Graeco-Roman

adjective

1. of, characteristic of, or relating to Greek and Roman influences, as found in Roman sculpture
2. denoting a style of wrestling in which the legs may not be used to obtain a fall and no hold may be applied below the waist

Example Sentences

Tourists came for the city’s nightlife, to international festivals in Graeco-Roman and Ottoman settings, to museums and archaeological sites from Phoenician times.

From Reuters

The imperial family were enthusiastic collectors of antiquities - including valuable ancient Egyptian and Graeco-Roman treasures, and specimens of natural history.

From BBC

The museum’s impressive assets included Egyptian and Graeco-Roman artefacts, fossils, dinosaurs and “Luzia”, at 12,000 years old, the most ancient in the Americas.

From The Guardian

Ours have roots in the ancient Graeco-Roman sense of the concept, which places a premium on military victory.

From The Guardian

Only recently have Russia and Syrian forces taken the fight to Islamic State, notably by recapturing Palmyra, the Graeco-Roman city the jihadis overran last year.

From Reuters