On this page you'll find 3 example sentences with Hellanicus. Discover how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Hellanicus in a sentence
Context around Hellanicus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hellanicus
- In this selection, "hellanicus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 33 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, suggesting and attempted stand out and add context to how "hellanicus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include fragment of hellanicus s work and hellanicus attempted to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hellanicus" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hellanicus
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Rodney Castleden suggests that Plato may have borrowed his title from Hellanicus, who may have based his work on an earlier work about Atlantis. (24 words)
Hellanicus attempted to base his dating on lists of priestesses, magistrates, and oriental dates, an approach much more scientific than what was commonly used at the time when people relied on the traditional, generation-based approach. (36 words)
John V. Luce notes that when Plato writes about the genealogy of Atlantis's kings, he writes in the same style as Hellanicus, suggesting a similarity between a fragment of Hellanicus's work and an account in the Critias. (39 words)
John V. Luce notes that when Plato writes about the genealogy of Atlantis's kings, he writes in the same style as Hellanicus, suggesting a similarity between a fragment of Hellanicus's work and an account in the Critias. (39 words)
Hellanicus attempted to base his dating on lists of priestesses, magistrates, and oriental dates, an approach much more scientific than what was commonly used at the time when people relied on the traditional, generation-based approach. (36 words)
Rodney Castleden suggests that Plato may have borrowed his title from Hellanicus, who may have based his work on an earlier work about Atlantis. (24 words)
Example sentences (3)
John V. Luce notes that when Plato writes about the genealogy of Atlantis's kings, he writes in the same style as Hellanicus, suggesting a similarity between a fragment of Hellanicus's work and an account in the Critias.
Hellanicus attempted to base his dating on lists of priestesses, magistrates, and oriental dates, an approach much more scientific than what was commonly used at the time when people relied on the traditional, generation-based approach.
Rodney Castleden suggests that Plato may have borrowed his title from Hellanicus, who may have based his work on an earlier work about Atlantis.