Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th – 6th centuries BC, (known as Archaic), c. 5th – 4th centuries BC (Classical), and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD (Hellenistic) of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek. The language of the Hellenistic phase is known as Koine (common) or Biblical Greek, the language from the late period onwar... More

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ISO 639-2 Code:

  • grc

Also known as:

  • Ancient Greek language,
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453),
  • Greek, Ancient Language

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ISO 639-3 Code:

  • grc

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  • 1735
  • 1736
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  • Ancient Greek
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