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Hellenism

[hel-uh-niz-uhm] / ˈhɛl əˌnɪz əm /


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"The monastery's property is being seized and expropriated. This spiritual beacon of Orthodoxy and Hellenism is now facing an existential threat," he said in a statement.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2025

In the east, Romans maintained a measured reverence for Greek culture, embracing some elements of Hellenism.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Writing in the same year as the first Flatliners film’s release, Stein viewed American medicine, with its expanding high-tech footprint, as having largely settled on the side of Hellenism.

From Slate Oct. 3, 2017

Thanks to new tools and techniques, the glories of Hellenism could be commodified and commercialized.

From The New Yorker Apr. 20, 2016

The visit of the three great philosophers, Diogenes the “Babylonian,” Critolaus and Carneades in 155, was an epoch-making event in the history of Hellenism at Rome.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various




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