Ancient Greek

E26562

historical language stage of the Greek language

Ancient Greek is the historical form of the Greek language used in classical antiquity, notably in the works of Homer, classical Athenian literature, and early philosophical and scientific texts.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ancient Greek language	2
Classical Greek	2
Homeric Greek	2
Archaic Greek	1
Classical Greek literature	1

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical language ⓘ stage of the Greek language ⓘ
ancestorOf	Byzantine Greek ⓘ Modern Greek ⓘ
earlierWritingDirection	boustrophedon ⓘ
earliestAttestation	Linear B inscriptions ⓘ surface form: Linear B script
follows	Proto-Greek ⓘ
hasCaseSystem	accusative ⓘ dative ⓘ genitive ⓘ nominative ⓘ vocative ⓘ
hasDialect	Aeolic Greek ⓘ Arcadocypriot Greek ⓘ Attic Greek ⓘ Doric Greek ⓘ Ionic Greek ⓘ Northwest Greek ⓘ
hasGrammaticalGender	feminine ⓘ masculine ⓘ neuter ⓘ
hasMood	imperative ⓘ indicative ⓘ optative ⓘ subjunctive ⓘ
hasNumber	dual ⓘ plural ⓘ singular ⓘ
hasTense	aorist ⓘ future ⓘ imperfect ⓘ perfect ⓘ pluperfect ⓘ present ⓘ
hasVerbalAspect	imperfective ⓘ perfective ⓘ stative ⓘ
influenced	English scientific vocabulary ⓘ Latin vocabulary ⓘ Modern Greek ⓘ Romance languages vocabulary ⓘ philosophical terminology ⓘ scientific terminology ⓘ theology terminology ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	grc ⓘ
notableWork	Homeric epics ⓘ Homer's Iliad ⓘ surface form: Iliad Homer's Odyssey ⓘ surface form: Odyssey Aristophanes ⓘ surface form: comedies of Aristophanes histories of Herodotus ⓘ histories of Thucydides ⓘ philosophical dialogues of Plato ⓘ tragedies of Aeschylus ⓘ Euripides ⓘ surface form: tragedies of Euripides Sophocles ⓘ surface form: tragedies of Sophocles treatises of Aristotle ⓘ
partOf	Hellenic language family ⓘ
precedes	Koine Greek ⓘ
standardLiteraryDialect	Attic Greek ⓘ
subclassOf	Indo-European language ⓘ
usedBy	ancient Greek city-states ⓘ classical Athenian authors ⓘ
usedFor	drama ⓘ epic poetry ⓘ historiography ⓘ literature ⓘ philosophy ⓘ religious texts ⓘ science ⓘ
usedIn	Archaic Greece ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ
usedInEducation	Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Renaissance Europe medieval Europe ⓘ
writingDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (103)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sicel → replacedBy → Ancient Greek ⓘ

Homeric Hymns → usesDialect → Ancient Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homeric Greek

Rosetta Stone → writingSystem → Ancient Greek ⓘ