verb (used with object), Hel·len·ized, Hel·len·iz·ing. to make Greek in character. verb (used without object), Hel·len·ized, Hel·len·iz·ing.

What does the word Hellenize mean?

intransitive verb. : to become Greek or Hellenistic. transitive verb. : to make Greek or Hellenistic in form or culture.

What did hellenization originally mean?

Hellenization, or Hellenism, refers to the spread of Greek culture that had begun after the conquest of Alexander the Great in the fourth century, B.C.E. ... The first, the conquest by Alexander, which brought Greek culture to the middle eastern territories.