Hellenistic
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- adjective
- /ˌhɛləˈnɪstɪk/
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helénico
- In Hellenistic times, probably around 300 B.C., the Hittite altar was uncovered but not touched.
- Hellenistic period
- Hellenistic philosophers
- Hellenistic era
But he remember was excavating the Hellenistic shrine of Adad Nadinace.
- But he remember was excavating the Hellenistic shrine of Adad Nadinace.
- Certainly this work, Martha Nussbaum, The Therapy of Desire, Theory and Practice and Hellenistic ethics.
- Like we just we're not, you know, there's a bunch of it was a bunch of what they call Hellenistic Jews and Greeks looking at.
- Like it was all of it was written in the Hellenistic.
Examples
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Below the Roman road are Hellenistic walls (third to second century B.C.).
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Streets laid down in the Hellenistic period (fourth to first century B.C.) were still being used.
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And so the city was built up in classical and Hellenistic Greek times.
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There is a Hellenistic Revival piece over here you absolutely must see.
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The site is located inside the Hellenistic and Roman city, but outside the smaller medieval town.
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The result was the radiation of first Hellenistic and later Islamic culture as far east as Afghanistan and Central Asia.
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The Hellenistic philosophers offer insights that any philosophical approach to politics should take extremely seriously.
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Ottoman structures may include Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine elements.
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Excavated remains include more than 600 Hellenistic tombs and a Roman ceramic workshop.
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The Hellenistic period saw the spread of Greek art and culture across the ancient world.
Synonyms
Culture and style of ancient Greece after Alexander the Great that affected art and ideas
Surface Forms
Morphology
Hellenistic = Hellenism (semi-transparent) = hellen + istic
The combining form 'Hellen-' clearly signals 'Greek' and '-istic' is a standard adjective-forming suffix, but the term refers to a specific historical period and cultural context (post-Alexander) that is specialized and not fully derivable by an average learner.
Etymology
The word Hellenistic comes from Hellas, the old Greek name for Greece, and from Hellenes, the people of Greece. It describes the time after Alexander the Great when Greek art and ideas spread across many lands, so Hellenistic means 'like Greek' in style and culture.