12 Facts About Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

Ancient Greek was the language of Homer and of fifth-century Athenian historians, playwrights, and philosophers.

Ancient Greek was a pluricentric language, divided into many dialects.

Homeric Ancient Greek is a literary form of Archaic Ancient Greek used in the epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, and in later poems by other authors.

West vs non-West Ancient Greek is the strongest-marked and earliest division, with non-West in subsets of Ionic-Attic and Aeolic vs Arcadocypriot, or Aeolic and Arcado-Cypriot vs Ionic-Attic.

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Ancient Greek had long and short vowels; many diphthongs; double and single consonants; voiced, voiceless, and aspirated stops; and a pitch accent.

Latin was emphasized in American colleges, but Greek was required in the Colonial and Early National eras, and the study of ancient Greece became increasingly popular in the mid-to-late Nineteenth Century, the age of American philhellenism.

Ancient Greek is taught at most major universities worldwide, often combined with Latin as part of the study of classics.

Ancient Greek is taught as a compulsory subject in all gymnasiums and lyceums in Greece.

Ancient Greek is used by organizations and individuals, mainly Greek, who wish to denote their respect, admiration or preference for the use of this language.

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 many of the scientific names of species and in scientific terminology.