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Hellenism
 
  Hellenism may refer to:
  • Hellenism (neoclassicism)
    Hellenism (neoclassicism)

    Hellenism, as a neoclassical movement distinct from other Roman or Greco-Roman forms of neoclassicism emerging after the European Renaissance, is most often associated with Germany and England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries....
    , an esthetic movement in 18th and 19th century England and Germany
  • Hellenism (Academia)
    Hellenism (Academia)

    Academics who study ancient or modern Greece may be referred to as Hellenists, and thus the study of Greece may be referred to as Hellenism....
    , the academic study of ancient Greece (a scholar in this discipline may be called a Hellenist)


  • Hellenistic period
    Hellenistic period

    The Hellenistic period describes the era which followed the conquests of Alexander the Great. During this time, Greek cultural influence and power was at its zenith in Europe and Asia....
    , in Greek antiquity
  • Hellenization
    Hellenization

    Hellenization is a term used to describe the spread of Greek culture. It is mainly used to describe the spread of Hellenistic civilization during the Hellenistic period following the campaigns of Alexander the Great of Macedon....
    , the spread of Greek culture over foreign peoples
  • Hellenistic philosophy
    Hellenistic philosophy

    Hellenistic philosophy is the period of Western philosophy that was developed in the Hellenistic civilization following Aristotle and ending with Neoplatonism....
     in the Hellenistic period and late antiquity
  • Greek polytheism, or even polytheism generally, as contrasted with Judaism and Christianity in Hellenistic and Roman times
  • Hellenic Neopaganism


  • In a modern Greek context, Greek people and their culture in general
  • In the context of the ancient grammarians, the proper use of the Greek language
    Greek language

    Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....