Hellenic
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks or their language, culture, thought, etc., especially before the time of Alexander the Great.
non-Hellenic
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a word derived from
Hellenic.
Example Sentences
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Greece is running a $3 million U.S. video-and-print promotion that stars such non-Hellenic celebrities as Sally Struthers and E.G.
From Time Magazine Archive
In my knowledge of the non-Hellenic civilizations and the higher religions there are appalling gaps.
From Time Magazine Archive
We should at least know whether the dominant race in Crete in the Minoan age spoke an Hellenic or a non-Hellenic dialect.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
"Barbarie" is used in the Greek sense, to designate the non-Hellenic peoples of Asia.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
Hellenistic civilization may appear degenerate when compared with Hellenic; when compared with the civilizations which it superseded in non-Hellenic lands, it marks an unquestionable advance.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
