Hellenized
Adopted Greek ways
Hellenized describes something or someone that has adopted Greek culture, language, or customs.
The term applies particularly to ancient peoples who came under Greek influence following Alexander the Great's conquests: Hellenized Jews in Alexandria spoke Greek and read Greek translations of scripture.
The verb Hellenize means to make or become Greek in character.
Egyptian Mediterranean port
- PtolemaicEarth-centered astronomical system
- JudeaAncient Palestinian territory
- MaccabeesJudean revolt leaders
- SeptuagintGreek translation of Hebrew scriptures
Cleopatra · Antioch · satrap · gymnasium · koine · agora · polis · colonization
Fusion of different beliefs
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
hybridization · diffusion · borrowing · translation · adoption · integration · transformation · intercultural
Alexandria
Egyptian Mediterranean port
- PtolemaicEarth-centered astronomical system
- JudeaAncient Palestinian territory
- MaccabeesJudean revolt leaders
Septuagint · Cleopatra · Antioch · satrap · gymnasium · koine · agora · polis · colonization · conquest
syncretism
Fusion of different beliefs
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
cosmopolitan · hybridization · diffusion · borrowing · translation · adoption · integration · transformation · intercultural · bilingual
philosophy
Study of fundamental truths
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
- SocratesAncient Athenian questioning philosopher
Stoicism · Epicureanism · rhetoric · drama · tragedy · comedy · Homer · Iliad · Odyssey · mythology
- Cultural adaptationanglicized, Hispanicized, Germanized, Latinized, Americanized
Hellenizedindigenous
Originating in a region
unassimilated · autochthonous · Latinized · barbarized · native