hellenistic
IPA: hɛɫʌnˈɪstɪk
Root Word: Hellenistic
adjective
- Of or relating to the period of the Greek culture, history, or art after the death of Alexander the Great (323 B.C.) to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian (31 B.C.) – though this end-point is often debated, and can range from 146BC to 330AD [*].
- Of or relating to a Hellenist.
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Examples of "hellenistic" in Sentences
- That's astrology from the beginning Hellenic and hellenistic period, until islamic and medieval period.
- The Greeks had a hellenistic society steeped in the throws of valuing human beauty, material, physical and corporeal pursuits.
- In structure, it follows the hellenistic tradition with the main buildings lining the main street which is 1 km long, with side streets arranged at right angles.
- The finding of the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran and locating the codices at Nag Hammadi really expanded our understanding of early Christendom and hellenistic Judaism.
- We would only wish BBC to issue a clarification: that Hellenic Astrology of classical and hellenistic period is totally unrelated to this modern mess which attempts to pass itself as... astrology.
- In the terminology of hellenistic period astrological texts, we certainly see that the constellations were often marked with their Dodecatemoria: e.g. the dodecatemory of Libra is.../has... and so on.
- In the sources of the hellenistic period we even find corrections Geminus Rhodius corrects beholding signs according to precession and a whole attempt by Hipparchus, first, and Ptolemy, later, for the accuracy of calculations.
- By the time astrology reached post-renaissance Europe, the touch with the original model this which is laid out in platonic Timaeus had already been lost and the mathematics level was nowhere near the one usual during hellenistic times.
- One clarification: astrology as it was invented and practiced by ancient Hellenes during classical and hellenistic period HAS ABSOLUTELY NO RELATION to this modern mess which since the late 19th cent has been attempting to pass for astrology!
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