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

This tidal wave of wealth sloshed all around the eastern Mediterranean during the three centuries that followed, the era known today as the Hellenistic Age.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 20, 2016

An exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, “Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World,” offers what is probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study one essential aspect of the Hellenistic Age.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2015

Thousands of such beautifully detailed bronzes were created during the Hellenistic Age.

From US News • Jul. 28, 2015

During the Hellenistic Age men began to gain more accurate ideas regarding the shape and size of the habitable globe.

From Early European History by Webster, Hutton

The most striking feature of social life in the Hellenistic Age was its cosmopolitan character, reminding one of the European culture of to-day.

From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell