Old Greek
Old Greek is the
Late Antiquity
(c. 400 AD) to c. 1500. Greek spoken during this period is usually split into:
- Late Greek (c. 400 – c. 800 AD)
- Medieval Greek (c. 800 – c. 1500)
"Old Greek" (OG) is also the
Pentateuch.[3]
Old Greek might also be understood to include a preceding period, Koine Greek, as well – 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).
See also
- Mycenaean Greek language, also referred to as "Old Greek"
- Ancient Greek
- Proto-Greek
References
- ^ The translators used a form of Koine Greek.
- ^ Thus books – or parts of books – that are not contained in the Hebrew Bible are not part of the Old Greek, even though they were eventually considered part of the Septuagint.
- ISBN 1-84227-061-3.