Attic
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- noun
- /ˈætɪk/
- Specialized
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griego ático
- And Epictetus, by the way, wrote in Koine, not in Attic Greek because he's, you know, a person of his time.
- Attic terminology
- Attic red-figure
Examples
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Exceptions exist, such as the Attic black-figure rendering of women bathing.
Academic text (1999) -
At one pole of this continuum is a style that he calls attic or synoptic.
Academic text (2003) -
Procedurally, this corresponds to the Attic phase of anakrisis, and the Roman procedure injure.
Academic text (1991) -
(In what follows, for convenience, I will retain the Attic names for these two stages of Gortynian trials.)
Academic text (1991) -
In the American journalistic tradition, one jack-of-all-trades covers Roland Barthes and Attic history.
Fiction book (2000) -
Tony Horwitz previously wrote Conservatives in the Attic, which, as the descendant of Southerners, I found spot-on.
Blog text (17) -
The earlier Attic black-figure renderings of the judgment have been effectively divided into four types by Irmgard Raab.
Academic text (2012) -
Many philosophers, including Plato and Aristotle, wrote their works in Attic Greek, which greatly influenced later literature.
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Studying Attic Greek allows students to better understand the texts of ancient playwrights like Sophocles and Euripides.
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The Attic dialect is essential for those interested in exploring the roots of classical Greek culture.
Synonyms
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The language spoken in Greece
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A form of Greek used long ago before the Roman Empire
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A form of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Athens to create famous plays and philosophy around 400 BC
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A group of languages that includes ancient and modern Greek
A group of languages that includes ancient and modern Greek
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Attic for the dialect also comes from Attica, the area around Athens, so Attic Greek is the form of Greek once spoken and written in ancient Athens and used in many famous old works.