Hellenic League

Hellenic League may refer to:

  • In ancient history:
    • The association of Greek city states against the Persians during the Greco-Persian Wars of the 5th century BC
    • The League of Corinth, an association of Greek city states under the domination of Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great, 4th century BC
    • The association of Greeks under Antigonus and Demetrius I Poliorcetes against Cassander, 302 BC
    • The association of Greek states, also known as the Symmachy, under Antigonus III Doson originally formed to fight Cleomenes III of Sparta, 226 BC
    • The association of Greek cities under Hadrian in 131 AD (See Panhellenion)
  • In modern sport:
    • Hellenic Football League, English football league

Famous quotes containing the word league:

    Half a league, half a league,
    Half a league onward,
    All in the valley of Death
    Rode the six hundred.
    “Forward the Light Brigade!
    Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)