The Hellenistic world was international to a degree, polyglot and inspired by many religious faiths. ...the Greek ideals were pagan and the Hellenistic age witnessed their death struggle against Asiatic and Egyptian mysteries, on the one side, and against Judaism, on the other.

— George Sarton A History of Science Vol.2 Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C (1959)

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