Relating to or characteristic of Hellenism or the period when Greek culture spread throughout the Mediterranean and Asia after Alexander the Great.
From Hellenistic (the adjective form of Hellenism) plus -al. The term describes the historical Hellenistic period (roughly 323-30 BCE) and things belonging to that era.
The Hellenistic period was when Greek culture went global—Egyptian pharaohs started speaking Greek, Indian kings had Greek advisors, and cities in Syria looked just like cities in Athens. It's one of history's first examples of massive cultural globalization.
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