Attic Greek

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Proper noun

Attic Greek

  1. The dialect of Ancient Greek used in Attica, the region surrounding Athens, from 500 to 300 BC, closely related to Ionic Greek and a main contributor to Koine Greek. The language of Thucydides, Plato, Aeschylus, Xenophon, etc.
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