epiclassical

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adjective

Coming after the classical period and, usually, maintaining continuity with it.

“epiclassical law”

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Meanings

adjectiveepiclassical (not comparable)

alternative epiclassic

  1. not comparableComing after the classical period and, usually, maintaining continuity with it.

    epiclassical law

    1 more example

    There followed 60 years of disorder, up to 300, which have been termed epiclassical.

    1998, Simon Hornblower, The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization, page 397

Origin

From epi- + classical.

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