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.

  • The great majority of the Hellenistic remains in Syria belong to the Roman period.

  • Among the religions which penetrated the Hellenistic world from an Eastern source, one ultimately overpowered all the rest and made that world its own.

  • From 970 to 772 B.C. the bare outline of events is supplied by extracts from two Hellenistic historians, Menander of Ephesus and Dius (largely dependent upon Menander), which have been preserved by Josephus, Ant.

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HHEHEL

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CICTIC

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Words Starting With H and Ending With C

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