Hellenisation

Definitions

1. 1

   The adoption of Greek manners and culture

2. 2

   The act of causing a culture to become Greek

3. 3

   The act of Hellenizing, making something Greek or Hellenistic in form or character, (cf.…

   The act of Hellenizing, making something Greek or Hellenistic in form or character, (cf. Latinize) such as by coining a word with Greek roots to express a concept that otherwise might be expressed in modern vernacular

   • The practice of divination using mirrors was called Catoptromancy, a name derived from the Greek word katroptron, which means “mirror”, or “reflection”; [emphasis added]
   • Antes (402) German:[…]Humanistic Hellenization of Blume, literally ‘flower’, with reference to the Greek vocabulary word anthos ‘flower’.

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