Kipindi cha Ustaarabu wa Kale wa Ugiriki na Roma na kipindi cha Hellenistiki, kuanzia mwaka 500 KK hadi 135 KK, ni miongoni mwa vipindi ambavyo kumbukumbu za maisha huko Palestina zilikuwa nyingi na zilihifadhiwa vizuri. Pia ni kipindi ambacho wanahistoria na waandishi maarufu wa zamani, akiwemo Herodotus na Aristotle, waliandika kwa kina kuhusu nchi hiyo. Umuhimu wa Palestina kimkakati, kibiashara na kiutamaduni kwa wafalme mbalimbali wa Hellenistiki, makamanda wa kijeshi, wafanyabiashara, wasafiri, wachora ramani na wanasayansi ulisababisha shauku kubwa na uchunguzi wa karibu wa nchi hiyo na watu wake.

Classical Antiquity and the Hellenistic period from 500 BC to 135 BC is one of the periods when records of life in Palestine were numerous and well-kept. This is also a period in which the first famous historians and authors of Antiquity, including Herodotus and Aristotle, wrote about the country in detail, and the strategic, commercial and cultural importance of Palestine to the various Hellenistic monarchs, military commanders, traders, travellers, cartographers and scientists led to great interest, and close examination of the country and its people.

Neno Palestina pia lilitumika sana kurejelea eneo lote lililohusiana na Palestina ya sasa katika Ugiriki ya Kale ya karne ya 5 KK.

The term Palestine was also extensively used in referring to the entire area connected with modern Palestine in 5th century BC Ancient Greece.

Jina Παλαιστίνη (Phalastin) lilitumiwa kwa upana na wanahistoria, wachora ramani, waandishi, wanafalsafa na wanasayansi muhimu zaidi wa Ugiriki ya kale, akiwemo Herodotus, Aristotle na Ptolemy. Jina la Kigiriki-Kirumi-Kibyzantini "Palestine" linapatikana mara kwa mara katika maandiko makuu ya Kigiriki ya kale, hasa katika Histories za Herodotus, zilizoandikwa karibu na katikati ya karne ya 5 KK.

The name Παλαιστίνη (Phalastin) was widely used by the most important ancient Greek historians, cartographers, writers, philosophers and scientists, including Herodotus, Aristotle and Ptolemy. The Greco-Roman-Byzantine name ‘Palestine’ is commonly found in major classical Greek texts, especially the Histories of Herodotus, written near the mid-5th century BC.