sound like greek or Persian. it is an own branch in the IE language group like the alboz. How much is russian related to dutch ? the same as armenian is to greek or to persian.

Armenian alphabet and the Greek are not the same. The only thing similar is that armenian alphabet has also 36 characters.
The only other thing common is that armenians and greeks both dont like turks in general.

Armenia is not popular etc. Because it is located at a shitty place, no sea shore, no tourism.
Barbarian mongol turks on the left, Backstabbers Georgians above, and silly turkified persians at the left who think armenia is historical azeri land.

[Scholarios]

Much Respect to Armenians, but Philhellenism grew out of Europeans' constantly changing view of themselves and their civilization. Armenian history and culture, though rich and influential in it's own way, didn't have the far-reaching influence of Greek culture, specifically the language and the Greek influence on Western Christianity.

[Scholarios]

We speak similar languages
.....when that happened and nobody informed me ?

Generally, Armenian is usually considered the closest living language to Modern Greek ( unless you consider Pontiaka, Tsakonika, or Griko to be separate languages from Greek)

Edit: but I'm actually unaware on what linguistic basis this hypothesis rests.