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| Alexandrian |
of or pertaining to Alexandria or to its culture, artifacts, or the like in Hellenistic times. [1/2 definitions] |
| Hellenize |
to make or become Greek or Hellenistic in character. |
| koine |
(sometimes cap.) the colloquial form of Greek widely spoken during the Hellenistic period and the period of the Roman Empire (often prec. by "the"). [1/2 definitions] |
| Ptolemaic system |
the cosmographic theory, systematized by the Hellenistic astronomer Ptolemy, according to which all heavenly bodies revolve around the earth, which is fixed at the center of the universe. |
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