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Greece vs Hellenistic - What's the difference?

greece | hellenistic |

As a noun greece

is (obsolete) (a step).

As an adjective hellenistic is

of or relating to the period of the greek culture, history, or art after the death of alexander the great (323 bc) to the defeat of cleopatra and mark antony by octavian (31 bc)--though this end-point is often debated.

greece

English

(wikipedia Greece)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • Country in southeastern Europe having borders with Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Member state of the European Union since 1981. Official name: Hellenic Republic ().
  • See also

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    hellenistic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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.
  • Of or relating to a Hellenist.
  • Derived terms

    * Hellenistical