Hellenizing School

The authors belonging to this school were involved in creating words and grammatical categories heavily inspired by Greek in Armenian.

The translations carried out by the members of this school are interesting for philologists and modern researchers, as they preserved, in some cases, Greek texts lost in their original versions.

Some Armenian authors writing directly in Greek, such as David the Invincible or Anania of Shirak, are considered to have been part of this school.

[1][2] Historical analysis of the reasons behind this choice varies, but is generally understood as an attempt to expedite and facilitate the evangelization of Armenia by ecclesiastical authorities.

[2] In the pursuit of translations, from the late 5th century onward in Armenia, an intellectual movement called the "Hellenizing School" emerged.