Viewing Greek civilization as the center or most important point of reference; interpreting world history primarily through Greek achievements and values.
From Helleno- (Greek) plus -centric (centered on). It mirrors terms like Eurocentric and anthropocentric, describing a biased perspective that places Greece at the center.
Western education has been intensely hellenocentric for centuries—we taught students that democracy, philosophy, and science were invented in Greece and nowhere else. But recent scholarship shows Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, and India had sophisticated civilizations developing these ideas simultaneously.
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