English Explanatory Dictionary

Attic Greek

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The dialect of Ancient Greek used in Attica, the region surrounding Athens, from 500 to 300 B.C.E., closely related to Ionic Greek and a main contributor to Koine. The language of Thucydides, Plato, Aeschylus, Xenophon, etc.

Word forms

Attic Greek

Synonyms

Attic Atticism

Related words

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