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Stelios kazantzidis o psaras


Old Greek is the Greek language as spoken from Late Antiquity (c. AD 400) to around AD 1500. Greek spoken during this period is usually split into:

  • Koine Greek - also referred to as "the common dialect" or "Alexandrian dialect", "common Attic" or "Hellenistic Greek" - the universal dialect spoken throughout post-Classical antiquity (c. 300 BC – 300 AD)
  • Late Greek (c. 400 – c. 800 AD)
  • Medieval Greek (c. 800 – c. 1500 AD)

    • "Old Greek" (OG) is also the technical term for the presumed initial Greek translations of the Hebrew Bible for books other than the Pentateuch.

    References

    Old Greek Wikipedia
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