Megarian Greek

E685351

Doric Greek dialect ancient Greek dialect

Megarian Greek refers to the ancient Greek dialect and cultural tradition associated with the city-state of Megara and its colonies, known for their role in early Greek colonization and philosophical thought.

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Label	Occurrences
Megarian Greek canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Doric Greek dialect ⓘ ancient Greek dialect ⓘ
associatedWith	Doric cultural sphere ⓘ Greek colonization ⓘ Megara (city-state) NERFINISHED ⓘ Megarian school of philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Argolic Doric NERFINISHED ⓘ Corinthian Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ Laconian Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRole	expression of Megarian civic identity ⓘ medium of local legal texts ⓘ medium of local religious practice ⓘ
documentedBy	ancient Greek inscriptions ⓘ epigraphic corpora ⓘ
eraEnd	Roman Imperial period NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	Doric morphological forms ⓘ Doric treatment of long ā ⓘ Doric vowel developments ⓘ local lexical variants ⓘ
historicalStatus	extinct language variety ⓘ
influencedBy	Peloponnesian Doric ⓘ neighboring Doric dialects ⓘ
languageBranch	Hellenic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
partOf	ancient Greek dialect continuum ⓘ
region	Isthmus of Corinth region NERFINISHED ⓘ Saronic Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Byzantium NERFINISHED ⓘ Chalcedon NERFINISHED ⓘ Megara NERFINISHED ⓘ Megarian colonies ⓘ Sicilian Megarian colonies ⓘ
studiedIn	Greek dialectology ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
subgroupOf	Doric dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ West Greek dialects ⓘ
timePeriod	Archaic Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	citizens of Megara ⓘ colonists from Megara ⓘ
usedIn	epigraphic documents ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ local cult regulations ⓘ public decrees ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Byzas → culture → Megarian Greek ⓘ