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Hellenic   /həlˈɛnɪk/   Listen
Hellenic

adjective
1.
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures.  Synonyms: classic, classical, Graeco-Roman, Greco-Roman.
2.
Relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization.  Synonyms: Hellenistic, Hellenistical.
3.
Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language.  Synonyms: Grecian, Greek.  "A Grecian robe"
noun
1.
The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.  Synonyms: Greek, Hellenic language.



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"Hellenic" Quotes from Famous Books



... this double testimony (which the Westerns are quite welcome to reject if so pleased) it is affirmed that, owing to the great amalgamation of various sub-races, such as the Iapygian, Etruscan, Pelasgic, and later—the strong admixture of the Hellenic and Kelto-Gaulic element in the veins of the primitive Itali of Latium—there remained in the tribes gathered by Romulus on the banks of the Tiber about as much Latinism as there is now in the Romanic people of Wallachia. Of course if the historical ...
— Five Years Of Theosophy • Various

... the mythology of these countries will find his books particularly useful as works of reference in following the story I have to unfold: "Teutonic Myth and Legend," "Egyptian Myth and Legend," "Indian Myth and Legend," "Myths of Babylonia and Assyria" and "Myths of Crete and Pre-Hellenic Europe".] ...
— The Evolution of the Dragon • G. Elliot Smith

... Jews, and Withdrawal of the Spirit of Prophecy Contemporaneous—4. Introduction of the Greek Language into Asia and Egypt—Its Use among the Jews, especially in Egypt—Its General Use in our Lord's Day—5. Character of the New Testament Greek—Its Basis the Common Hellenic Dialect, with an Hebraic Coloring received from the Septuagint, and an Aramaic Tinge also—The Writers of the New Testament Jews using the Language of Greece for the Expression of Christian Ideas—Technical Terms in the New Testament—6. Adaptation of the New Testament ...
— Companion to the Bible • E. P. Barrows

... the land beyond the sunset on purpose to see the beautiful lady of whom their fathers and grandfathers had told them; the lady who never could outlive youth because she belonged to the race of the everlasting Gods who ruled the earth in the old far-off Hellenic times. I do not know how long these three men stayed in the country of the Princess; but they stayed quite long enough to be very, very much in love with her, and when at last they had to come away—for no man who is not ...
— Dreams and Dream Stories • Anna (Bonus) Kingsford

... four divisions of the Hellenic race, the other three being the Achaeans, the AEolians, and the Ionians; at an early period overran the whole Peloponnesus; they were a hardy people, of staid ...
— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood


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