Hellenian, a. and n. rare.
(hɛˈliːnɪən)
[f. Gr. Ἑλλήνι-ος Hellenic + -an.]
A. adj. Grecian; Hellenic.
| 1813 T. Busby Lucretius V. 917 The Chaldean Magi..whose pride To vanquish the Hellenian doctrine tried. 1830 tr. Aristoph., Knights 100 Hellenian Jove, thine is the prize of victory! |
B. n. = Hellene, in the Homeric sense.
| c 1611 Chapman Iliad (1843) I. ii. 69 In Hellade where live the lovely dames, The Myrmidons, Helenians, and Achives, rob'd of fames. a 1846 B. R. Haydon Autobiogr. (1927) iii. xvi. 308 Two complete subjects of combat,—viz. between the Centaurs and Lapithæ, and between the Amazons and Hellenians. |