Excerpt from A Greek Grammar, for the Use of Schools and Colleges The Doric consisted of many branches, as the Laconian, Cretan, Argive, Sicilian, Tarentine. The Ionic is divided into old and new; the old Ionic, called also the Epic, or Homeric, was spoken in Attica and Ionia; it is the basis of the language of Homer and Hesiod. The new Ionic was spoken in Ionia. The Attic was the language of Attica, or rather of Athens, the capital of Attica. It was the most cultivated of all the dialects of Greece, and, on that account ...
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Excerpt from A Greek Grammar, for the Use of Schools and Colleges The Doric consisted of many branches, as the Laconian, Cretan, Argive, Sicilian, Tarentine. The Ionic is divided into old and new; the old Ionic, called also the Epic, or Homeric, was spoken in Attica and Ionia; it is the basis of the language of Homer and Hesiod. The new Ionic was spoken in Ionia. The Attic was the language of Attica, or rather of Athens, the capital of Attica. It was the most cultivated of all the dialects of Greece, and, on that account, is made the basis of Greek grammar. With respect to purity, the Greek, like any other dead lan guage, may be said to have seen four different ages; the golden. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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