NounSingular ancient Greek Plural ancient Greeks ancient Greek (plural ancient Greeks)
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic (c. 9th–6th centuries BC), Classical (c. 5th–4th centuries BC), and Hellenistic (c. 3rd century BC–6th century AD) periods of ancient Greece and the ancient world. It is predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek. Its Hellenistic phase is known as Koine ("common") or Biblical Greek, and its late period mutates imperceptibly into Medieval Greek. Koine is regarded as a separate historical stage of its own, although in its earlier form it closely resembles Classical Greek. Prior to the Koine period, Greek of the classic and earlier periods included several regional dialects. The Ancient Greek language is one of the most prominent in human cultural history, as it was the language of the works of Homer, of the historians, playwrights and philosophers during the Athenian Golden Age, and of the New Testament. It has made a large contribution to the vocabulary of English and was a standard subject of study in Western educational institutions from the Renaissance to the early 20th century. The New Latin used in the scientific binomial classification system continues today to draw vigorously from Ancient Greek vocabulary. This article treats primarily the Archaic and Classical phases of the language — see also the article on Koine Greek. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What way did people communicate during the ancient greek time? Q. I am doing a project about the ancient greek liturature and i need to know how did people communicate? did they communicate by mail or phone or what? please help! Asked by tmb_flute_princess - Thu Oct 18 21:03:23 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. They communicated by speech, letters sent by messengers or friends, and sometimes some special signals like smoke, drum beat, mirror flashes etc. Electricity wasn't used then, so there was no phone, telegraph, email, fax and other methods of communication that rely on electricity. Answered by Stamatios D - Fri Oct 19 03:17:21 2007 What are some similarities and differences between ancient greek olympics and modern day olympics? Q. i have to write an essay on modern day olympics vs. ancient greek olympics.i have info, but if if i could find any more facts, that would be great. Asked by Diana - Wed Mar 25 17:03:12 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. ancient greek was only for men. women were not allowed to compete or even watch. ancient greek was a religious event, to honor the gods, the modern ones are a show event. ancient greeks performed nude, because that was to them a state of soul purification and contact with nature, the gods and the elements. before and today the olympics were a greatest sports event and the winners earned the highest honor. before and today honor and "good sports" were the most important thing, above winning or not. then there's the obvious: the gymnastics, running, strength etc competitions. the enthusiasm of the crowd (it was as huge an event then as it is now) only back then it wasn't an international thing. Answered by Missy ~ - Thu Mar 26 08:24:03 2009 What are some ancient Greek female names?
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