What is another word for hellenic?

Pronunciation: [hɛlˈɛnɪk] (IPA)

Hellenic is an adjective that relates to ancient Greek culture, language, or people. It's sometimes used interchangeably with the word "Greek." However, there are several synonyms for Hellenic that can be used in various contexts. Some of these include Grecian, Hellenistic, Greek-speaking, and Aegean. Grecian is often used to refer to the art, literature, and architecture of ancient Greece. Hellenistic refers to the period after Alexander the Great's conquest of Persian Empire, during which Greek culture spread throughout the Mediterranean. Greek-speaking is used to refer to the language that is still spoken in Greece and by the Greek diaspora today. Aegean is used to refer to the prehistoric civilization that existed on the Aegean Sea.

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    • Proper noun, singular
      greece.

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Usage examples for Hellenic

Your 'Westward' is no hellenic goddess: she is a vivid and self-reliant American girl."
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
It cannot be supposed that these poets attempted to reproduce the antique hellenic character of the legends on which they founded their dramas.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
When dawn, the rosy-fingered, found them she must have thought them quite hellenic; and the minister followed later, and I would not think it right to repeat what he thought it right to say.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch

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