| 单词 | Hellenistic |
| 例句 | Today, the term Hellenistic retains an unfocused, wishy-washy feel, if not a whiff of outright condescension. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z It was a practical expression of the self-aggrandizing impulse that inspired other megastructures in the new Hellenistic kingdoms, such as the renovated Temple of Apollo at Didyma, or the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Beyond the gated community at Alexandria, then, Hellenistic Egypt was a stewpot of roiling antagonisms, contained only by an elaborate system of regulations, appeasement, and, if necessary, military force. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The perennial “sick man” of the Hellenistic world, the kingdom of the Seleucids had been coming apart almost since its inception. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Though it is a truism to emphasize the stunting of free Greek city life in Hellenistic times, Cyrene in the early third century was no mere political appendage of Alexandria. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Hellenistic rulers, it is said, trivialized Greek civic life by reducing it to pompous pageantry and contests over who could best flatter the king. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z As we have seen, Hellenistic science, the science of Archimedes, provides an interesting test case. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The deep antiquity of the Babylonian tradition is somewhat exaggerated, however: their most impressive work in mathematical astronomy dates after 300, roughly contemporaneous with developments in the Hellenistic world. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Estimates of Alexandria’s population in the Hellenistic era range from four hundred thousand to one million— bigger than any Mediterranean city except Rome. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Indeed, the wealth of Egypt had political effects that long outlasted the Hellenistic epoch. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z At “Winged Victory of Samothrace,” a white marble statue from Hellenistic Greece, better known as “Niké,” for example, Ms. Firestone noted that the figure’s wings had inspired the sportswear empire’s Swoosh logo. The Art of Drinking? Right This Way, S’il Vous Plaît. 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z An exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, “Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World,” offers what is probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study one essential aspect of the Hellenistic Age. National Gallery of Art offers rare chance to see ancient Greek bronzes 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z In Hellenistic sculpture, the reflective range goes from sharp highlights glinting off tendrils of hair to a soft, buttery sheen sliding across a body's planes. Bronze sculptures in 'Power and Pathos' at the Getty capture pivotal era 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The National Gallery, of course, has minimal ancient holdings and no particular focus in its permanent collection on the art of Greece, Rome and the larger Hellenistic world. Bronze will be in fashion this fall at the National Gallery of Art 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z “It represents a major class of Hellenistic honorific statuary not otherwise represented in the museum’s collection.” Cleveland Museum Buys Antiquities, Stirs Ethics Debates 2012-08-13T02:00:13Z From humble beginnings in such forms as pebbles pressed in patterns into beaten earth floors, at its high points during Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine times mosaic became a sophisticated fine art in itself. Special Report: Decorative Arts: An Ancient Craft Gets a Bigger World Stage 2011-10-27T11:30:10Z Verrocchio responded with an elegant, rather sassy David, more naturalistic and triumphant than Donatello’s downcast Hellenistic predecessor, that sashays over the first gallery of this show. In ‘Verrocchio,’ Leonardo’s Master Is the Star 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Historians point to a likely one: the Hellenistic art that was introduced by Alexander the Great to Asia — at Pergamon, for example — and filtered over trade routes to China. ‘Age of Empires’: How 2 Dynasties of Art Forged China’s Identity 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z In all the world, there are fewer than 200 surviving bronzes from the Hellenistic and Classical ages, and about a quarter of those are on display. National Gallery of Art offers rare chance to see ancient Greek bronzes 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z This explosion of artistic interest in the natural world during the Hellenistic period was later to influence Roman art, with the city of Alexandria a particularly important point of contact. A Greco-Roman Tour of Myth and Nature 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Materials found at the site date back to Hellenistic, Roman, early Christian and Byzantine periods. Getty Trust to Invest $100 Million in Saving Threatened Antiquities 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z The Apollos, although both Hellenistic in origin, hark back to an older, archaic tradition. National Gallery of Art offers rare chance to see ancient Greek bronzes 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z This year this cache of 16 Hellenistic silver-gilt objects known as the Morgantina silver was on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Silver Said to Be Stolen Is Back Home 2010-12-05T23:47:00Z Those same experts also expend a lot of energy explaining how the final Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt and a Hellenistic descendent might also be a Black person. The question isn't why cast a Black Cleopatra but rather why not profile another African queen? 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z “This is the first time somebody finds a golden earring from the Hellenistic times in Jerusalem,” said Yuval Gadot, a Tel Aviv University archaeology professor involved in the find. In find of ancient gold earring, echoes of Greek rule over Jerusalem 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Weaving simple crowns of foliage was already an established practice, but during the Hellenistic era the finest goldsmiths applied their art to mimicking the wreaths with incredible delicacy in gold. A Greco-Roman Tour of Myth and Nature 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Some fashionistas are taking a look at Ancient Greece to get their style inspiration, and Pinterest has coined this trend as "Hellenistic Revival." Pinterest says these style trends will be big in 2022: Pearls, mullets, checkboards and more 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z The statue reproduction commands this domestic space as forcefully as the Hellenistic original commands the great staircase at the Louvre. Perspective | This Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece is back in bloom after a 20-year restoration. In a perfect world, you’d be able to visit. 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Stretching from Geometric Period bronze horses to Roman mosaics, they include several impressive Hellenistic statuettes. A Sumptuous Surrealist Moment in Manhattan 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z It was only in the Hellenistic age that Greek artists became fascinated by expression in works like the Laocoon, in which a man contorts his face in agony. Face value: expressions bring 4D ultrasound scans to life 2013-06-06T14:37:56Z Her forms have a clear relationship to Hellenistic art. Ann Gillen: Sculpting in Plain Sight 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z While Hellenistic artists and their public responded to new cultural currents, they did not turn their backs on tradition. The paradox of 'Power and Pathos' at the Getty: Disasters rescued these ancient bronzes 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z For a striking sense of how Hellenistic artists used the form, spend some time with a sculpture known as the Dancing Faun. National Gallery of Art offers rare chance to see ancient Greek bronzes 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Now he’s part of a new large gallery devoted to the Hellenistic world, dating from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. to the rise of the Roman Empire in 31 B.C. Five Must-See Artworks at the Renovated Getty Villa 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The structure depicts the battle between the Greeks and the Amazons, a popular Hellenistic myth that was later adapted by the Romans. At a Roman Museum, Jazz Joins the Mix 2010-05-11T10:00:00Z And yet, the Hellenistic legacy is still slightly suspect, too flamboyant and overwrought if judged by the standards of Athens at its apex of power. National Gallery of Art offers rare chance to see ancient Greek bronzes 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Among the items recovered were 23 travertine marble funerary urns dating to the Hellenistic period from a single tomb complex identified as belonging to the Etruscan Cacni family. ArtsBeat: Italian Police Recover Trove of Etruscan Antiquities 2013-06-27T18:34:04Z Over the entrance door into one of the earlier funerary chambers, a Greco-Roman triangular tympanum illustrates the gradual penetration of Hellenistic motifs. Review: 'Routes of Arabia'' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling 2010-07-23T11:56:00Z Carved reliefs from ancient Mesopotamia, mythical beings from Periclean Athens and Hellenistic Greece and heroic figures from Imperial Rome now usefully resound in the work of one of today's most significant artists. Charles Ray's sculptures cast a forceful modern eye on antiquity 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z But he was incapable of physical involvement; his affection for one friend of that era would be expressed through “long, earnest, fully clothed embraces, chaste kisses and florid talk of the Hellenistic ideal of friendship.” Books Of The Times: ?A Great Unrecorded History? of E. M. Forster by Wendy Moffat 2010-05-17T22:28:00Z A gallery devoted to depictions of ordinary humans rather than gods or rulers shows how Hellenistic sculptors began to embody common feelings. The paradox of 'Power and Pathos' at the Getty: Disasters rescued these ancient bronzes 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z The Hellenistic Mediterranean represents the era when a humanistic heart began to beat vigorously within Western art. Bronze sculptures in 'Power and Pathos' at the Getty capture pivotal era 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Bronze was ubiquitous in Hellenistic sculpture, supplanting marble, but examples are rare today. Bronze sculptures in 'Power and Pathos' at the Getty capture pivotal era 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z All this gives point to the timing of “Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms,” which coincides with the New York State Presidential primary. A Show About the Hellenistic One Per Cent 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Mr. List, who often works in galleries, is heavily influenced by visual art, creating movement in conversation with the Hellenistic period one time, and 20th-century abstraction the next. Dance Review: Rob List, Performance Artist, at Parker?s Box 2010-06-27T23:00:00Z In the Hellenistic Treasury galleries, she wondered whether the jewelry and objects in the vitrines could possibly be real. Camille Paglia Scowls at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-09-27T22:19:53Z Mr. Aslan depicts earliest Christianity as surviving in two streams after Jesus: a Hellenistic movement headed by Paul, and a Jewish version headed by James. Books of The Times: Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth’ 2013-08-05T19:15:02Z The Hellenistic period spans nearly 300 years, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to Augustus Caesar's triumph over Cleopatra and Mark Antony in 31 BC. The paradox of 'Power and Pathos' at the Getty: Disasters rescued these ancient bronzes 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z The most recent excavation unearthed seven graves dating to the Roman era and Hellenistic period, and, for the first time, remnants of a settlement. Greece unearths remnants of ancient city of Tenea 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Though I immediately flew across the country to begin teaching my niece about Hellenistic sculpture, I found her, at less than a month old, curiously glassy-eyed and incommunicative. Modern Love: A Role He Was Born to Play 2012-11-15T21:08:15Z But now Apollonius slows the action to depict that Hellenistic obsession: the pathology of love. ‘Jason and the Argonauts’: Picture thepre-Trojan War equivalent of the Avengers The Hellenistic inspiration is obvious but so is the originality of the expressive handling of the face. Art Review: Murky Exploration of an Iranian Past 2011-05-27T12:00:04Z "Our modern idea of capturing character or personality is something that happens in the Hellenistic age that isn't there before," Daehner said. The paradox of 'Power and Pathos' at the Getty: Disasters rescued these ancient bronzes 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Freya Stark described him as "a Hellenistic lesser sea-god of a rather low period", Somerset Maugham as "a middle-class gigolo for upper-class women", and Fermor admitted his own occasional "rhinoceros-hide obtuseness". Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure by Artemis Cooper – review 2012-10-12T21:55:11Z In a typical recent piece he set a ring with antique Hellenistic wooden beads, coated in 18-carat gold. From Travel to Fashion, Wood Goes Exotic 2012-11-21T15:30:24Z The compositions — machine gun-toting soldiers stacked like sardines, children throwing grenades — are vaguely classical, like social realist tableaus as conceived by a Hellenistic artisan. Hidden Gems of Europe 2012-10-12T20:14:25Z In between, the author swivels among civilizations, depicting Jewish life in the ancient Near East, in the Roman and Hellenistic world, and mingled with early Christianity and Islam. Books of The Times: Simon Schama’s ‘The Story of the Jews’ 2014-03-10T20:50:31Z According to National Geographic, the Talmud, a Jewish holy text, states that Hanukkah acknowledges the Maccabean revolt the Hebrews led against the Hellenistic influence that was being imposed by Greco-Syrian Seleucid rulers. How people celebrate Hanukkah around the world 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z But here it is: The first-ever American museum survey of Hellenistic bronze sculpture, complete with a cogent, briskly articulated array of thematic groupings and a superlative, richly illustrated, very readable catalog. Bronze sculptures in 'Power and Pathos' at the Getty capture pivotal era 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Many date back 6,000 years to the Neolithic age, while others include clay and bronze artifacts, human skulls and the ruins of habitations from the Roman, Hellenistic, Hittite, Byzantine and Babylonian periods. ArtsBeat: Cultural Preservation Groups Ask Obama to Protect Syrian Heritage Sites 2013-09-11T21:23:55Z The title of the exhibition refers to the essential innovation of Hellenistic artists, the extension of sculpture from a limited repertoire of ideal bodies to a more expressive, naturalistic and individualized language. National Gallery of Art offers rare chance to see ancient Greek bronzes 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World is on view at the National Gallery of Art through March 20. National Gallery of Art offers rare chance to see ancient Greek bronzes 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z The buzz about the National Gallery of Art’s “Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World” is exciting. Bronze will be in fashion this fall at the National Gallery of Art 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z The museum called the figure simply a “Bronze statue of a nude male figure” and said in a wall label that it “may depict a god, a hero, a Hellenistic ruler, or a Roman emperor.” Where Are Their Heads? Hordes of Ancient Statues Pose That Puzzle 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z It was inspired by a Hellenistic period sculpture Mr. Koons saw in the British Museum. Loving Art to the Moon and Back 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z But she wasn't a Hellenistic ruler immortalized by Shakespeare, removing her from the Greco-Roman foundation of classicism and, by extension, claims of whiteness. The question isn't why cast a Black Cleopatra but rather why not profile another African queen? 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Two ancient sculptures, centerpieces of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition “Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World” will stay on view at the museum through fall 2018. Two Old Visitors to the Metropolitan Museum Will Stay a While 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z In a Roman copy of a Hellenistic sculpture, he’s a chubby toddler with a club and an impish smile. Art Review: Those Greek Heroes, Sometimes Behaving Badly 2010-10-21T20:45:00Z The true legacy of Hellenistic civilization was not Alexander’s wars, as remarkable as they were, but their aftermath. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, Egypt had been a Hellenistic and then a Roman-controlled territory, making exchange with Greece and Rome especially important and lucrative. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z He had a decisive influence on Latin style and grammar and was decisive in the introduction of Hellenistic philosophy into Rome. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The exhibition also includes archaic and classical Greek statues, Hellenistic figures, and Roman portraits and bronzes. Review | What if the ancient Greeks and Romans actually had terrible taste? 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Entire eras within its 5,000-year-long archaeological record were missing, from the chapters documenting its early Judean roots to the later periods of Persian, Hellenistic and Arab dominance. Jerusalem Archaeology Modernizes but Runs into Ancient Problems 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Despite controlling the Macedonian heartland and Greece itself, the Antigonids were the weakest of the Hellenistic monarchies. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Both became separate Hellenistic kingdoms, ruled initially by former Greek governors of the areas. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z This language enabled educated people and traders from diverse backgrounds to communicate in cities throughout the Hellenistic world. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In the works that seem most lifelike to our sensibility — the classical Greek, Hellenistic and Roman figures — the eyes feel crudely done. Review | What if the ancient Greeks and Romans actually had terrible taste? 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z That period extended from the rule of the Persian Empire—which conquered the Babylonians—to the Hellenistic successors of Alexander the Great, who in turn swallowed the Persian regime. Jerusalem Archaeology Modernizes but Runs into Ancient Problems 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z In addition to accounts by explorers, the Greeks of the Hellenistic lands enjoyed histories and accounts of foreign lands written by the natives of those lands. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The most famous of the powerful Hellenistic queens was this Cleopatra’s descendant, Cleopatra VII, who reigned from 51 to 31 BCE. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Among the many cities of the Hellenistic world, the Egyptian city of Alexandria became the foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was doing very myopic, classical male figurative sculpture derived from Hellenistic art,” Mr. Howard said. After Years of Wrangling, World War I Memorial Raises First Flag 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Those imports fell off much later, probably because warfare between competing Hellenistic kingdoms following the death of Alexander the Great in the fourth century B.C.E. disrupted trade links. Jerusalem Archaeology Modernizes but Runs into Ancient Problems 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Greeks in the Hellenistic kingdoms felt that they were the heirs to Alexander’s conquests and that they were thus justified in occupying most, if not all, of the positions of political power. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z With these allies, Rome possessed the military resources to crush the other Mediterranean powers, Carthage and the Hellenistic monarchies of the eastern Mediterranean. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The mixing of elements of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman culture produced a new culture, called Greco-Roman culture. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It also threatens the historic Mar Moussa church as well as Roman and Hellenistic ruins, though the World Bank says they will be preserved or moved. World Bank-funded dam in Lebanon mirrors governance crisis 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Then there was the Umayyad mosque, built on the site of a Hellenistic agora, called after the dynasty that founded it in the eighth century but its surviving fabric coming from later periods. How Syria's blasted landmarks are starting to rise from the ruins 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Unrelated to the struggle between Greeks and non-Greeks, the Hellenistic period saw a significant shift in gender relations. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z At the site of Ai Khanum in modern Afghanistan, archaeologists have uncovered the impressive remains of one such Hellenistic city with a gymnasium. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Roman artists, philosophers, and writers did not merely copy their Greek and Hellenistic models. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And the Hellenistic sculpture “The Winged Victory of Samothrace,” that stands in the Louvre, provided inspiration for long billowing silk skirts and rope-like straps that pulled tightly around the busts and waists of several looks. Paris couture climbs Mount Olympus, plumbs marine depths 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z The fortification dates back to the Hellenistic period when ancient Greek influence in the region was strong. The Biblical town of Emmaus, which is linked to Jesus’ resurrection and the Ark of the Covenant, may have been found 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Simply put, the Greek obsession with maintaining not just a strict sexual hierarchy but an attempt to separate men and women socially that reached its zenith in Classical Athens loosened enormously in the Hellenistic age. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Most Greek cities in this period were no longer independent since they were usually under the control of one of the Hellenistic kingdoms. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Hellenistic scholars, particularly those in Alexandria, preserved Greek and Egyptian learning in the sciences. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In Aristophanes’s play “Lysistrata,” the eponymous ancient Greek heroine convenes women from across the Hellenistic world to forswear sex until such time as their husbands agree to end the Peloponnesian War. Opinion | The #SexStrike wasn’t real. Why was there so much coverage? 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z A descendant of Ptolemy I, a Macedonian Greek who established Hellenistic rule over Egypt in the late 4th century B.C., Cleopatra and Nefertiti you know. But the ‘Queens of Egypt’ exhibition will blow you away with someone you’ve never heard of. 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z The laws of the Hellenistic kingdoms did protect and recognize women in various ways, but men were always given the greater legal role and identity. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The rebels massacred thousands of Roman citizens and rallied around Mithridates, the Hellenistic king of Pontus in north Asia Minor. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The largest known Hellenistic statue was created on the island of Rhodes. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the case of stoicism’s sudden revival, Zuckerberg found that an active corner of Reddit was applying Hellenistic philosophy to explain the pain and hardship white western men were suffering in the 21st century. Donna Zuckerberg: ‘Social media has elevated misogyny to new levels of violence’ 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z According to that argument, ancient Macedonia was a Hellenistic society and the name is for the Greeks alone to claim. Macedonia Moves Ahead With Name Change, Helping Its NATO Bid 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z While the Hellenistic world was flourishing in Greece and the Middle East, and Rome was beginning its long climb from obscurity to power, most of Western Europe was dominated by the Celts. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The mystery religions and philosophies of the Hellenistic era continued to flourish as these cities became incorporated into the expanding Roman Empire. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Instead of the serene face and perfect body of an idealized man or woman, Hellenistic sculptors created more natural works. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But Greece says that the Slavic Macedonians do not have a claim on the heritage of the Hellenistic Alexander the Great. Russia and the West battle over Macedonia’s future ahead of name-change referendum 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Greeks believe that since ancient Macedonia was a Hellenistic culture, Slavic-speaking Macedonians cannot claim it. In Balkans, Russia and West fight a disinformation-age battle 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z There were major ongoing problems for the Hellenistic ruling class, however, the most important of which was the continued stratification between Greeks and their non-Greek subjects. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Alexandria in Egypt, the largest Hellenistic city, was a center of Greek science and literature, with its massive library and museum. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z By 150 B.C., the Hellenistic world was in decline. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Her “likes” include Byzantine mosaics, Roman villa murals, Sumerian idols and good liars; among her “hates” are Abstract Expressionism, Greek Hellenistic sculpture, Stephen Greene and good taste. What Does It Mean to Be an Artist and a Mother? 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z The alchemical practice began about 1,500 years ago in Hellenistic Greece. This chemist is unlocking the secrets of alchemy 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Hellenistic philosophy largely shifted away from the concerns of Greek philosophers of the Classical Age. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Alexander the Great and subsequent Hellenistic kings founded Greek cities in the former Persian Empire for Greek and Macedonian colonists, often naming them in honor of themselves or their queens. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Romans borrowed and adapted cultural elements freely, especially from the Greek and Hellenistic cultures. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d seen the wonderful exhibition of Greek and Roman bronzes at the National Gallery in Washington called “Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World.” For James Ivory, 'Call Me' is a return to the easygoing sensuality of the ancients 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z And within just one valley, the team found a variety of religious buildings, including Buddhist stupas, Zoroastrian fire temples, and Hellenistic sanctuaries with both Greek and Aramaic characters written on stone slabs. Spy satellites are revealing Afghanistan’s lost empires 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z All of the major schools of Hellenistic philosophy shared the same pursuit, albeit in different ways: to live in pleasure and tranquility. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Alexandria in Egypt, founded by Alexander himself in 331 BCE, was the capital of the Ptolemaic kingdom and the largest Hellenistic city, with a population that reached one million. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Using Archimedes’ ideas, Hellenistic scientists later built a force pump, pneumatic machines, and even a steam engine. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In the 1900s, archaeologists working at the site surfaced pieces of a beautiful Hellenistic bronze, named the Antikythera Youth. Antikythera shipwreck yields new treasures – and hints of priceless classical statues 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z More than 80 years after French pioneers first discovered the ruins of a Hellenistic palace, we were able to miraculously unearth extensive mudbrick walls belonging to the Ningirsu temple. The archaeological treasures IS failed to destroy 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Subsequently, Celtic raiders tended to settle by about 200 BCE, often forming distinct smaller kingdoms within larger lands, such as the region called Galatia in Anatolia, and serving as mercenary warriors for the Hellenistic kingdoms. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, the worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis became common in many Hellenistic cities. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The teachings of Plato and Aristotle continued to be very influential in Hellenistic philosophy. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "Islamic discoveries were incidental to the objective of archaeological interest in Greater Syria," he says."The focus of digs were on the Biblical, Hellenistic and Classical past. These earlier periods took precedence in research." Safeguarding Islam's past for future generations - BBC News 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z The city's numerous temples, where Hellenistic and Roman architecture were blended with Eastern decorative features, led to it becoming known as the "House of God". IS conflict: Iraqi force 'retakes ancient city of Hatra' - BBC News 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z They had not yet conquered the remaining Hellenistic kingdoms, namely those of the Seleucids in the Near East and the Ptolemies in Egypt, but they controlled a vast territory nonetheless. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Mithras was a Persian sun god worshiped by the Medes, but in the second century BCE, Greeks in Hellenistic cities came to believe Mithras would lead them, too, to eternal life. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Hellenistic sculpture moved away from the harmonic balance and idealized forms of the classical age. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The ancient city is wonderfully revealed, gridded into residential blocks in the Hellenistic style and punctuated by monumental buildings. Despite landmines, snakes and dodgy gin, Iraq is an archaeological paradise 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z “This suggests that Jerusalem was for a longer time a Hellenistic city in which foreigners were dominant, and who built more than we thought.” Jerusalem Dig Uncovers Ancient Greek Citadel Originating in the Hellenistic kingdoms, many Romans were attracted to mystery religions, cults that promised spiritual salvation to their members. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Hellenistic philosophy emphasized the search for internal peace and contentment. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Palmyra became a prosperous region during the Hellenistic period and later became part of the Roman Empire. A look at Palmyra, the Syrian archaeological gem that Syrian troops took back from Islamic State fighters 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Renwick Gallery curator-in-charge Nicholas Bell urges art lovers to drop what they’re doing and visit the National Gallery of Art’s “Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World” before the exhibition closes March 20. A guide to the must-see artworks in D.C. 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Sling stones and arrowheads found in and around the Greek fortress attest to pitched battles fought by Greek and Jewish defenders against those Jews opposed to Hellenistic control of Jerusalem. Jerusalem Dig Uncovers Ancient Greek Citadel Hellenistic history at its simplest is easy to summarize: a Macedonian king named Alexander conquered all of the lands of the Persian Empire during twelve years of almost non-stop campaigning. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z What Greek city was the largest in the Hellenistic period? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Hellenistic artists created powerful images of idealized youth, but they extended the range of portraiture to include realistic details of the toll of time. With ‘Power and Pathos,’ National Gallery enters its own bronze age 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z These Hellenistic Jews advocated for the reformation of their own primitive belief system according to Greek values — the modernization of a faith founded in the Bronze Age. Five myths about Hanukkah 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The ruins are the first solid evidence of an era in which Hellenistic culture held sway in this ancient city. Jerusalem Dig Uncovers Ancient Greek Citadel In the end, the Ptolemies were the longest-lasting of the Hellenistic dynasties. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Although they did not remain there, for the next three centuries this Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom continued to trade with India and spread Greek ideas. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Jewish political history is well represented by the emblematic legend of the oil that was required to consecrate the Temple after its defilement at the hands of the Hellenistic Seleucid rulers. Lighting Candles for Liberty 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z “It meant a very strong fight against the Hellenistic Jews and the establishment of what we would today call a theocratic state.” Five myths about Hanukkah 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z "Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World," which opened at the museum Tuesday, brings together more than 50 bronzes from the Hellenistic period that extended from about 323 to 31 B.C. Huge exhibition of brilliant ancient bronze sculptures comes to LA's J. Paul Getty Museum 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Major histories of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Egypt were written during the Hellenistic period and translated into Greek. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z A week ago the militants released a video showing them smashing statues and carvings in the city's museum, home to priceless Assyrian and Hellenistic artefacts dating back 3,000 years. Iraq says Islamic State militants raze ancient Hatra city 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z These skills led to the first attempts by the Hellenistic world at gauging the size of the Earth and its distance to the sun. The arc of early scientific discovery 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Though Hanukkah now is a Jewish counterpart to the Christian holiday of Christmas, it commemorates Judaism’s bare survival of an attempt to obliterate it by a Hellenistic king, Antiochus the fourth. This Is What Hanukkah Is All About. Hint: It Was a Near-Death Experience 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Thousands of such beautifully detailed bronzes were created during the Hellenistic Age. Huge exhibition of brilliant ancient bronze sculptures comes to LA's J. Paul Getty Museum 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z The core of the Hellenistic kingdoms were the new cities founded by Alexander or, later, by the Hellenistic monarchs. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Other images, in Hellenistic style and probably for Greeks there and abroad, represented the king as a successor to Alexander. ‘When the Greeks Ruled Egypt’ Highlights the Diversity of Cultures in Ptolemaic Egypt 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Most Syrian cultural sites are either Hellenistic, Roman or Islamic in the areas where the militants are operating, according to Al-Azm. United Nations Ban on Trade in Syrian Antiquities Urged by Scholars There has never been a period in world history where same-sex relationships were more routine and normal than in Hellenistic culture at the time of Christ. Q&‥038;A: Marilynne Robinson on guns, gay marriage and Calvinism The statue depicts the “Drunken Satyr,” an ancient Greek sculpture of the Hellenistic era showing a human-like figure with animal features drunkenly sleeping. Student Breaks 19th Century Greco-Roman Statue While Taking a Selfie 2014-03-18T15:35:37Z The most important Hellenistic mathematicians were Euclid and Archimedes. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The concept of fixed-length hours, however, did not originate until the Hellenistic period, when Greek astronomers began using such a system for their theoretical calculations. Why are there 60 minutes in an hour, but only 24 hours in day? 2014-01-19T16:00:00Z The New York Times columnist William Safire suggested the idiom might be traced to the siege of the Alamo in 1836 or a clash between the Roman Republic and a Hellenistic emperor. Let's draw a line under it 2012-09-24T14:04:36Z I was getting into the mind of a Hellenistic mechanic. Divine mechanics in a garden shed 2012-06-18T05:16:06Z Among the religions which penetrated the Hellenistic world from an Eastern source, one ultimately overpowered all the rest and made that world its own. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Hellenistic thinkers also made important discoveries in astronomy, most notably the fact that certain astronomers determined that the sun was the center of the solar system. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The still later form of the legend, a product of the Hellenistic period, is due to a mistaken etymology of the name. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Each has its various subdivisions and modifications, Pauline Christianity in the Greek world has its problems of resistance to Hellenistic perversion on the one side, to reaction toward Jewish external authority on the other. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z For a time the apostles, it is stated, were stewards of the whole body, teaching them and supplying them with food, till finally seven Hellenistic Jews were selected and set apart for that purpose. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Asia Minor and Syria remained substantial parts of the Roman Empire till the Mahommedan conquests of the 7th century A.D. began a new process of recoil on the part of the Hellenistic power. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Hellenistic astronomers also refined the calculations associated with the size of the Earth; one astronomer named Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth that was only off by 200 miles. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z And, further, at the difficult moment of transition, when Christian ideas passed from the Jewish to the Gentile world, there were Jews of the Hellenistic type ready to mediate the change. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The Doketists, with their exaggerated Hellenistic mysticism, were certainly not the true successors of Paul. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z The history of the town in Hellenistic times is closely connected with that of the dynasts of Pergamum, with whose extinction it came into direct relations with Rome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z We do not look in vain for notable names in Hellenistic literature and philosophy produced on an Asiatic soil. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Funded directly by the Ptolemaic government, the Library collected and translated every scrap of available scholarship from the Hellenistic world and played host to scholars who based their own work on its archives. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have come into the church from a Greek or Hellenistic source, perhaps as a translation of Paul's "heavenly Christ." The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z But besides the larger development new features appear of Hellenistic rather than Jewish type. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z These persons were called "Grecians," "Hellenists," or "Hellenistic Jews," because in the countries to which they belonged the Grecian language was spoken. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z Then the prestige of the Roman Empire, with its prevailingly Hellenistic culture, must have told powerfully. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Thus, there were certainly important intellectual breakthroughs that occurred during the Hellenistic period. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z He devoted himself to the study of Eastern language and history in its pre-Greek and Hellenistic periods and contributed largely to the literature of the subject. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The deeper insight into the real significance of Jesus' work and fate born of Paul's peculiar experience and his Hellenistic apprehension of the gospel found embodiment in the beginnings of a New Testament literature. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z What the Hellenic literature was to Hellas, that the Hellenistic literature was to Hellenism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z While new Greek cities were rising in the interior, the older Hellenism of the western coast grew in material splendour under the munificence of Hellenistic kings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z While Alexander the Great is a well-known figure from ancient history, the Hellenistic period as a whole is not. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Hellenistic civilization may appear degenerate when compared with Hellenic; when compared with the civilizations which it superseded in non-Hellenic lands, it marks an unquestionable advance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Iráq, Syria, and Egypt, bears unmistakable signs of Hellenistic influence. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Greek world, with local dialectic variations; the latter is based on the Greek of the Hellenistic writers, modified, but not essentially altered, in successive ages by the popular speech. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Not only did the Galatian tribes take large tracts towards the north of the plateau in possession, but they were an element of perpetual unrest, which hampered and distracted the Hellenistic monarchies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z By 400 BCE groups of Celts began to raid further into “civilized” lands, sacking Rome itself in 387 BCE and pushing into the Hellenistic lands of Macedonia, Greece, and Anatolia. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Among recently found statues none excel in interest some bronzes of large size dating from the Hellenistic age. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z In the Hellenistic period, Zeno, the Stoic, and his followers proclaimed the supremacy of the sidereal divinities even more strongly than the schools of Plato and Aristotle had done. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z And he did not realize the importance of the kinship between Christian doctrine and Hellenistic syncretism, which helped to promote the reception of Christianity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Through the Hellenistic Jews, Greek influences reached Jerusalem itself, though their effect upon the Aramaic-speaking Rabbinical schools was naturally not so pronounced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z All of the Hellenistic monarchs tried to rule in the style of Alexander, rewarding their inner circles with riches, founding new cities, and expanding trade routes to foreign lands. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z A great artist, whose date has been disputed, but who is now assigned to the Hellenistic age, Damophon of Messene, is known to us from his actual works. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Here also, in imperial times as in the Hellenistic period, side by side with the great cameos, we meet with works carved out in the round. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z It is impossible that if Paul went in and out with the Apostles, preached boldly in Jerusalem, and disputed with the Hellenistic Jews, not to speak of what is added, Acts xxvi. Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z In Latin literature, however, a great mass of Hellenistic tradition in a derived form was maintained in currency, wherever, that is, culture of any kind continued to exist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Greek artists, and the Romans who learned from them, adapted the Hellenistic Greek style. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The names of very few painters of the Hellenistic age have come down to us. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Euclid, the great geometer of Hellenistic Alexandria, was well aware of the fact that the closing of square paths is not a priori true. What Do You Mean, the Universe Is Flat? Part II: In Which We Actually Answer the Question 2011-08-01T11:45:06.053Z It is my honest conviction that for any authoritative Revision, we are not yet mature; either in Biblical learning or Hellenistic scholarship. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z Ultimately the Greek East was absorbed by Islam; Islam. the popular mistake lies in supposing that the Hellenistic tradition thereby came to an end. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Unlike in the Greek case during the Hellenistic period, Arabic was to replace the vernacular of the land conquered during the Arab conquests. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Another large bronze presents us with a Hellenistic type of Dionysus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z This beautiful work, which is of the Hellenistic period, shows the daughter of Minos attired in a light flowing single garment, and reclining on a couch, asleep. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z Archbishop Trench, with wise after-thought, in a second edition, explained himself to mean “that special Hellenistic Greek, here required.” The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z The Hellenistic strain in Mahommedan civilization has, it is true, flagged and failed, but only as that civilization as a whole has declined. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z They built these cities on the Hellenistic and Roman model: planned grids of streets at right angles. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z But it is by no means clear that we have the right to remove either of these figures from among the statues of the Hellenistic age. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The Syrian monarchy stands out from this and even from the Macedonian as the proper type of a Hellenistic State. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z A passion for Hellenistic lore pervaded the higher classes of society. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Many attempts have been made to identify the home of the Hellenistic Christians addressed in this epistle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Such transmutation is at the heart of alchemy, which has its roots in metallurgical practices of Hellenistic Egypt and the philosophical musings of its legendary Greek founder, Hermes, on attaining a more perfect world. The Rail: Breeders Chasing the Superhorse 2011-03-12T23:36:00Z Another bronze figure of more than life-size is that of a king of the Hellenistic age standing leaning on a spear. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z He not only gives all manner of out-of-the-way texts in full, but also a very excellent sketch of each of the Hellenistic monarchies, with dates and other credentials. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Neoplatonism, originally Alexandrine, is often regarded as Hellenistic rather than Hellenic, a product of the mingling of Greek with Oriental civilization. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z With the extension of the single strong rule of Rome over this Hellenistic world, the conditions were changed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Judged by the diameter of the drums, the columns of the Croesus temple were not two-thirds of the height of those of the Hellenistic temple. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Hence in Hellenistic Greek particles are comparatively rare. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Of course he would have found it hard to panegyrize his favourite democracies when he came to the Hellenistic age. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z The ruins include well-preserved Hellenistic walls with towers, of which five are still visible. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z With this long process of political decline from Alexander to Diocletian correspond the inner changes in the temper of the Hellenic and Hellenistic peoples. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z The author was an orthodox Hellenistic Jew who lived in Egypt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Indeed, had it been really important at any date, we may be sure that the Hellenistic Sovrans or Roman capitalists would have carried it out. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The force of imitation also helped the creation of tyrannies in the Greek cities; for were not the Hellenistic monarchies the greatest success of the age? Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Returning, the visitor will find in the alcoves on the south side of the corridor casts of Greek sculpture of the IV century and Hellenistic periods, and casts of Roman sculpture. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z The great majority of the Hellenistic remains in Syria belong to the Roman period. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z As the former work is derived from a variety of Pharisaic writers in Palestine, so the latter in its present form was written for the most part by Hellenistic Jews in Egypt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Its slavish adherence to the original caused the new translation to be received with favour by the Hellenistic Jews, among whom it quickly superseded the older Septuagint. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Renaissance architecture, as is well known, is the imitation of Roman or late Hellenistic art, with certain peculiarities and modifications forced upon the builders by their education and surroundings. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Spiritual emptiness, sensationalism, and lack of self-restraint are only too often characteristic of Hellenistic art. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z Such local dynasties as were suffered by the Romans to exist had, of course, a Hellenistic complexion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Both the Hellenistic and, still more, the original Ionian cities remain for the most part unexplored. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z It helps that, with her suicide in 30 B.C., she brought down two worlds; with her went both the 400-year-old Roman Republic and the Hellenistic age. Still Under Cleopatra's Spell 2010-10-22T21:57:00Z But her influence waned as the Pharaohs declined, and the Hellenistic Egyptians resurrected her as the equivalent of the ancient Greek deity Artemis. 2010-01-19T18:10:00Z At this period Athens was altogether overshadowed in material strength by the great Hellenistic monarchies and even by the new republican leagues of Greece; but she could still on occasion display great energy and patriotism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" If indeed the earlier ages had been those of creative and spontaneous life, the Hellenistic age was that of conscious criticism and book-learning. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Even elephants quickly became a necessary adjunct to Hellenistic armies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The Greek term Apotheosis, probably a coinage of the Hellenistic epoch, becomes more nearly technical for the deification of dead emperors. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" There were sixteen cities known to have been founded under this name by Hellenistic monarchs; and at least twelve others were renamed Antioch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" The Hellenistic Period.—Philip and Alexander, who sincerely admired Athenian culture and courted a zealous co-operation against Persia, treated the conquered city with marked favour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Under the Roman empire the cult of Isis, now furnished with an official priesthood and elaborate ritual, became really popular in the Hellenistic world. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z "I expect this is Hellenistic—I mean Romanistic—Latin," said Michael, who was proud of his momentary superiority in knowledge. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The Bosporan kingdom is interesting as the first Hellenistic state, the first, that is to say, in which a mixed population adopted the Greek language and civilization. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" In the Hellenistic period it gained importance as a fortress by which the Macedonian rulers controlled central Greece. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" But the greater part of the empire continued to exist under new masters, the Seleucids, as a Hellenistic power which was of great importance for the dissemination of Greek culture in the East. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" At the court a limited recognition might be given, as fashion veered, to the values prevalent in the Hellenistic world. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Considerable remains of the ancient city walls and of buildings, mostly of the Roman period, still exist, and numerous antiquities, including some fine Hellenistic terra-cottas, have been discovered in casual excavations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The civilization of that day, especially in the eastern Mediterranean lands most concerned, was largely Hellenistic, of mingled Greek and oriental features which were necessarily wrought into the fabric of the new religion. Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries Apart from a few calculations and accounts, practically all the materials for our knowledge of Egyptian mathematics before the Hellenistic period date from the Middle Kingdom. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Others maintain that the Hellenistic Jews who lived at Alexandria, and who had almost forgotten their native language, had this translation made for their own benefit. Lectures on The Science of Language The Nabataeans and the Jews above all had encroached upon the Hellenistic domain; in the south the Jewish raids had spread desolation and left many cities practically in ruins. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z For the decoration and subjects the potters undoubtedly drew their inspiration from the “new-Attic” reliefs of the Hellenistic period, of which the krater just cited is an example. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Nor was it the outcome of an impact made upon Judaism by Hellenistic thought. Some Essentials of Religion The conquest by Alexander ushers in the Hellenistic age, comprising the periods of Ptolemaic and Roman rule. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Hence some of the ancient Jewish teachers came under the influence of Babylonian and Egyptian cosmogonies in their later Hellenistic forms, and resorted to the theory of intermediary forces. Jewish Theology For the Greek residents he was an absolute deified ruler of the Hellenistic type. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. There were in Jerusalem many Hellenistic Jews; that is, those who were reared in foreign countries or were born of parents so reared. Women of Early Christianity Soon Philip and Alexander were to put an end with their legions to the exclusiveness of the city-state, and the Greek woman of the Hellenistic period was destined to enjoy greater freedom and greater influence. Greek Women In the Hellenistic age Cos attained the zenith of its prosperity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The seed sown by Hellenistic Judaism yielded a rich harvest for the Church, even though it was won at the sacrifice of pure Jewish monotheism. Jewish Theology In his latter years he undertook the great task of making Hellenistic philosophy accessible to the Roman world through the medium of Latin prose. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. In Hellenistic romance the apple was a conventional love gift, and when presented to a man by a woman signified a declaration of love. Women of Early Christianity The classical period of Greek history was succeeded by the Hellenistic Age, an epoch introduced by the spread of the Greek language and culture over the vast empire of Alexander the Great. Greek Women This message is the natural interpretation of Christianity by a learned Hellenistic Jew. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance They owed their success to the large Hellenistic groups who joined them at an early period and introduced the Greek language as their medium of expression. Jewish Theology Syria, the kingdom of the Seleucids, with its capital at Antioch on the Orontes, was by far the largest of the Hellenistic monarchies in extent and population, and in wealth it ranked next to Egypt. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. During the Hellenistic age Chios maintained itself in a virtually independent position. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Hence we feel justified in appending the account to this chapter discussing the careers of Hellenistic princesses. Greek Women The Hellenistic world to which dogma and ritual are mainly due is a thing of the past, existent for no one but the scholar. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance In the Hellenistic literature, with its dominating idea of universal monotheism, God is frequently invoked or spoken of as the Father of mankind. Jewish Theology By the end of this period of expansion the city had a population of at least half a million, rivalling Alexandria and Antioch, the great Hellenistic capitals. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. These stuffed birds are the symbols of Judaism which according to our Hellenistic poet, possesses, as religion, as little life as the Christianity that is based upon it. Atta Troll The most striking feature of social life in the Hellenistic Age was its cosmopolitan character, reminding one of the European culture of to-day. Greek Women There is the classic monotheism of the prophets, and the more polytheistic tendencies of later times, a contrast parallel to the sanity of classic Greece as compared with the flabbiness of Hellenistic times. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Hellenistic Judaism also, particularly Philo,717 considered the truly divine in man to be his free will, which distinguishes him from the beast. Jewish Theology The Jewish colonies were encouraged by the Hellenistic monarchs who granted them immunity from military service, protection in the exercise of their religion, and a privileged judicial status in the cities where they were established. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. For example, it seems to imply the doctrine of two Logoi that Clement of Alexandria was accused of teaching, and which is found in certain Hellenistic writings. The Gnôsis of the Light I do not touch on the political side of this apotheosis of Hellenistic kings; it is well brought out in Ferguson's Hellenistic Athens, e. g. p. Five Stages of Greek Religion To enter the Hellenistic world and not be forced to develop a theology was simply impossible. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Yet Hellenistic naturalism could not grasp the fact that man's power to do evil in opposition to God, the Source of the good, is the greatest reminder of his moral responsibility. Jewish Theology The privileged status which the Jews had enjoyed in the Hellenistic states was recognized by the Romans and was specifically confirmed by Augustus, although this policy caused considerable dissatisfaction among their Greek fellow townsmen. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The use of the term "veil" is suggestive, as the term is so often employed in Hellenistic Mysticism in connection with "Initiation." The Gnôsis of the Light Almost all the writers of the Hellenistic Age agree in regarding the Sun, Moon, and Stars as gods. Five Stages of Greek Religion Such a bird's eye view of the forces at work in later Hellenistic and Roman times will be the best preparation for a sane conception of the origin and trend of Christianity. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance The school of Hillel followed in the footsteps of Hellenistic Judaism in accentuating the ethical element in the law;1342 so naturally it encouraged proselytism as well. Jewish Theology In the mosaics which adorn these and other structures of the time are to be seen the traces of a Christian Hellenistic school of painting which gave pictorial expression to the whole biblical narrative. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. We know from other sources that among the Hellenistic Jews was a tendency to liberalism, or Hellenism. Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity Astrology fell upon the Hellenistic mind as a new disease falls upon some remote island people. Five Stages of Greek Religion This vital interplay of Christianity and Hellenistic thought led to the passing away of the older Messianic idea with its distinct limitations. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance All these Midrashic passages and many others are but feeble echoes of the conceptions of the Hellenistic propaganda, which were so ably set forth by Philo and the Book of Asenath. Jewish Theology The kingdoms into which the Macedonian empire was divided under these rulers are known as Hellenistic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" According to Acts the most successful centre of Hellenistic Christianity was Antioch. Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity The Hellenistic Age did not wantonly invent the theory of allegory. Five Stages of Greek Religion In all probability, it was written in Greek for a Hellenistic audience and emphasizes those traditions which would be the most likely to impress its readers. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance This kind of proselytism was encouraged only by Alexandrian or Hellenistic Judaism. Jewish Theology The next Hellenistic source of which we must take note is a fragmentary and almost unintelligible chapter in the works of Hero of Alexandria. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass The controversy between the school of James and the Hellenistic Christians appears to have been very acute in Antioch, but the details are extremely obscure. Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity The one is the work of Hellas, using some few foreign elements; the second is the work of Hellenistic culture on a Hebrew stock. Five Stages of Greek Religion By this time, it had already become Hellenistic in its spirit and attitude. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance This hope of a universal religion, which rings through the Psalms, the Wisdom books and the Hellenistic literature, was soon destined to grow faint. Jewish Theology Though badly preserved and little studied it might well be the most important classical object ever found; entailing a complete re-estimation of the technical prowess of the Hellenistic Greeks. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass Acts represents the beginning of the Church at Antioch as due to Hellenistic Christians who left Jerusalem after the death of Stephen. Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity The books of Christianity are Greek, the philosophical background is Hellenistic, the result of the interplay, in the free atmosphere of Greek philosophy, of religious ideas derived from Egypt, Anatolia, Syria, and Babylon. Five Stages of Greek Religion The message which he brought to the Hellenistic world was in its essentials a definite one. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Both the rabbis and the Hellenistic writers consider the covenant of Noah with its so-called Noahitic commandments as unwritten laws of humanity. Jewish Theology It will, that is to say, be natural to divide the material into four groups: the pre-Socratic philosophy; the Sophists; Socrates and the Socratics; Hellenistic philosophy. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity The truth may be as follows: soon after the time when Barnabas had gone over to the Hellenistic party another body of Christians from Jerusalem came to Antioch. Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity The territory in question is the so-called Hellenistic Age, the period during which the Schools of Greece were 'hellenizing' the world. Five Stages of Greek Religion They are a product of Hellenistic beliefs, perhaps even of Hindoo influences. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance The school of Basilides marks the beginning of the distinctively Hellenistic stadium of Gnosticism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History It must be remembered that Tyche is a real layman's notion, and that Hellenistic philosophy regarded it as its task precisely to render man independent of the whims of fate. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity In Antioch, on the other hand, much that was distinctly Jewish was abandoned, and Hellenistic thought adopted, so that Jesus became the divine centre of a cult. Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity Beside books and inscriptions of the Hellenistic period proper I have drawn on Cicero, Pliny, Seneca, and the like for evidence about their teachers and masters. Five Stages of Greek Religion The Hellenistic Jew of the Dispersion differed widely from the Jew of Palestine, no matter how desirous he might be to identify himself with the worship at the Temple. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Greek painting never reached a higher point than it had gained at the beginning of the Hellenistic age. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Its great influence is seen from numerous similar attempts in the Hellenistic world. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity The Hellenistic Christians seem to have been particularly fond of this use; partly perhaps from linguistic reasons. Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity Thirdly, there is the Hellenistic period, reaching roughly from Plato to St. Paul and the earlier Gnostics. Five Stages of Greek Religion In the old Hellenistic sense Pan is gone forever. A Book of Myths The Pharisees were shocked at his Hellenistic sympathies, as well as at his severe methods of government. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern A more radical standpoint than this as regards the gods of the popular faith is not found during the Hellenistic period except among the less noted schools, and in the beginning of the period. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity But the Greek dynasties which had settled in northwestern India in the train of Alexander, had carried with them the canons of Hellenistic art. Chinese Painters A Critical Study It provided perhaps a general antiseptic, which was often needed by the passionate gropings of Hellenistic religion, in the stage which I call the Failure of Nerve. Five Stages of Greek Religion The belief of the Reformers was plausible; for they rejected just those parts of Catholicism which had nothing to do with Palestine, but were taken over from the old Hellenic or Hellenistic culture. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield By means of an audacious etymology that dates back to the Hellenistic period, this old Thraco-Phrygian divinity has been identified with "Yahveh Zebaoth," the Biblical "Lord of Hosts." The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Another testimony to the weakening of popular faith in the Hellenistic age is the decay of the institution of the Oracle. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity With Hellenistic influences were mingled confused elements springing from the scattered civilizations which had reigned over the Near East. Chinese Painters A Critical Study And in the Hellenistic age the notion of these secondary mediating gods was made easier by the analogy of the human interpreters. Five Stages of Greek Religion The clerical profession, in nearly all its activities, is directly descended from the Hellenistic philosophers. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Solar pantheism, which grew up among the Syrians of the Hellenistic period as a result of the influence of Chaldean astrolatry, imposed itself upon the whole Roman world under the empire. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism In its main outlines this is all the information that I have been able to glean about the general decline of the belief in the gods during the Hellenistic period. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity The painter trained in the school of Hellenistic technique drew with the brush. Chinese Painters A Critical Study In reality there were Gnostic sects scattered over the Hellenistic world before Christianity as well as after. Five Stages of Greek Religion The Hellenistic combination of Platonic metaphysics with Stoic ethics is still the dominant type of Christian religious philosophy. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield In Cappadocia and Armenia it remained the literary and probably also the liturgical language until it was slowly supplanted by Greek during the Hellenistic period. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism In accordance with the line of development here sketched, the inquiry has of necessity been focused on two main points: Sophistic and the Hellenistic Age. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Its earliest appearance is in the Book of Wisdom, the work of a Hellenistic Jew extremely well acquainted with the trend of Greek thought in the third century B.C. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles We are concerned only with those last manifestations of Hellenistic religion which probably formed the background of his philosophy. Five Stages of Greek Religion In this later Alexandrian and Hellenistic age the Greek intellect is no less active than before, but there is a change in the taste of the material. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield It is even certain that this pseudo-science penetrated into those regions long before the Hellenistic period. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism At this point, then, had the educated classes of the ancient world arrived under the influence of Hellenistic philosophy. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Hellenistic Greeks and Eastern Aryans had met here in Taxila to exchange the best each had to offer. Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches I have tried to sketch in outline the main forms of belief to which Hellenistic philosophy moved or drifted. Five Stages of Greek Religion The figures are clothed: and the clothing is purely conventional, while the features of the landscape are far less carefully introduced than in Hellenistic Greek art. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield As we see, the researches into the doctrines or practices common to Christianity and the Oriental mysteries lead almost always beyond the limits of the Roman empire into the Hellenistic Orient. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Of the rich Hellenistic literature almost everything has been lost, and we are restricted to reports and fragments. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity There is no need to dwell here on the influence of later poets upon religious art, though we shall have to notice hereafter the parallel development of the representation of the gods in Hellenistic sculpture. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece All Hellenistic philosophy from the first Stoics onward is permeated by allegory. Five Stages of Greek Religion It is forgotten how completely, in Hellenistic times, religion and philosophy were fused. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Above all, we have not got an exact knowledge of the Hellenistic philosophical terminologies in their development up to the fourth century. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) That we have employed them in the foregoing pages to throw light on the theology of the earlier, more especially the Hellenistic, philosophy, goes without saying. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity In the art of the Hellenistic and Græco-Roman age we find two main tendencies, the one towards academic generalisation, and the other towards excessive realism, often coupled with a theatrical or sensational treatment. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece This is the earliest work that we know from the master's hand to which we can give a date; it already shows his double love for the Hellenistic and for the Tuscan styles. Michael Angelo Buonarroti The Silver Age, the Hellenistic art that followed, is of intense interest. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield The Religious Conceptions and the Religious Philosophy of the Hellenistic Jews in their significance for the later formulation of the Gospel Spiritualising and Moralising of the Jewish Religion Philo The Hermeneutic principles of Philo § 6. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) What was worse, it copied the degeneracy of Greece by following the degenerate Hellenistic paintings. A Text-Book of the History of Painting It does not follow that no great works of art were made in the Hellenistic age; the fine traditions of the fifth and fourth centuries were not easily lost. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece He spent a part of the following year in Oberlin Theological Seminary in special study of the Semitic languages and Hellenistic Greek. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro Splendid in execution as Hellenistic sculpture often was, it won its place at the expense of architecture; one looks in vain for that selection and restraint which give its undying distinction to the earlier work. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield But from this time we find few more traces of an enlightened Hellenistic Judaism. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) The Hellenistic faith was a worship of nature, a glorification of humanity, an exaltation of physical and moral perfections. A Text-Book of the History of Painting In the Hellenistic age we find the Greek types of the gods adapting themselves to new conditions and new meanings. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece Modern sentiments such as these could not be sustained in the presence of indifference to religion, uncertainty as to another world, impatience of the past, and familiarity with Hellenistic thought. Lectures on Modern history It tended more and more to become a conventional affair, and it was an easy transition from the exuberance of Hellenistic art to the point-blank vulgarity of Roman ornamental architecture. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield The naked Aristotelic view of it being most acceptable to the Persian, the Platonic to the Hellenistic Jew. Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc All these pieces show an imitation of late Hellenistic art—not the best period of Greek development. A Text-Book of the History of Painting Basing his early endeavours on these specimens of genuine classical Greek art, there resulted his wonderful pulpits at Pisa and Siena, and his matchlessly graceful little Madonnas denote the Hellenistic sentiment for beauty. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance By 'Hellenic' would be meant the common language, as ordinarily spoken by the mass of the Greeks, and as distinguished from a literary dialect like the Attic; by 'Hellenistic,' the language of Hellenists, i.e., Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" The history of Hellenistic art has yet to be written. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield It has become fashionable to divide the rival tendencies of modern thought into the two classes of Hellenistic and Hebraistic. Among Famous Books The fourth kind of ware dates down into the Hellenistic age and shows red figures surrounded by a black ground. A Text-Book of the History of Painting I myself came to it with some prejudice; in complete ignorance of Hebrew, and with no more than the usual amount of Hellenistic Greek. On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 Its author is supposed to have been a Hellenistic Jew who lived towards the end of the Maccabean period. Companion to the Bible In Hellenistic art it became so, but not in the Golden Age. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield He took Carlyle for the representative of what he called "Hebraism," and he desired to balance the undue preponderance of that by insisting upon the necessity of the Hellenistic element in culture. Among Famous Books Inevitably a great deal of Hellenistic stuff continued to be produced after the rise of Byzantine art. Art No record of the arrival of Buddhist missions in any Hellenistic kingdom has reached us and the language of the edict, if examined critically, is not precise. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 The author of the epitome contained in this book is believed to have been a Hellenistic Jew living in Palestine, who probably wrote in the first century before Christ. Companion to the Bible It was from these able Hellenistic architects that the Romans learnt the monumental planning of their cities, and for centuries the architects most frequently employed were Greeks of Asia Minor. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield The Romans had Kultur, and the Hellenistic world wore their yoke. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe The most striking feature of this short-lived revival is the artistic inspiration which it derived from Hellenistic sources, of which the museums of Peshawar and Lahore contain so many remarkable illustrations. India, Old and New Firstly, Egypt, Syria and the other Hellenistic states were realities to the Indians of this period, distant but not fabulous regions. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 The Hellenistic Jews—those using the Greek language and conforming themselves to Grecian civilization—made constant use of it, and the knowledge of it was very widely diffused beyond the boundaries of Egypt. Companion to the Bible At this point, Hellenistic architecture merges into Roman, and loses its distinctive character. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Rome began to decline as soon as Hellenistic culture got the ascendency over the old Latin Kultur. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe The situation of this seat of learning is important, for it was frequented by students from other districts and they must have felt there in early times Persian and afterwards Hellenistic influence. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 After the career of Alexander, Hellenistic kingdoms took the place of this empire and, apart from inroads on the north-west frontier of India, maintained friendly relations with her. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 As for the head, which is almost entirely executed in round relief, that denotes in an undoubted manner the Hellenistic influence, united, however, with the immutable and somewhat hierarchical traditions of Phenician art. Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 What the Hellenistic architects did was to think out consecutive schemes of city planning, in which the dominant motive of arrangement was artistic. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield In its systematized Hellenistic form, it had been received by the Roman world, and had become the culture of the Roman Empire. The Unity of Civilization These states were of at least three classes, Hellenistic, Persian or Parthian, and Scythian, if that word can be properly used to include the Sakas and Kushans. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 If such words could be used in Egypt several centuries before Christ, the probability of Indian influence seems to me strong, for they would not grow naturally out of Egyptian or Hellenistic religion. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Hellenic influences began to act on the Jewish mind, and a peculiar dialect of Hebrew-Greek, called the Hellenistic, was formed. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology The Hellenistic school was so far false to their standpoint that it laid stress for the ordinary believer upon the philosophical meaning as well as upon the law. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria Now there was a far greater disparity of civilization between Rome and this Hellenistic Orient and half-orientalized Greece, than appeared afterwards between the Romans and Spaniards and Gauls. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Roman town-planning, like Roman art, was recast under Hellenistic influence and thus gained mathematical precision and symmetry. Ancient Town-Planning The metaphysical and ritualistic tendencies of Indian Buddhism are purely Hindu, and if its free use of images was due to any foreign stimulus, that stimulus was perhaps Hellenistic. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Dante and Petrarch elaborated the Hellenistic feeling for Nature; hence the further course of the Renaissance displayed all its elements, but with increased subjectivity and individuality. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Jewish theology in a literary form, which made it available for the world, but with him the tradition as a Jewish tradition ends; in its further Hellenistic development it departed entirely from its original principles. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria There was also a stratum of Hellenistic culture in their domains, and they took on something of that. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 The few town-plans which have been noted in these lands, and which may be assigned more or less conjecturally to the Roman era, seem to be Hellenic or Hellenistic rather than Italian. Ancient Town-Planning The historical books to be found in the Bible, the Apocrypha, and the Hellenistic literature prove that the Hebrew genius was not unfitted for the presentation of the facts of Jewish life. Chapters on Jewish Literature In the Hellenistic period Andros was contended for as a frontier-post by the two naval powers of the Aegean Sea, Macedonia and Egypt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Part of his message was for his own generation and the Alexandrian community, and with the passing away of the Hellenistic culture, it has lost its attraction. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria These wares begin in the Hellenistic period, and go on into the Roman and early Byzantine Ages. How to Observe in Archaeology Although they were allied with the Pharisees in doctrine, they show in some particulars the influence of Hellenistic Judaism. The Life of Jesus of Nazareth As against the Achaemenides, emulating the high Semitic culture of the West and the Hellenistic endeavours preceding the Parthian dynasty, the Sasanians pre-eminently were the promulgators of the Iranian principles. Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I The first volume comprises a survey of the entire period of a thousand years, and examines the cardinal notions of the Hellenic, Hellenistic, and Roman ages from this particular point of view. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents The Hellenistic world was thoroughly sophisticated, and Alexandria was distinguished above all towns as the home of philosophical lectures and book-making. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria Two classes of objects, examples of the first of which are mostly of Age III, but may be Persian, Hellenistic, or even Roman, are very commonly met with in Syria: 1. How to Observe in Archaeology The style of the Greek is Hellenistic, and is not out of character with the versions of which it is a part; nor in particular with the Book of Daniel with which it is incorporated. The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study Alongside of this, however, although in a subordinate position, the development of the Hellenistic movement and the ancient Irano-Semitic syncretism continued to proceed. Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I Macedonian, drill and tactics as practised by the Hellenistic successors of Alexander the Great. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 His "Meor Einayim" dealt largely with the Hellenistic epoch of Judaism, and its attitude towards it is summed up in the remark that "all that is good in Philo agrees with our law." Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria This fashion is a sign of late Hellenistic or Graeco–Roman date. How to Observe in Archaeology In point of fact no evidence of such use is forthcoming, though it certainly would not have been surprising if the Song had been so used, at least among the Hellenistic Jews. The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study Josephus in the Wars follows his Hellenistic source for the history of the Hasmonean monarchy without introducing any Jewish knowledge and without criticism. Josephus In particular we can recognize a source embodying the traditions of the largely Hellenistic Church of Antioch, a secondary gloss from which may survive in the Bezan addition to xi. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 But in truth the Hellenistic interpretation of the Bible, so long as it was genuinely philosophical, remained loyal to Judaism. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria Figures of 'Mixed Oriental' style, resembling Assyrian or Egyptian work, give place about 500 B.C. to a provincial Greek style, which passes gradually into Hellenistic and Graeco–Roman. How to Observe in Archaeology Still, the Greek can be rendered into Hebrew rather more easily than most Hellenistic Greek. The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study The notion of the avenging spirits of the dead was utterly opposed to Jewish teaching, but it was a commonplace of the Hellenistic thought of the time. Josephus He remarks that the return of even free exiles to a Hellenistic city was a cause of great disturbance. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate Moses was the interpreter of God's word to Israel; and Philo aspired to be the interpreter of the revelation of Moses to the Hellenistic world, "the living voice of the holy law." Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria Mostly late Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine, and especially common and of fine quality in the Orontes valley. How to Observe in Archaeology The "Hellenistic" literature and culture, as it is called, which followed, lacked the spontaneous energy and original spirit of the old time. Outline of Universal History The method is the same: partly Midrashic and partly rhetorical embellishment of the Biblical text, conversion of the poetry into prose, and, where occasion offers, correlation of the Scripture with Hellenistic history. Josephus Stephen's Greek name, and his belonging to the Hellenistic part of the Church, make it probable that he had never seen Jesus during His earthly life. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts The Hellenistic kings of the East and the Roman emperors received divine honors from their adoring subjects. Early European History Inscriptions occur on settlement–sites, in sanctuaries and associated with tombs: usually cut on slabs or blocks of soft limestone, though marble and other harder stones were used in Hellenistic and Roman times. How to Observe in Archaeology New accessions to its store are continually pouring in; so they lately discovered, in a tomb, a Hellenistic statuette of Eros and Aphrodite, 30 centimetres high, terra-cotta work of the third century. Old Calabria These chronological calculations were dear to him, but perhaps he borrowed them from one of the earlier Hellenistic Jewish chroniclers. Josephus It is not even satisfactorily accounted for by supposing that the young poet was somewhat slavishly following some Hellenistic model. Vergil A Biography The only concise narrative of the Hellenistic period. Early European History But if these Hellenistic queens knew how to die, they knew not how to live. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) It, indeed, could not have had them, as the Jewish Hellenistic Greek could not be without them. On the Study of Words With the conquest of Alexander the Great, the Jewish people enter into the Hellenistic world, and begin to command the attention of Hellenistic historians. Josephus He read the Hellenistic poets, to be sure, and reveals in his poems a ready memory of them, but it was the great epoch of Greek poetry that formed his style. Vergil A Biography Others were the splendid Hellenistic cities in the East. Early European History Alongside of the Palestinian there arose a Hellenistic Judaism which had its metropolis in Alexandria. Prolegomena The existence of a flourishing school of sculpture at Rhodes during the Hellenistic period is attested by our literary sources, as well as by artists' inscriptions found on the spot. A History of Greek Art The Jews, on the other hand, chiefly engage the interest of the Gentiles when they come into violent collision with the governing power, or when they are involved in some war between rival Hellenistic sovereigns. Josephus It is rather a sapling of Vergil's Hellenistic garden, slowly acclimated to the Italian soil, fed richly by years of philosophic study, braced, pruned, and reared into a tree of noble strength and classic dignity. Vergil A Biography In the third century B.C. the foremost Hellenistic city was Alexandria. Early European History Securing a great artist, Saint-Gaudens, to give us the most beautiful coinage since the decay of Hellenistic Greece was one such act. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography From this point on no attempt will be made to preserve a chronological order, but the principal classes of sculpture belonging to the Hellenistic period will be illustrated, each by two or three examples. A History of Greek Art This Hellenistic production has come down to us intact, and therefore we can gather how closely Josephus paraphrases his authorities. Josephus The reigning models of taste in ancient sculpture were copies of fourth-century originals, Hellenistic or later productions. Travels through France and Italy One other great Hellenistic center existed in the island city of Rhodes. Early European History Hellenistic studies owed a priceless debt to the press of Aldo Manuzio at Venice, where the most important and voluminous writers were for the first time printed in the original. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy Besides real portraits, imaginary portraits of great excellence were produced in the Hellenistic period. A History of Greek Art He returns then to his Hellenistic guides and extracts the few scattered incidents which he could find there referring to the Jewish people. Josephus It is clear that in Babylonia, as in Egypt, the local traditions of the dawn of history, current in the Hellenistic period, were modelled on very early lines. Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition Why were the Hellenistic cities the real "backbone" of Hellenism? Early European History In the Hellenistic epoch, however, knowledge became more specialized, and our recent chapters have shown us scientific investigators whose efforts were far enough removed from the intangibilities of the philosopher. A History of Science — Volume 2 This period, in which Egypt and western Asia were ruled by men of Greek or Macedonian blood and gradually took on more or less of Greek civilization, is often called the Hellenistic period. A History of Greek Art For the certificate of the Hellenic historians was in the Hellenistic world the most convincing mark of genuineness. Josephus It is clear that both Hebrew and Hellenistic traditions were modelled on very early lines. Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition The easy victory over Macedonia showed that this Hellenistic kingdom was no match for the Italian republic. Early European History With the culmination of Greek effort in the so-called Hellenistic period we have seen ancient science at its climax. A History of Science — Volume 1 Hence the untrained modern student feels much more at home in a collection of Hellenistic sculpture than in the presence of the severer, sublimer creations of the age of Phidias. A History of Greek Art Turning in detail to the precepts of the Law, Josephus gives eloquent expression in the Hellenistic fashion to the idea of the divine unity. Josephus Gilbert Murray remarks that "astrology fell upon the Hellenistic mind as a new disease falls upon some remote island people." The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 Constantinople and the great Hellenistic cities of Antioch and Alexandria contained many learned scholars who had prolonged and heated arguments over subtle questions of belief. Early European History Besides the Greek writings of the Hellenist Jews, they contain Latin, Syrian, Ethiopic, Aramean, Arabic, Persian, and Old Slavic products translated directly or indirectly from Jewish works of Palestinian or Hellenistic origin. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 Hellenistic art struck out a new path in a class of reliefs of which Figs. A History of Greek Art He develops, too, the humanitarian aspect of Judaism in the manner of the Hellenistic school. Josephus He seeks to improve the Bible, and though he did not invent new legends, he accepted uncritically those which he found in Hellenistic sources or in the oral tradition of his people. Josephus The Hellenistic Age was distinguished as an age of learning. Early European History So, later, following the Hellenistic tradition, he represents Abraham as the teacher of astronomy to the Egyptians. Josephus By their subjects many of them bear witness to that love of country life and that feeling for the charms of landscape which are the most attractive traits of the Hellenistic period. A History of Greek Art At his instance the Hellenistic cities of Asia passed similar favorable decrees for the benefit of the Jewish congregations in their midst, which invested them with a kind of local autonomy. Josephus A few of his interpretations are noteworthy as comprising either Palestinian or Hellenistic tradition. Josephus The Hellenistic Age was remarkable for the rapid advance of scientific knowledge. Early European History At least there is no good reason to doubt their authenticity, and they are in quite a different class from the letters and decrees attributed to the Hellenistic sovereigns, which lack all authority. Josephus In the Hellenistic period, however, such works became plentiful. A History of Greek Art The Hellenistic writers of Sibylline oracles and the Hebrew writers of Apocalypses, imitating the doom-songs of Isaiah and Ezekiel, announced the coming overthrow of evil and the triumph of good. Josephus The traitor-historian was soon forgotten by his own people, if they ever had regard for him, and with the rest of the Hellenistic writers he dropped out of the Rabbinical tradition. Josephus The Hellenistic scholars also made remarkable progress in medicine. Early European History Nevertheless we may be grateful to the interpolators, because, on the strength of these passages, Josephus was especially treasured through the Dark and Middle Ages, and he alone survived of the Hellenistic apologists. Josephus On an outline map indicate the principal Hellenistic kingdoms about 200 B.C. Early European History A collection of extracts from the works of the Hellenistic Jews was made by a Gentile compiler of the first century B.C.E., Josephus How did the founding of the Hellenistic cities continue the earlier colonial expansion of Greece? Early European History During the Hellenistic Age men began to gain more accurate ideas regarding the shape and size of the habitable globe. Early European History The Hellenistic Age was characterized by a general increase in wealth. Early European History Had Pyrrhus won Italy, as well as Asia and Egypt, might have become a Greek land, ruled by Hellenistic kings. Early European History In the Diaspora, on the other hand, and especially at Alexandria, which was the center of Hellenistic Jewry, history was made to serve a practical purpose. Josephus |
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