"Hellenization" and Southern Phoenicia: Reconsidering the Impact of Greece Before Alexander

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The spread of the Greek language and the conquest of the East by Alexander are two of the most frequently cited indicia of Hellenization; material culture is another critical but secondary indicium of cultural and behavioral change.

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The spread of the Greek language and the conquest of the East by Alexander are two of the most frequently cited indicia of Hellenization; material culture is another critical but secondary indicium of cultural and behavioral change. In the period under consideration---the Classical or Persian period (the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E.)---language and political conquest are not yet major factors. Furthermore, the notion that political conquest goes hand-in-hand with cultural change cannot explain how the Persian period yields much of the same so-called evidence of Hellenization as the Hellenistic and later eras.

^ Susan Rebecca Martin (2015). "Hellenization" and Southern Phoenicia: Reconsidering the Impact of Greece Before Alexander ISBN 9780549528906 (revised Sep 2015)