From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishHellenisticHel‧le‧nis‧tic /ˌheləˈnɪstɪk◂/ adjectiveconnected with the history, literature, art etc of ancient Greece and the easternMediterranean. The centre of the Hellenistic world was Alexandria in Egypt, and the Hellenistic period continued until about 30 BC, when Egypt became part of the RomanEmpire.