# Hellenic World — WHE Definition Discussion

**URL:** <https://community.worldhistory.org/t/hellenic-world-whe-definition-discussion/16140>\
**Category:** WHE Articles\
**Created:** [September 2, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/hellenic-world-whe-definition-discussion/16140 "2009-09-02T00:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![JPryst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/jpryst/32/168_2.png) [@JPryst](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/JPryst)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/hellenic-world-whe-definition-discussion/16140/1 "2009-09-02T00:00:00Z")

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'The Hellenic World' is a term which refers to that period of ancient Greek history between 507 BCE (the date of the first democracy in Athens) and 323 BCE (the death of Alexander the Great). This period is also referred to as the age of Classical Greece.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Hellenic\_World/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hellenic_World/)._

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**Author:** ![JPryst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/jpryst/32/168_2.png) [@JPryst](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/JPryst)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/hellenic-world-whe-definition-discussion/16140/2 "2026-07-30T15:43:26Z")

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