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Hellenistic
adjective /ˌhel.əˈnɪs.tɪk/Definition
› of or relating to the history, art, etc. of ancient Greece and other countries of the Eastern Mediterranean, especially during the fourth to the first century BCNames of groups of people who lived in the past
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