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Helladic

[ he-lad-ik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Bronze Age culture on the mainland of ancient Greece c2900–1100 b.c.


Helladic

/ hɛˈlædɪk /

adjective

  1. of, characteristic of, or related to the Bronze Age civilization that flourished about 2900 to 1100 bc on the Greek mainland and islands


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Helladic1

1795–1805; < Latin Helladicus < Greek Helladikós of, from Greece, equivalent to Hellad- (stem of Hellás ) Greece + -ikos -ic

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