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gnosticism. thiasoi. Hellenistic religion, any of the various systems of beliefs and practices of eastern Mediterranean peoples from 300 bc to ad 300. The period of Hellenistic influence, when taken as a whole, constitutes one of the most creative periods in the history of religions.
The Hellenistic empires far outlasted Alexander the Great and spread Greek culture through Europe, West Asia, and North Africa. Hellenism's social, cultural, political, and economic influence continued to spread and affect subsequent states and empires.
The ancient Kingdom of Macedon straddled today’s Greece and northern Macedonia. The Macedonians did not speak Greek but had adopted Greek culture in the Archaic period, and their royal family claimed to be descended from the mythical Greek hero Heracles.
May 7, 2024 · Koine Greek (Koine being Greek for ”Common”) became the common dialect during the Hellenistic period following the conquests of Alexander the Great. It was also the language that was used to spread Christianity, as it was the language in which the Apostles mostly spread Jesus’ message across the Roman Empire.
The Greek language continued to thrive after Alexander, during the Hellenistic period (323 BC to 31 BC). During this period the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, appeared. For many centuries Greek was the lingua franca of the eastern half of the Roman Empire.
The "Neo-Attic" Idiom. The hallmark of this Late Hellenistic style known as "Neo-Attic" is its recycling of the idioms of the classical period—the century when Athens dominated the artistic world of Greece.
4.7.2: Hellenistic Culture. The Hellenistic kingdoms spread Greek language, culture, and art all over the areas of Alexander’s former conquests. Furthermore, many Hellenistic kings, especially the Ptolemies, were patrons of art and ideas.
