This paper on citizenship education focuses in Greek primary schools. It assesses citizenship education in Greece historically, from the creation of the Greek nation-state. Two main aspects are examined in this paper: the discourse of teaching citizenship education in Greek primary schools and the teaching of citizenship education, either through other subjects, or through the subject itself. The methodology used in this paper is historical-comparative by discourse analysis, that is, analysis of extracts from the constitution, laws, textbooks and official documents. It concludes that citizenship education in Greek primary schools has little impact on the creation of the citizenship needed in modern Greece.