Attic Greek

E6763
Ancient Greek dialect classical language variety

Attic Greek is the classical dialect of Ancient Greek used in Athens and its region, which became the literary and cultural standard and the main basis for later Koine Greek.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Attic Greek canonical 16
Ancient Attic Greek 1
Ancient Greek 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancient Greek dialect ⓘ
classical language variety ⓘ
basisFor Byzantine Greek literary language ⓘ
Hellenistic Greek ⓘ
Koine Greek ⓘ
contrastsWith Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Doric Greek ⓘ
Ionic Greek ⓘ
country Classical Athens ⓘ
dialectGroup Attic–Ionic ⓘ
linked to: Attic Greek
era Classical period ⓘ
followedBy Koine Greek ⓘ
follows Archaic Greek ⓘ
hasFeature augment in past tenses ⓘ
contracted verb forms ⓘ
dual number in nouns and pronouns ⓘ
middle voice ⓘ
optative mood ⓘ
pitch accent ⓘ
reduplication in perfect tense ⓘ
rich case inflection ⓘ
three-gender system ⓘ
influenced New Testament Greek ⓘ
linked to: Koine Greek

later Greek rhetorical tradition ⓘ
languageFamily Hellenic branch ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
linked to: Indo-European language family
partOf Classical Greek ⓘ
periodOfUse 4th century BCE ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ
spokenIn Athens ⓘ
Attica ⓘ
standardFor Athenian public inscriptions ⓘ
Classical Greek prose ⓘ
studiedIn classical philology ⓘ
subclassOf Greek language ⓘ
Hellenic languages ⓘ
taughtAs model of classical Greek style ⓘ
usedBy Aeschylus ⓘ
Aristotle ⓘ
Demosthenes ⓘ
Euripides ⓘ
Menander ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Sophocles ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
Xenophon ⓘ
usedFor Athenian drama ⓘ
historical writing ⓘ
legal speeches ⓘ
oratory ⓘ
philosophical works ⓘ
usedIn Classical Athens ⓘ
writingSystem Greek alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

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

Koine Greek → developedFrom → Attic Greek ⓘ
Albanian language → hasLoanwordSource → Ancient Greek ⓘ
linked to: Attic Greek
Medieval Greek → influencedBy → Ancient Attic Greek ⓘ
linked to: Attic Greek
Ionic Greek → closelyRelatedTo → Attic Greek ⓘ
Ionic Greek → sharesIsoglossWith → Attic-Ionic dialect group ⓘ
linked to: Attic Greek
Hellenic languages → hasPart → Attic Greek ⓘ
Attic Greek → dialectGroup → Attic–Ionic ⓘ
linked to: Attic Greek
Classical Athens → dialect → Attic Greek ⓘ
Ancient Greek → hasDialect → Attic Greek ⓘ
Ancient Greek → standardLiteraryDialect → Attic Greek ⓘ
Doric Greek → distinctFrom → Attic Greek ⓘ
Greek language → hasDialects → Attic Greek ⓘ
Aeolic Greek → relatedTo → Attic Greek ⓘ
Northwest Greek → distinctFrom → Attic Greek ⓘ
Proto-Greek → hasDescendant → Attic Greek ⓘ
Proto-Greek → followedBy → Attic dialect ⓘ
linked to: Attic Greek
Ionian Greek → influenced → Classical Attic Greek ⓘ
linked to: Attic Greek
Ionian Greek → sharesFeaturesWith → Attic Greek ⓘ
Lesbian Greek dialect → differsFrom → Attic Greek ⓘ
Acamas → mythologicalTradition → Attic tradition ⓘ
linked to: Attic Greek
New Testament Greek tradition → contrastsWith → Attic Greek tradition ⓘ
linked to: Attic Greek
Thurii → usedDialect → Attic Greek ⓘ
Eastern Greek dialects → includes → Attic Greek ⓘ
Ancient Greek dialect continuum → hasPart → Attic Greek ⓘ
Byzantine culture → hasLiteraryLanguage → Atticizing Greek ⓘ
linked to: Attic Greek