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Hellenise
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hellénisé hellénise
English
Verb
en non-Oxford British spelling Hellenize.
en 2023-09-07 Alastair Gill The ancient civilisation that inspired US democracy w:BBC Travel https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230906-the-ancient-civilisation-that-inspired-us-democracy The ancient Greek historian Herodotus claimed that the forebears of the Lycians, the Trm̃mili, "sprang originally from Crete", though modern-day scholars believe they were an Anatolian people who became Hellenised after Alexander the Great seized the region from the Persians in 333 BCE. https://web.archive.org/web/20261007070926/https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230906-the-ancient-civilisation-that-inspired-us-democracy 7 October 2026
Derived terms
en dehellenise Helleniser