Attic greek was the dialect of greek spoken in and around the ancient city state of athens.
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Leonard muellner professor emeritus of classical studies at brandeis university and belisi gillespie phd candidate at uc berkeley have posted 64 videos on youtube which when taken together present all the content covered in two semesters of a college level introduction to ancient greek course the textbook used is hansen hardy and gerald quinn.
The greek alphabet was taken over from the semitic as used in the phoenician area which in turn was based on an egyptian alphabet.
The greek alphabet and pronunciation.
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These were also used for the numerals so that.
Attic greek is the greek dialect of the ancient city state of athens of the ancient dialects it is the most similar to later greek and is the standard form of the language that is studied in ancient greek language courses attic greek is sometimes included in the ionic dialect together attic and ionic are the primary influences on modern greek.
Actually over time the language simplified as many languages do the the later koine is simpler than earlier attic.
Having studied classical i e.
A minor player in the mediterranean athens rose to prominence in the 6th and 5th centuries bc transforming into the cultural and intellectual epicenter of the ancient world.
Many parts of this site will be helpful however to anyone beginning or reviewing.
If attic greek is the horse and koine greek is the donkey well septuagint greek is something of a mule.