- Hellenistic
- adjective Date: circa 1706 1. of or relating to Greek history, culture, or art after Alexander the Great 2. of or relating to the Hellenists • Hellenistically adverb
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Hellenistic — Hel le*nis tic, Hellenistical Hel le*nis tic*al, a. [Cf. F. Hell[ e]nistique.] Pertaining to the Hellenists. [1913 Webster] {Hellenistic language}, {Hellenistic dialect}, or {Hellenistic idiom}, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews who lived in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hellenistic — 1706, of or pertaining to Greece and its culture, from Hellen (see HELLENIC (Cf. Hellenic)) + ISTIC (Cf. istic). Since late 19c., specifically of Greek culture in the few centuries after Alexander … Etymology dictionary
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Hellenistic — [hel΄ən is′tik] adj. 1. of or characteristic of Hellenists or Hellenism 2. of Greek history, language, and culture after the death of Alexander the Great (323 B.C. ) Hellenistically adv … English World dictionary
Hellenistic Judaism — was a movement which existed in the Jewish diaspora before the Siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD, that sought to establish a Hebraic Jewish religious tradition within the culture and language of Hellenism.The major literary product of the contact of… … Wikipedia
Hellenistic astrology — is a tradition of horoscopic astrology that was developed and practiced in Hellenistic Egypt and the Mediterranean, whose texts were written in Greek (or sometimes Latin), sometime around the late 2nd or early 1st century BCE. [ See David Pingree … Wikipedia
Hellenistic religion — comprises any of the various systems of beliefs and practices of the peoples who lived under the influence of ancient Greek culture during the Hellenistic period and the Roman Empire (ca. 300 BC to 300 AD). The Hellenistic period constitutes one… … Wikipedia
Hellenistic philosophy — is the period of Western philosophy that was developed in the Hellenistic civilization following Aristotle and ending with Neoplatonism.Hellenistic schools of thoughtPlatonismPlatonism is the name given to the philosophy of Plato, which was… … Wikipedia
Hellenistic biological sciences — R.J.Kankinson The five centuries that separate Aristotle’s death in 322 BC from Galen’s ascendancy in Rome in the latter part of the second century AD were fertile ones for the biological sciences, in particular medicine. Nor is the period solely … History of philosophy
Hellenistic dialect — Hellenistic Hel le*nis tic, Hellenistical Hel le*nis tic*al, a. [Cf. F. Hell[ e]nistique.] Pertaining to the Hellenists. [1913 Webster] {Hellenistic language}, {Hellenistic dialect}, or {Hellenistic idiom}, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hellenistic idiom — Hellenistic Hel le*nis tic, Hellenistical Hel le*nis tic*al, a. [Cf. F. Hell[ e]nistique.] Pertaining to the Hellenists. [1913 Webster] {Hellenistic language}, {Hellenistic dialect}, or {Hellenistic idiom}, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
