Greek language
Alphabet's ancient originator
Greek is the language of Greece, with a continuous written history spanning over three thousand years—longer than any other European language.
Ancient Greek was the language of Homer, Plato, and the New Testament.
Modern Greek, while evolved considerably, retains enough continuity that educated Greeks can partially read ancient texts.
She's studying Greek to read philosophy in the original.
- HellenicOf Greek origin
- GreeceBalkan peninsula nation
- ionicConcerning charged particles
- inscriptionsWords carved into surfaces
- Rosetta StoneDecree in three scripts
grammar · diglossia · alphabet · orthography · paleography · Stoicism · declension · attic · epic poetry · philosophy · classical · diacritics · byzantine · taverna · phonetics · spoken word · Aristotle · ancient
- Roman GreeceCorinth, Roman conquest, Roman rule, Roman governors, proconsuls
- GreeceAcropolis, Parthenon, Athens, Hellenic, Zeus
- Greek cultureGreece, Hellenism, Parthenon, Acropolis, Zeus
- ancient GreeceAthens, Sparta, Zeus, Parthenon, Acropolis
- classical educationclassical education, Latin, grammar, logic, trivium
- Greek AmericansGreektown, Hellenic, Astoria, name day, bouzouki
Greek languageHebrew
Semitic language of Israel
Arabic · Aramaic · Egyptian · Akkadian · Phoenician
Greek languageChinese
Of that Asian nation
Mandarin Chinese · Arabic · Japanese · Hebrew · Egyptian hieroglyphics