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Is there a difference between Hellenic and Hellenistic?

ok thanks. I'm trying to put together a research paper and some of the sources say hellenic and some say hellenistic. 😕
 
I remember that hellenistic refers to the era, you can mostly see it in their statues. There were three times, one was wheir primitive look, which was copied off of the greeks, then came the 2nd look (which I forgot what it was called), then finally, Helenistic, where the statues had well defined muscles and postures, etc...

(Trivia: Helenistic statues influence the American view of the perfect body greatly, as the greeks popularized the idea of defined muscles)
 
"Hellenistic" is used to describe the era. Basically, The Hellenistic era of Greek history was the last era where Greece ruled the Med. It was in this period that Greek culture was imposed upon people conquered by Alexander the Great.

The period ended upon the creation of the Roman Empire, and the defeat of the last great Greek ruling familes, the Ptolemys of Egypt (The line ended with the death of Cleopatra IV, along with Marc Antony)

Hellenic can mean many different things. Used to describe the early Greek civilization (The "Hellenes") or the Ancient greek language.

...Wow...those Hellenistic Greece history courses tought me something after all!
 
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