Hellene

Native of Athens

A Hellene is a Greek person.

The term appears in historical, literary, or formal contexts where *Greek* would serve in everyday speech: The ancient Hellenes valued philosophy and athletic competition.

Hellenic is the adjective form, describing Greek culture, language, or civilization.

geographic

Greece

Balkan peninsula nation

Crete · Peloponnese · Cyclades · Aegean · Ionian · Macedonia · Rhodes · Delphi · Olympia · Corinth

ancient

Athens

Greece's capital city

Agora · Pericles · Demosthenes · Thucydides · Herodotus · Sophocles · Euripides · Aristophanes · Homer · Iliad

mythology

Zeus

Greek sky god

Apollo · Artemis · Ares · Aphrodite · Hermes · Hephaestus · Demeter · Dionysus · Hades · Persephone

philosophy

Plato

Greek philosopher, academy founder

  • AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
  • SocratesAncient Athenian questioning philosopher
  • StoicismVirtue-centered ancient philosophy

Epicureanism · Platonism · Academy · Lyceum · Ethos · Virtue · Metaphysics

identity

Greek

Of Athenian origin

Macedonian · Cretan · Cypriot

Opposites
ethnic/cultural identity in antiquity

Hellenebarbarian

Uncivilized, crude person

Roman · Persian · Egyptian · Phoenician · Carthaginian

greek vs. non-greek distinction

Hellenebarbarian

Uncivilized, crude person

foreigner · alien · xenos · outlander

Phrases
Family

Hellenic, Hellenism, Hellenist, Hellenistic, Hellenes, Panhellenic

Familiarity
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