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noun

Hellenism n.

A phrase or form of speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism.

The type of character of the ancient Greeks, who aimed at culture, grace, and amenity, as the chief elements in human well-being and perfection.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hellenism" Quotes from Famous Books

... the navy, established good government at home, extended the boundaries of the realm and laid the foundations of a regenerate State which might in time reunite under the royal sceptre most of the scattered elements of Hellenism. His personal relations with King Constantine were, however, understood to be wanting in cordiality, but the monarch was credited with sufficient acumen to perceive where the interests of his dynasty ...

— England and Germany • Emile Joseph Dillon

... which old St. Gall especially belonged, were zealous in the culture of science. Benedict himself held it in low esteem. The peculiar monasticism, which took its rise from the fanatics of the Thebaid, was, moreover, only a reaction against the preponderance of the sensuous element in Hellenism. ...

— The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli • Johann Hottinger

... Priest of Galatia. Hellenism(110) does not flourish as we would have it, because of its votaries. The worship of the gods, however, is grand and magnificent beyond all our prayers and hopes. Let our Adrastea be propitious to these words. No one a little while ...

— A Source Book for Ancient Church History • Joseph Cullen Ayer, Jr., Ph.D.

... class, which I should be inclined to denominate Arcadian because it shone with greatest splendour in the charming atmosphere of the eighteenth century life, belonged the Sperelli. Urbanity, hellenism, love of all that was exquisite, a predilection for out-of-the-way studies, an aesthetic curiosity, a passion for archaeology, and an epicurean taste in gallantry were hereditary qualities of the house of Sperelli. An Alessandro Sperelli brought in 1466 to Frederic of Aragon, son of Ferdinand ...

— The Child of Pleasure • Gabriele D'Annunzio

Words linked to "Hellenism" : Hellenistic, Hellenistical