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To be exact, she’s an ancient pre-Hellenic goddess who was transformed into the tree.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023

This course taught us about the evolution of the arts in Europe from pre-Hellenic to modern times.

From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2018

Halfway up the path we saw a pre-Hellenic Temple of Diana and mounds of clay that were bread ovens at one time.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2015

First came the full cycle of the pre-Hellenic civilizations of the Minoans and the Mycenaeans, with their varied and sophisticated achievements, which finally flamed out in the 12th century B.C.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is every possibility, therefore, that the Tammuz ritual may have been attached to a harvest god of the pre-Hellenic Greeks, who received at the same time the new name of Adonis.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander