Hellenic

1. of or relating to the ancient or modern Greeks or their language

2. of or relating to ancient Greece or the Greeks of the classical period (776--323 bc)

3. another word for Greek

4. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages consisting of Greek in its various ancient and modern dialects

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Hellenic

Pertaining to the classical Greek period, roughly from 480 B.C. to the death of Alexander in 323 B.C.

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