Hellenistic
adjective
Hel·le·nis·tic
ˌhe-lə-ˈni-stik 
1
: of or relating to Greek history, culture, or art after Alexander the Great
2
: of or relating to the Hellenists
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Mintz said that during the early Roman Empire, when Jews were in a position of strength, at least some of them actively worked to convert people in the Hellenistic world.
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
But come the Hellenistic age, which began around 323 B.C.E., the Greeks started depicting satyrs as half-man, half-goat, with caprine legs, hooves and horns—the anatomy found in Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson children’s novels.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2024
The statue is a replica of the original created in the 16th century by sculptor Giambologna, who was influenced by Hellenistic sculpture and the works of Michelangelo and who settled in Florence in 1552.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 17 July 2024
As with Plotinus, the Hellenistic founder of Neoplatonic philosophy, Viola’s installation proposes memory as a perceptual function that allows a human soul to acknowledge its own existence.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
Sturt Manning, lead author of the study and a professor from Cornell University alluding to the shipwreck told Interesting Engineering that the Kyrenia Ship is an iconic ship from the early Hellenistic period central to the history of ancient maritime technology.
—Shubhangi Dua, Interesting Engineering, 26 June 2024
To draw attention to the ancient world’s fascination with gold, there will be 181 gold pieces from the Hellenistic period and a selection of ancient jewelry, helmets and chainmail covering three millennia across Egypt, the Mediterranean coast and the pre-Hispanic Americas.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Listing image by Espressif Enlarge / Archaeologists used cosmic rays to detect a secret underground burial chamber from the Hellenistic period in Naples, circa late fourth century/early third century BCE.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 15 May 2023
The moat was likely used through the Hellenistic period, when it was ultimately filled in.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
But come the Hellenistic age, which began around 323 B.C.E., the Greeks started depicting satyrs as half-man, half-goat, with caprine legs, hooves and horns—the anatomy found in Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson children’s novels.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2024
The statue is a replica of the original created in the 16th century by sculptor Giambologna, who was influenced by Hellenistic sculpture and the works of Michelangelo and who settled in Florence in 1552.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 17 July 2024
As with Plotinus, the Hellenistic founder of Neoplatonic philosophy, Viola’s installation proposes memory as a perceptual function that allows a human soul to acknowledge its own existence.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
Sturt Manning, lead author of the study and a professor from Cornell University alluding to the shipwreck told Interesting Engineering that the Kyrenia Ship is an iconic ship from the early Hellenistic period central to the history of ancient maritime technology.
—Shubhangi Dua, Interesting Engineering, 26 June 2024
To draw attention to the ancient world’s fascination with gold, there will be 181 gold pieces from the Hellenistic period and a selection of ancient jewelry, helmets and chainmail covering three millennia across Egypt, the Mediterranean coast and the pre-Hispanic Americas.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Listing image by Espressif Enlarge / Archaeologists used cosmic rays to detect a secret underground burial chamber from the Hellenistic period in Naples, circa late fourth century/early third century BCE.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 15 May 2023
The moat was likely used through the Hellenistic period, when it was ultimately filled in.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
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Hellenistic
adjective
Hel·le·nis·tic
ˌhel-ə-ˈnis-tik
: of or relating to the widespread Greek-based culture that developed after the conquests of Alexander the Great
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