Hellenists
Ancient Greece devotees
Hellenists were Greek-speaking Jews in the ancient world, particularly those who adopted Greek language and customs while maintaining Jewish identity.
In the New Testament, Hellenists appear as a distinct group in the early Jerusalem church, sometimes in tension with Hebrew-speaking Jews: The Hellenists complained that their widows were being neglected.
The term can also refer more broadly to admirers or students of Greek culture.
Philosophy emphasizing ideal Forms
- AristotelianismPhilosophy derived from Stagira's sage
- StoicismVirtue-centered ancient philosophy
- EpicureanismPhilosophy valuing serene pleasure
- NeoplatonismPlotinus's systematic mystical metaphysics
Cynicism · dialectics · logos · ethos · pathos · arete · nous · telos
Greece's capital city
- SpartaAncient Greek warrior state
- DelphiGreek prophetic sanctuary
- OlympiaWashington state's seat
- CorinthAncient Greek maritime city
Thebes · Mycenae · Ephesus · Alexandria · Syracuse · Byzantium · Antioch · Rhodes
Greek sky god
- AthenaGreek wisdom deity
- ApolloSun deity, moonshot namesake
- PoseidonGreek sea deity
- HeraOlympian marriage deity
Hermes · Dionysus · Hades · Artemis · Aphrodite · Ares · Hephaestus · Demeter
Masculine Greek-origin name
- PericlesFifth-century Athenian statesman
- SocratesAncient Athenian questioning philosopher
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
Homer · Herodotus · Thucydides · Sophocles · Euripides · Demosthenes · Xenophon · Pythagoras
Study of historical texts
- epigraphyStudy of ancient inscriptions
- numismaticsStudy of currency
- historiographyStudy of history-writing
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
archaeology · translations · commentaries · lexicons · grammars · dissertations · symposia · journals
Platonism
Philosophy emphasizing ideal Forms
- AristotelianismPhilosophy derived from Stagira's sage
- StoicismVirtue-centered ancient philosophy
- EpicureanismPhilosophy valuing serene pleasure
Neoplatonism · Cynicism · dialectics · logos · ethos · pathos · arete · nous · telos · Academy
Athens
Greece's capital city
Corinth · Thebes · Mycenae · Ephesus · Alexandria · Syracuse · Byzantium · Antioch · Rhodes · Knossos
Zeus
Greek sky god
Hera · Hermes · Dionysus · Hades · Artemis · Aphrodite · Ares · Hephaestus · Demeter · Persephone
Alexander
Masculine Greek-origin name
- PericlesFifth-century Athenian statesman
- SocratesAncient Athenian questioning philosopher
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
Aristotle · Homer · Herodotus · Thucydides · Sophocles · Euripides · Demosthenes · Xenophon · Pythagoras · Archimedes
philology
Study of historical texts
- epigraphyStudy of ancient inscriptions
- numismaticsStudy of currency
- historiographyStudy of history-writing
manuscripts · archaeology · translations · commentaries · lexicons · grammars · dissertations · symposia · journals · koine
- Biblical PeoplesIsraelites, Israelite, Hebrews, Hebrew, Jews
- paganspagans, neo-pagans, heathens, druids, polytheists
- philologistsphilologists, linguists, grammarians, etymologists, classicists
- ancient philosophyPlato, Aristotle, Socrates, Platonism, Epicureanism
- ancient sectsEssenes, Pharisees, Sadducees, Gnostics, Nazarenes
HellenistsHebrews
Ancient Semitic people
traditionalists · Maccabees · nativists · purists · separatists
- Hellenistic JudaismJewish faith shaped by Greek culture