Referring to Greek culture after the time of Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.): The Hellenistic age of the Greek culture, history, and art took place following the death of Alexander the Great and up to the overthrow of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavia in 31 B.C.

The zenith of Greek influence in Egypt from 323 B.C. to about 146 B.C. (or arguably as late as 30 B.C.): Hellenistic Egypt concerns the time of ancient Egyptian history when Greek customs, culture and language blended with the ones of Egypt under the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty.