Hellenization

This article is about the spread of Greek culture. For the renaming of places in Greece, see Hellenization of place names.

Hellenization or Hellenification is the adoption of Greek culture, religion, language, and identity by non-Greeks. In the ancient period, colonization often led to the Hellenization of indigenous people. In the Hellenistic period, many of the territories which were conquered by Alexander the Great were Hellenized.


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