"pertaining to Greece," 1640s, from Greek Hellenikos, from Hellen "a Greek," of unknown origin. Earliest surviving use is by Homer in reference to a Thessalian tribe.
权威例句
1. A long line of disillusive centuries has permanently displaced the Hellenic idea of life.
多少世纪以来破除迷妄的结果,把那种希腊人生现给永久扫荡了.
2. But it has a Hellenic ring, hasn't it?
可它带些古希腊味道, 对不?
3. Athens and Sparta were the two most advanced Greek cities of the Hellenic period.
雅典和斯巴达是希腊时期两个最先进的希腊城市.
4. According to Hellenic myth, general deity? Zeus has a grandiose temple on Olympus.
古希腊神话中, 总神 宙斯 在奥林匹克山上有一座规模宏大的神庙.
5. These superficialities of name and form cannot alter the that the empire was in reality Hellenic.