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Hellenian, a. and n. rare.|hɛˈliːnɪən|
[f. Gr. Ἑλλήνι-ος Hellenic + -an.]
A. adj. Grecian; Hellenic.
1813T. Busby Lucretius V. 917 The Chaldean Magi..whose pride To vanquish the Hellenian doctrine tried. 1830tr. Aristoph., Knights 100 Hellenian Jove, thine is the prize of victory!
B. n. = Hellene, in the Homeric sense.
c1611Chapman Iliad (1843) I. ii. 69 In Hellade where live the lovely dames, The Myrmidons, Helenians, and Achives, rob'd of fames. a1846B. R. Haydon Autobiogr. (1927) iii. xvi. 308 Two complete subjects of combat,—viz. between the Centaurs and Lapithæ, and between the Amazons and Hellenians. |