Hellenistic Age

Cultural  

1. The period from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 b.c. to the middle of the first century b.c. It was marked by Greek and Macedonian emigration to areas conquered by Alexander and by the spread of Greek civilization from Greece to northern India. (See Alexandria.)

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Example Sentences

Some of the earliest apocalyptic speculation is found in Jewish scriptures, in stories like the Book of Daniel, as the Hellenistic age gave way to the Romans around the second and first centuries B.C. and Jewish communities experienced violent persecution.

From New York Times

“Power and Pathos” surveys the work of the Hellenistic Age, when artists achieved astonishing virtuoso feats with the metal, which could be worked into more agonized, ecstatic and dynamic forms than marble.

From Washington Post

“Power and Pathos” surveys the work of the Hellenistic Age, when artists achieved astonishing virtuoso feats with the metal, which could be worked into more agonized, ecstatic and dynamic forms than marble.

From Washington Post

And during the Hellenistic Age, the possibilities of bronze were pushed to new limits, in portraiture that captured not just the ancient ideal of beauty, but the reality of aging, the corruption of power, the dissolution of wealth, and the impertinence of youth.

From Washington Post

And during the Hellenistic Age, the possibilities of bronze were pushed to new limits, in portraiture that captured not just the ancient ideal of beauty, but the reality of aging, the corruption of power, the dissolution of wealth, and the impertinence of youth.

From Washington Post