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Ancient Greek was the language of Homer and of fifth-century 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 Western world since the Renaissance.
This free course, Getting started on ancient Greek, offers a taster of the ancient Greek world through the study of one of its most distinctive and enduring features: its language. The course approaches the language methodically, starting with the alphabet and effective ways to memorise it, before building up to complete Greek words and sentences.
Greek language, Indo-European language spoken primarily in Greece. It has a long and well-documented history—the longest of any Indo-European language—spanning 34 centuries. There is an Ancient phase, subdivided into a Mycenaean period (texts in syllabic script attested from the 14th to the 13th.
Greek (Modern Greek: Ελληνικά, romanized: Elliniká, pronounced; Ancient Greek: Ἑλληνική, romanized: Hellēnikḗ) is an Indo-European language, constituting an independent branch of Indo-European.
An excellent account of the language in three sections: Ancient (Mycenae to the Roman Empire), Byzantium (Constantine I to 1453), and Modern. Linguistic developments are illustrated by copious numbers of texts with translation and discussion.
Ancient Greek was the language of the Homeric Poems, philosophy, drama, and history. After the earliest examples of ancient Greek writing in the syllabic Linear B script, the Greek alphabet was standardized around the 8th century BC.
Encounter a historical language and culture, and engage with how that language and culture continue to shape structures of power today. This open-source textbook is one part of a project to develop a new two-semester introduction to ancient Greek at the College of the Holy Cross in 2022-2023.
Explore the complexities of the Ancient Greek language, its importance in historical texts, and its influences on modern languages. Unveil the beauty and depth of the language that shaped western culture, arts, philosophy, science, and education.
Greek language, Indo-European language spoken mostly in Greece. Its history can be divided into four phases: Ancient Greek, Koine, Byzantine Greek, and Modern Greek. Ancient Greek is subdivided into Mycenaean Greek (14th–13th centuries bc) and Archaic and Classical Greek (8th–4th centuries bc).
Ancient Greek was an Indo-European language spoken in Ancient Greece from about 1500 BC to about 300 BC. Ancient Greek and Latin are very important languages. Although they are no longer spoken, they influenced almost all modern European languages. Greek had many different dialects. [1] .