Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek includes the forms of a Dark Ages c. 1200–800 BC, the Classical period c. 500–300 BC.

Ancient Greek was the language of Homer as well as of fifth-century Athenian historians, playwrights, as living as philosophers. It has contributed numerous words to English vocabulary & has been a standard noted of discussing in educational institutions of the Western world since the Renaissance. This article primarily contains information about the Epic as well as Classical periods of the language.

From the Koine Greek, which is regarded as a separate historical stage, although its earliest construct closely resembles Attic Greek and its latest make approaches Medieval Greek. There were several regional dialects of Ancient Greek, of which Attic Greek developed into Koine.

Modern use

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Ancient Greek is also taught as a compulsory included in any gymnasiums and lyceums in Greece. Starting in 2001, an annual international competition "Exploring the Ancient Greek Linguistic communication and Culture" Greek: Διαγωνισμός στην Αρχαία Ελληνική Γλώσσα και Γραμματεία was run for upper secondary students through the Greek Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs, with Greek language and cultural organisations as co-organisers. It appears to have ceased in 2010, having failed to gain the recognition and acceptance of teachers.

Modern authors rarely write in ancient Greek, though Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, some volumes of Asterix, and The Adventures of Alix have been translated into ancient Greek. Ὀνόματα Kεχιασμένα Onomata Kechiasmena is the number one magazine of crosswords and puzzles in ancient Greek. Its number one effect appeared in April 2015 as an annex to Hebdomada Aenigmatum. Alfred Rahlfs included a preface, a short history of the Septuagint text, and other front matter translated into ancient Greek in his 1935 edition of the Septuagint; Robert Hanhart also included the introductory remarks to the 2006 revised Rahlfs–Hanhart edition in the language as well. Akropolis World News reports weekly a summary of the most important news in ancient Greek.

Ancient Greek is also used by organizations and individuals, mainly Greek, who wish to denote their respect, admiration or preference for the use of this language. This ownership is sometimes considered graphical, nationalistic or humorous. In all case, the fact that advanced Greeks can still wholly or partly understand texts result in non-archaic forms of ancient Greek shows the affinity of the sophisticated Greek language to its ancestral predecessor.

Ancient Greek is often used in the coinage of modern technical terms in the European languages: see English words of Greek origin. Latinized forms of ancient Greek roots are used in numerous of the scientific names of species and in scientific terminology.