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What does Hellenistic mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of or relating to the period of the Greek culture, history, or art after the death of Alexander the Great (323 B.C.) to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian (31 B.C.)--though this end-point is often debated.
  2. Of or relating to a Hellenist.
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Correctly, I believe, Chilton sees the Johannine presentation as the flowering of the Hellenistic development of the Eucharist.
Most of the datable inscriptions from Sardis before the Hellenistic period use the Lydian language and alphabet.
What was the exact place of ancient cuneiform culture in Uruk, and in Babylonia more generally, during the Hellenistic and Parthian periods?
It reflects the influence of Egyptian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Canaanite, Persian, and Hellenistic cultures.
Amongst the first buildings to be set out in the new Hellenistic city were the agora and the monumental temples on the acropolis.
Most structures were built in limestone gypsum and are an eclectic mix of Assyrian, Hellenistic, Parthian and Roman styles.

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