Classical Greek

English

Etymology

classical + Greek

Proper noun

Classical Greek

1. The form of Ancient Greek language used during the classical period of Greek literature: approximately 600 to 300 BC. The language of the poets and philosophers: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Aristotle, etc.

Translations

language

• Japanese: 古典ギリシア語 (ja) (koten girishiago)

• Malay: bahasa Yunani Klasik (ms), bahasa Greece Klasik (ms), Yunani Klasik (ms), Greece Klasik (ms)
• Romanian: greaca clasică (ro) f (def. form)

Related terms

• Modern Greek
• Koine
• Katharevousa

See also

• Classical Greek on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Classical Greek, grc