💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Homeric greek"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ionic greeknoun | The dialect of Ancient Greek used on Euboea and other islands in the Aegean Sea and in parts of Asia Minor, from around 1000 to 300 B.C.E., closely related to Attic Greek and contributing a great deal to Epic Greek. The language of Herodotus, Hippocrates, and Archilochus. |
| old ionicnoun | The older form of the Greek Ionic dialect, used up until circa 600 BC. |
| attic greeknoun | The dialect of Ancient Greek used in Attica, the region surrounding Athens, from 500 to 300 B.C.E., closely related to Ionic Greek and a main contributor to Koine. The language of Thucydides, Plato, Aeschylus, Xenophon, etc. |
| hellenicnoun | Of or relating to Hellas (Greece) or the Hellenes (Greeks). |
| homeristnoun | A student of Homer or of his epic works |
| aeolicnoun | An ancient Greek dialect spoken in Boeotia, Thessalia, Asia Minor and the island of Lesbos. |
| koinenoun | The “common” Greek language that developed and flourished between 300 B.C.E. and 300 C.E. (the time of the Roman Empire), and from which Modern Greek descended. It was based on the Attic and Ionian dialects of Ancient Greek. |
| doricnoun | Relating to one of the Greek orders of architecture, distinguished by its simplicity and solidity. |
| iliadnoun | A famous ancient Greek epic poem about the Trojan War, attributed to Homer. |
| boeotiannoun | (historical) Pertaining to Boeotia. |
| hellenistic greeknoun | Synonym of Koine (the Greek language from the time of Alexander the Great) |
| ioniannoun | Pertaining to Ionia, the ancient (ca 1100 BC) region including western Asia Minor and the adjacent Aegean Islands occupied by the Ionian people. |
| hellenistic koinenoun | Synonym of Koine (the Greek dialect of Hellenistic times) |
| old ioniannoun | Old Ionic |
| ionicnoun | (chemistry) of, relating to, or containing ions |
| hellenicistnoun | A linguist or philologist who specialises in studying Hellenic languages, chiefly Ancient Greek. |
| laconiannoun | An inhabitant of Laconia. |
| new ionicnoun | The later form of the Greek Ionic dialect, used after circa 600 BCE. |
| middle greeknoun | Byzantine Greek |
| modern greeknoun | The Greek language as spoken by the Greek people since the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It was written using polytonic script until 1982, when this was officially dropped in favour of monotonic. |
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