Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek refers to the dialects of the Hellenic language family from about 1100 B.C to 600 A.D., including during the historical periods of Archaic Greece, Classical Greece, and the Hellenistic world. It is the language of the Homeric poems

Homer

Homer was a legendary early Greek [i] poet [i] and rhapsode [i] traditionally credited ...

the Iliad

Iliad

The Iliad is, together with the Odyssey [i], one of two ancient Greek [i] epic [i]...

and the Odyssey

Odyssey

The Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek [i] epic poem [i] ...

, of the great works of literature and philosophy of the Athenian Golden Age

Athens

Athens is the capital [i] and the largest city of Greece [i]. ...

, of the foundations of our modern mathematics and sciences, and of the New Testament

New Testament

The New Testament , sometimes called the Greek Testament or Greek Scriptures, and sometimes ...

in the Christian Bible

Bible

The Bible , is the name used by Jews [i] and Christians [i] for their differing canons [i] ...

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Ancient Greek refers to the dialects of the Hellenic language family from about 1100 B.C to 600 A.D., including during the historical periods of Archaic Greece, Classical Greece, and the Hellenistic world.
It is the language of the Homeric poems