Hellenism
Ancient Greek influence
Hellenism refers to ancient Greek culture, ideals, and civilization—particularly the classical period's emphasis on reason, beauty, and human achievement.
The term also describes the spread of Greek influence across the Mediterranean and Near East following Alexander the Great's conquests.
In religious contexts, Hellenism often stands in contrast to Hebraism or Christianity, representing secular or pagan values: the tension between Hellenism and Judaism in the ancient world.
Someone who studies or admires Greek culture may be called a Hellenist.
Masculine Greek-origin name
- PtolemaicEarth-centered astronomical system
- CleopatraEgypt's last pharaoh
- koineMerged common dialect
- AthensGreece's capital city
Sparta · Macedonia · Alexandria · Antioch · polis · gymnasium · agora · symposium
Greek philosopher, academy founder
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
- SocratesAncient Athenian questioning philosopher
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician
- StoicismVirtue-centered ancient philosophy
Epicureanism · Cynicism · Neoplatonism · logos · dialectic · Academy · Lyceum · Zeno
Greek sky god
- HeraOlympian marriage deity
- PoseidonGreek sea deity
- AthenaGreek wisdom deity
- ApolloSun deity, moonshot namesake
Artemis · Ares · Aphrodite · Hermes · Dionysus · Demeter · Hades · Persephone
Ancient Greek epic composer
- SophoclesClassical Athenian playwright
- EuripidesGreek tragic dramatist
- AeschylusFather of tragedy
- AristophanesAncient Greek comic dramatist
Sappho · Iliad · Odyssey · tragedy · comedy · epic · lyric · chorus
Belief in multiple deities
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- altarSacred ritual table
- libationCeremonial drink offering
festival · Julian · Renaissance · classicism · Winckelmann
Alexander
Masculine Greek-origin name
Athens · Sparta · Macedonia · Alexandria · Antioch · polis · gymnasium · agora · symposium · Herodotus
Plato
Greek philosopher, academy founder
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
- SocratesAncient Athenian questioning philosopher
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician
Stoicism · Epicureanism · Cynicism · Neoplatonism · logos · dialectic · Academy · Lyceum · Zeno · Epicurus
Zeus
Greek sky god
Apollo · Artemis · Ares · Aphrodite · Hermes · Dionysus · Demeter · Hades · Persephone · Hephaestus
Homer
Ancient Greek epic composer
Aristophanes · Sappho · Iliad · Odyssey · tragedy · comedy · epic · lyric · chorus · theatre
polytheism
Belief in multiple deities
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- altarSacred ritual table
libation · festival · Julian · Renaissance · classicism · Winckelmann
- GreeceAcropolis, Parthenon, Athens, Greek, Zeus
- Greek cultureGreece, Greek mythology, Greek history, Greek cuisine, Greek gods
- religionsChristianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism
- Ancient MediterraneanGreek influence, treaties, alliances, colonization, conquests
- Ancient JudeaSecond Temple, Judea, Jerusalem, Masada, Herod the Great
- early churchapostles, early church, Church Fathers, apostolic fathers, Acts of the Apostles
HellenismJudaism
Religion following Mosaic law
Jewish tradition · monotheism · Hasidism · Christianity · early Christianity
HellenismEastern philosophy
Asian intellectual traditions
Confucianism · Hinduism · monotheism · mysticism · Zoroastrianism
- Hellenistic JudaismJewish faith shaped by Greek culture