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classicalnoun(music) Describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
greciannoun(obsolete or poetic) Greek (of or from Greece or the Greek people, especially those of Ancient Greece).
greco-romanOf or pertaining to Greek or Roman culture.
greeknounOf or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture.
hellenic languagenounthe hellenic branch of the indo-european family of languages
hellenisticOf 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, and can range from 146BC to 330AD [*].
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greciannoun(obsolete or poetic) Greek (of or from Greece or the Greek people, especially those of Ancient Greece).
greco-romanOf or pertaining to Greek or Roman culture.
greeknounOf or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture.
hellenisticOf 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, and can range from 146BC to 330AD [*].
hellenisticalHellenistic
classicalnoun(music) Describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
hellenic languagenounthe hellenic branch of the indo-european family of languages
greecenounA country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens.
helenanounA female given name from Ancient Greek.
prehellenicnounOf or pertaining to Greece before the Hellenic period.
helladicOf or relating to the civilization that flourished in mainland Greece during the Bronze Age (3000 to about 1100 B.C.E.).
homericResembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer.
greeklikeResembling the Ancient Greek language or culture, or some aspect of it.
ancientnounA person who lived in ancient times.
aegeannounA sea between Greece and Anatolia north of Crete; a lobe of the Mediterranean; in full, Aegean Sea.
greekeObsolete spelling of Greek. [Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture.]
græciannounArchaic spelling of Grecian. [(obsolete) A native or inhabitant of Greece.]
greeciannounObsolete form of Grecian. [(obsolete) A native or inhabitant of Greece.]
antiquenounIn general, anything very old; specifically:
anteclassicalPertaining to something from before the classical era.

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