A Brief History of Ancient Greek (Wiley Brief Histories of the Ancient World)

by StephenColvin (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2014

  $90.35

  A Brief History of Ancient Greek accessibly depicts the social history of this ancient language from its Indo-European roots to the present day. * Explains key relationships between the language and literature of the Classical period (500 - 300 BC) * Provides a social history of the language which transliterates and translates all Greek as appropriate, and is therefore accessible to readers who know little or no Greek * Written in the framework of modern sociolinguistic theory, relating the development of Ancient Greek to its social and political context * Reflects the latest thinking on subjects such as Koine Greek and the relationship between literary and vernacular Greek