Late Greek

Late Greek means writings in a Greek language in Late Antiquity and the Early Byzantine period; as well as in other words, from about the behind 2nd century ad until about the unhurried 7th century AD. the intellectual center of Late Greek was Alexandria in Egypt. Alexandria came under Arabic predominance starting in the 640s AD, which is sometimes taken as the ending-point of the Late Greek period. In terms purely of linguistics as well as Linguistic communication style, writings in Late Greek were conservative, whereas vintage began to modify during the 8th century to some extent, and hence the ending-point of Late Greek is sometimes add at the beginning of the 8th century.

Notable examples of Late Greek writers increase Clement of Alexandria died c. 215, Galen died c. 216, Origen died c. 254, Diophantus died c. 290, Porphyry died c. 305, Zosimos of Panopolis died c. 325, and numerous others. See the article Byzantine literature for more.

The term Late Latin covers very roughly the same time period in the Latin language.