Aeolic Greek

E39238
Greek language variety ancient Greek dialect

Aeolic Greek is an ancient Greek dialect spoken primarily in regions such as Lesbos, Boeotia, and Thessaly, known from early lyric poetry and inscriptions and distinguished by several phonological and morphological features from other Greek dialects.

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Generate an image of Aeolic Greek (Aeolic Greek is an ancient Greek dialect spoken primarily in regions such as Lesbos, Boeotia, and Thessaly, known from early lyric poetry and inscriptions and distinguished by several phonological and morphological features from other Greek dialects.)

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Aeolic Greek canonical 23
Boeotian Greek 8
Aeolic dialect 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek language variety ⓘ
ancient Greek dialect ⓘ
attestedIn epigraphic documents ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
literary fragments ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
distinguishedBy different treatment of Proto-Greek labiovelars ⓘ
distinct morphological features ⓘ
distinct phonological features ⓘ
distinct set of personal pronouns compared to Attic-Ionic ⓘ
frequent use of first person singular ending -μι in verbs ⓘ
retention of original long ā where Attic has ē in many positions ⓘ
specific forms of the dative plural ⓘ
use of -οιo for certain genitive singular endings ⓘ
use of -σσ- where Attic-Ionic has -ττ- in some words ⓘ
hasDialect Boeotian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek

Lesbian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Lesbian Greek dialect

Thessalian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
hasFeature conservative retention of some archaic Greek forms ⓘ
distinct vowel system compared to Attic-Ionic ⓘ
innovative developments in morphology ⓘ
regional variation among Lesbian, Boeotian, and Thessalian subdialects ⓘ
historicalPeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
influenced later regional Greek varieties in Boeotia ⓘ
later regional Greek varieties in Thessaly ⓘ
languageBranch Aeolic ⓘ
languageFamily Greek ⓘ
linked to: Greeks
relatedTo Attic Greek ⓘ
Doric Greek ⓘ
Ionic Greek ⓘ
Northwest Greek ⓘ
spokenIn Aeolis ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Boeotia ⓘ
Greek islands of the northeastern Aegean ⓘ
Lesbos ⓘ
Thessaly ⓘ
status extinct language ⓘ
studiedIn classical philology ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Hellenic language ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ
timeDepth 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
usedBy Alcaeus of Mytilene ⓘ
Corinna ⓘ
Sappho ⓘ
early lyric poets ⓘ
writingSystem Greek alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ionic Greek → contrastedWith → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Hellenic languages → hasPart → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Attic Greek → contrastsWith → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Thessaly → ancientDialect → Thessalian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Boeotia → hasDialect → Boeotian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Ancient Greek → hasDialect → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Doric Greek → distinctFrom → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Greek language → hasDialects → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Aeolic Greek → hasDialect → Boeotian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Aeolic Greek → hasDialect → Thessalian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Northwest Greek → distinctFrom → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Proto-Greek → hasDescendant → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Proto-Greek → followedBy → Aeolic dialect ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Boeotians → language → Boeotian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Ionian Greek → sharesFeaturesWith → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Aeolis → language → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Lesbian Greek dialect → subclassOf → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Lesbian Greek dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Boeotian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Sappho → poeticDialect → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Alcaeus of Mytilene → nativeLanguage → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Alcaeus of Mytilene → languageOfWorkOrName → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Alcaeus of Mytilene → dialect → Aeolic dialect ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Arcadocypriot Greek → closelyRelatedTo → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Boeotian League → usedDialect → Boeotian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Corinna → nativeLanguage → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Corinna → writingLanguage → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Corinna → languageVariant → Boeotian Aeolic ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Pelopidas → culture → Boeotian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Thessalians → usedDialect → Thessalian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Aeolians → spoke → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Aeolians → usedDialect → Aeolic dialect ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Eastern Greek dialects → contrastedWith → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Ancient Greek dialect continuum → hasPart → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Ancient Greek dialect continuum → hasPart → Boeotian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Ancient Greek dialect continuum → hasPart → Thessalian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Cymē → partOf → Aeolian Greek world ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Temnos → culture → Aeolian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Aeolis cultural region → hasDialect → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Aeolis cultural region → hasCulturalIdentity → Aeolian Greek culture ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Aeolis cultural region → hasDialectGroup → Aeolic dialect ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Aeolis cultural region → historicalLanguage → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Boeotian plain → languageHistoricallySpoken → Boeotian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Aeolic Greek
Pamphylian Greek → distinctFrom → Aeolic Greek ⓘ