Attic Greek Vs Homeric

Bc greek koene of the period of jesus and later on byzantine greek and finally modern greek demotiki.

Attic greek vs homeric.

This is based on the following. Homeric greek is like ionic greek and unlike classical attic in shifting almost all cases of long ᾱ to η. If attic greek is the horse and koine greek is the donkey well septuagint greek is something of a mule. It depends upon your goals in.

There is a section in pharr that goes into the transition from homeric to attic greek. Buy the book or request an exam copy. I am thoroughly enjoying it. Being self taught i happened to latch onto a attic greek book a few years ago which has become my primary learning tool for learning greek.

Based on what i have read so far the transition to attic is relatively easy from homeric greek. Attic greek in school it is very easy to study koine or read the new testament. Attic and homeric greek vs. Many parts of this site will be helpful however to anyone beginning or reviewing.

Thus homeric τροίη ὥρη πύλῃσι for attic τροίᾱ ὥρᾱ πύλαις πύλαισι troy hour gates dat. Clyde pharr s homeric greek a book for beginners. I just finished a class in homeric greek at nyu and i m in the process of doing a complete pharr review on my own. Koine hello stephan let me give you a learner s perspective on the differences.

The ancient greek writers in attic greek tended to quote homer and ancient poets. Attic greek is the greek dialect of the ancient city state of athens of the ancient dialects it is the most similar to later greek and is the standard form of the language that is studied in ancient greek language courses attic greek is sometimes included in the ionic dialect together attic and ionic are the primary influences on modern greek. There are homer s greek classical greek of the 5th 4th c. Having studied classical i e.

There simply isn t an easy answer to the question which ancient greek dialect to study.