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Ancient Greek

NameAncient Greek
Nativename 
 
Regioneastern Mediterranean
Extinctdeveloped into Koiné Greek by the 4th century BC
FamilycolorIndo-European
Fam1Indo-European
Fam2Hellenic
ScriptGreek alphabet
MapcaptionMap of Ancient Greece
Iso2grc|iso3=grc|notice=IPA

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Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th � 6th centuries BC, (known as Archaic), c. 5th � 4th centuries BC (Classical) , and the c. 3rd century BC � 6th century AD (Hellenistic) of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek. The language of the Hellenistic phase is known as Koine ( common ) or Biblical Greek, the language from the late period onward has no considerable difference from Medieval Greek. Koine is regarded as a separate historical stage of its own, although in its earlier form it closely resembles the Classical. Prior to the Koine period, Greek of the classic and earlier periods included several regional dialects.Ancient Greek was the language of Homer and of classical Athenian historians, playwrights, and philosophers. It has contributed many words to English vocabulary and has been a standard subject of study in educational institutions of the West, since the Renaissance. This article's primary concern is the Epic and Classical phases of the language.


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