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The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization pbs.org/empires/thegreeks

Janice Siegel, Department of Classics, Hampden–Sydney College, Virginia hsc.edu/drjclassics Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Greece Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Hellenistic World BBC Ancient Greeks bbc.co.uk/history/ Canadian Museum of History historymuseum.ca Perseus Project - Tufts University These determinations were made based on the fact that syllables of a line of ancient Greek poetry created prosodic rhythms with the long vowels receiving twice the time value as short vowels.Ĭategories with related articles in this website: Ancient Greek History (48 articles) Īncient Greek Art and Culture (21 articles) Īncient Greek Life, Government and Infrastructure (29 articles) Īncient Greek and Roman Religion and Myths (35 articles) Īncient Greek and Roman Philosophy and Science (33articles) Īncient Persian, Arabian, Phoenician and Near East Cultures (26 articles). Vowels in the ancient Greek language had both pitch-accent and quantity (time value) unlike the stressed syllables of modern Greek. Many modern words like “helicopter” and “telephone” were derived from Greek words. Charisma is a Greek word that literally means “the gift of grace.” It was used in the early Christian era to describe the extraordinary powers given someone by the Holy Ghost.

Some original Greeks words like “mathematics,” “physics” and “music” have come down to us virtually unchanged. Based on written texts that have been handed down to us today ancient Greek was a colorful language that could express a wide range of emotions and thoughts.Įven though many words in the modern English are derived from Greek, the Greeks didn’t have a word for “word” until Hellenistic times. Greek dialects The ancient Greek spoken language is thought to have been similar to modern Greek, but like other ancient languages, although we can read it, we don’t known exactly what it sounded like.