Ancient Greek Language

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Ancient Greek was a pluricentric language, divided into many dialects.

The main dialect groups are Attic and Ionic, Aeolic, Arcadocypriot, and Doric, many of them with several subdivisions. Some dialects are found in standardized literary forms used in literature, while others are attested only in inscriptions.

There are also several historical forms. Homeric Greek is a literary form of Archaic Greek (derived primarily from Ionic and Aeolic) used in the epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, and in later poems by other authors.^[2] Homeric Greek had significant differences in grammar and pronunciation from Classical Attic and other Classical-era dialects.