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Definition of Graeco-roman
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures. "Classical mythology"
Definition of Graeco-roman
1. Adjective. (chiefly British) (alternative form of Greco-Roman) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Graeco-roman
Literary usage of Graeco-roman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The first part of the Graeco-Roman period may be defined as extending from 146
Bc to the close of the Roman republic. At its commencement stands the name of ..."
2. A Student's History of Education by Frank Pierrepont Graves (1915)
"After the amalgamation of Christianity with Graeco-Roman philosophy, 'catechetical'
schools furnished a higher training. When higher education came to be ..."
3. A Source Book of Mediæval History: Documents Illustrative of European Life by Frederic Austin Ogg (1908)
"Descriptions by a Graeco-Roman Poet and a Roman Historian THE Huns, a people of
Turanian stock, were closely related to the ancestors of the Magyars, ..."
4. A Handbook of Greek and Roman Sculpture by Edmund von Mach (1905)
"Graeco-Roman, Eclectic and Imitative Sculpture. Toward the end of Greek sculpture
proper and about ..."
5. A Handbook of Greek Sculpture by Ernest Arthur Gardner (1897)
"CHAPTER VI graeco-roman AND ROMAN SCULPTURE § 73. Historical and Social Changes.—So
far we have been concerned with the history of sculpture, ..."
6. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1904)
"GENERAL RESULT IN 146 BC — A graeco-roman WORLD UNDER ROMAN SWAY. 399. Rome the
Sole Great Power. — In 264 BC Rome had been one of five Great Powers (§ 357) ..."
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