Hellenistic
pronunciation
How to pronounce Hellenistic in British English:
UK [ˌhelɪˈnɪstɪk]
How to pronounce Hellenistic in American English:
US [ˌhɛləˈnɪstɪk]
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- Adjective:
- relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civiliHzation
Word Origin
- Hellenistic (adj.)
- 1706, "of or pertaining to Greece and its culture," from Hellen (see Hellenic) + -istic. Since late 19c., specifically of Greek culture in the few centuries after Alexander.
Example
- 1. The church of agia fotini combines byzantine and hellenistic elements .
- 2. Collect mummy , hellenistic statues and busts of roman emperors .
- 3. Hellenistic greece appreciated the high quality of the chinese goods and made efforts to plant mulberry trees and breed silkworms in the mediterranean basin .
- 4. For hermes we should understand a reference to hellenistic egyptian sources .
- 5. The romans replaced the chaos of the hellenistic age with law and order and embraced the intellectual and artistic legacy of the conquered greeks .