ABSTRACT
WhatisHellenism?Whatisakoine?Whenandwheredoesthephenomenondescribed
inthetitleoccur?Fourintertwinedquestionstowhichtheanswerscanhardlybesimple
andstraightforward.ForthisreasonIproposetobeginwithsomethingfairlyuncontroversial-thetechnicaltetm'koine'- andthen,astheargumentprogresses,tobringin
evidencefromvariousareas,andattempttoelaborateandinterpretitinthelightofmy
theme.
