A Brief History of Ancient Greek
Author:   Stephen Colvin (University College London, UK)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Pages:   192
Publication Date:   22 January 2026
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Author:   Stephen Colvin (University College London, UK)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:  

9781405149266


ISBN 10:   1405149264
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   22 January 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures vi Preface and Acknowledgments vii 1 The Indo-European Beginnings 1 2 An Aegean Co-Production 17 3 Mycenean Greek 32 4 The Dark Ages 51 5 The Alphabet 68 6 The Greek Dialects 89 7 Homer and the Epic Tradition 113 8 The Language of Greek Poetry 134 9 Bare Words: The Start of a Common Language 156 10 Greek to Romaic and Back 178 Appendix: The Greek Alphabet and Pronunciation 200 Abbreviations and Symbols 202 Glossary 204 References 207 Index 211

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Stephen Colvin is Reader in Classics and Historical Linguistics at University College London. Previously, he was Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at Yale. He is the author of Dialect in Aristophanes (1999), A Historical Greek Reader (2007), and editor of The Greco-Roman East: Politics, Culture, Society (2004).

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