Definitions for "Hellene"
Keywords:  greece, hellas, balkans, native, greek
A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek.
Literally, "a Greek." The name was rejected by Greeks through most of the Middle Ages since it connoted a pagan. (Fine, John V.A. Jr. The Late Medieval Balkans, 623)
The name by which the people of Hellas refer themselves to. Preferred name over Greek.