Hellenistic Definition

hĕlə-nĭstĭk
adjective
Of or characteristic of Hellenists or Hellenism.
Webster's New World
Of Greek history, language, and culture from the death of Alexander the Great (323 b.c.) until the death of Cleopatra (30 b.c.)
Webster's New World
Relating to or in the style of the Greek art or architecture of this period.
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Origin of Hellenistic

  • From German hellenistisch, from Ancient Greek Ἑλληνιστής (hellenistes, “one who uses the Greek language”), from Ἑλλάς (Hellas, “Greece”); as if Hellenist +‎ -ic.

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Hellenistic Sentence Examples

  • In the Hellenistic period it gained inportance as a fortress by which the Macedonian rulers controlled central Greece.

  • Here you find articles in the encyclopedia on topics related to the Hellenistic period.

  • We do not look in vain for notable names in Hellenistic literature and philosophy produced on an Asiatic soil.

  • Then the prestige of the Roman Empire, with its prevailingly Hellenistic culture, must have told powerfully.

  • At the court a limited recognition might be given, as fashion veered, to the values prevalent in the Hellenistic world.

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Words Starting With

HHEHEL

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CICTIC

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Words Starting With H and Ending With C

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