Greece on Tuesday paid sharply lower rates to raise 1.3 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in a sale of 6-month treasury bills, the debt management agency said. \"Total bids reached 2.62 billion euros and the amount finally accepted was 1.30 billion euros,\" the agency said in a statement, with the interest paid to investors 4.55 percent, down from 4.80 percent at the last equivalent sale on March 6 which had raised 1.14 billion euros.