[ adj ] relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization <adj.pert>
Hellenistic \Hel`le*nis"tic\, Hellenistical \Hel`le*nis"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. Hell['e]nistique.] Pertaining to the Hellenists.
{Hellenistic language}, {Hellenistic dialect}, or {Hellenistic idiom}, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews who lived in countries where the Greek language prevailed; the Jewish-Greek dialect or idiom of the Septuagint.
Its splendid collection of antiquities ranges from neolithic goddesses to Byzantine ear-rings, from Hellenistic and Roman gold diadems (I counted at least 10) to Iznik tiles as good as those in Topkapi Palace itself.