by 'Hellenistic' I'm referring to the Greek or Roman pantheons, and ruling out Roman emperors who are already well-known for deifying themselves.
This interests me because Christianity (and Islam, to a lesser extent) is known for being home to a handful of men who proclaimed themselves as the next coming of Christ or something along those lines. This seems like it'd be easier to pull off in Hellenistic society due to its polytheistic nature and the prevalence of different gods depending on the region in question. So - did this ever happen? Was it successful on a local scale?
This question came up recently and received a detailed answer from u/Damasus222 here.
Messianic prophecies of course predate Christianity by many centuries; it seems the notion of a Christ-figure was a particularly prevalent idea in the Levant during the final centuries before the start of our era. In the first century AD, there lived a Greek philosopher called Apollonius of Tyana, whose life and supposed deeds were similar to those of Jesus, but I don't know if he ever declared himself a living god.