The Hellenistic period lasted from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. until 31 B.C., when Roman troops conquered the last of the territories that the Macedonian king had once ruled. During this time period, Greek ideas and culture were spread from the Eastern Mediterranean to Asia.
No, Hellenist is a term that referrers to the Greek people and their culture.
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We owe the concept of democracy to ancient Greece. We owe them drama. We owe them for their contributions to math, medicine, and knowledge of ancient history.
We owe the concept of democracy to ancient Greece. We owe them drama. We owe them for their contributions to math, medicine, and knowledge of ancient history.
Yes, the Apostle Paul is often considered a Hellenist due to his background and upbringing. Born in Tarsus, a prominent city in the Hellenistic world, he was well-versed in Greek culture and language. Although he was a Jewish Pharisee, his education and experiences allowed him to engage effectively with both Jewish and Gentile audiences, which influenced his missionary work and theological writings.
A Hellenist is a person who studies, or admires Greek civilization, history, customs and culture; also someone who learns and uses Greek speech.
Alexander left no heir, so there was no firm leadership. There was bickering and warfare between his generals who divided up the empire.
The ancient Greeks did not really have a name for their religion as they believed it to be the only truth, and therefore did not need a name. After the spread of Christianity, the ancient religion came to be known as paganism.
Greeks call themselves Hellenes after their reputed founder Helen. Today we call the culture introduced by Alexander the great and his successors Hellenistic - it was imposed on non-Greeks of Alexander's empire. It gained traction with some of the upper classes and provided a veneer of Hellenic culture (the lower classes kept to their own culture. Hence use of the expression Hellenistic - like Hellenic.
To the Hellenist's eye, the "golden rectangle" was considered to be the most pleasing rectangular shape. It is the rectangle whose length and width are in the ratio equal to the limit of adjacent terms of the Fibonacci series. The number is roughly 1.618. Its reciprocal is roughly 0.618. It's the number that is 1 more than its reciprocal, and the solution to x2 - x - 1 = 0.
The emperor believed in hellenism as superior overarching culture, something he would describe as "the american way of life". He did not underscribe the jewish claim to be the chosen people, and found it way overboard. Though convinced hellenist, he searched for spiritual knowledge in all cultures and was introduced in other cults like celtic druidism, the greec elysian rites, the cult of isis and osiris in egypt and mithras.
Aristotle did not think in terms like dualism. But Aristotle grew up in a Hellenist society that was built around slavery. Aristotle tried to make sense of this reality. Aristotle invented a god-factor 'anima' and supposed that slaves (barbarians) had little god-factor and were born to serve Master with much god-factor. For Aristotle slaves were similar to present day cows, that are born to produce milk for farmers. Not worth much attention.