Klassik antik davr va 500 yildan 135 yilgacha bo‘lgan ellinistik davr Falastin hayoti haqidagi yozuvlar ko‘p va yaxshi saqlangan davrlardan biridir. Bu davrda Geródot va Aristotel kabi birinchi mashhur antik tarixchilar va mualliflar mamlakat haqida batafsil yozgan edilar, Falastinning ellinistik hukmdorlar, harbiy qo‘mondonlar, savdogarlar, sayohatchilar, kartograflar va olimlar uchun strategik, savdo va madaniy ahamiyati esa mamlakatga va uning xalqiga katta qiziqish va chuqur o‘rganishga olib keldi.

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.

Falastin atamasi ham miloddan avvalgi V asrda qadimgi Yunonistonda hozirgi Falastin bilan bog'liq butun hududga nisbatan keng qo'llanilgan.

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

Yunon tilidagi Παλαιστίνη (Falastin) nomi qadimgi yunon tarixchilari, kartograflari, yozuvchilari, faylasuflari va olimlarining eng muhimlari orasida keng qo‘llanilgan, jumladan Gerodot, Aristotel va Ptolemey tomonidan. Yunon-Rim-Vizantiya nomi «Palestine» (Falastin) qadimgi yunon klassik matnlarida, ayniqsa miloddan avvalgi V asr o‘rtalariga yaqin yozilgan Gerodotning «Tarixi»da keng uchraydi.

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.