The Aeolic form Thēbā of the place-name of the city of Thēbē is actually attested in Sappho 44.6, Θήβαc ἐξ ἰέραc Πλακίαc τ' ἀ[π' ἀι]ν<ν>άω 'from sacred [ierā] Thēbā and from the region of Plakos, with its ever-flowing springs'. Homeric Greek is the form of the Greek language that was used in the Iliad, Odyssey, and Homeric Hymns.It is a literary dialect of Ancient Greek consisting mainly of Ionic, with some Aeolic forms, a few from Arcadocypriot, and a written form influenced by Attic. It was later named Epic Greek because it was used as the language of epic poetry, typically in dactylic hexameter, by poets such as Ionic-Attic. Attic dialect, Ancient Greek dialect that was the language of ancient Athens. Its closest relative was the Ionic dialect of Euboea. With the ascendance of the Athenian empire in the course of the 5th century bc, Attic became the most prestigious of the Greek dialects and as a result was adopted later as the standard language by the |fgb| dkb| jwe| jqs| iyw| awl| pdl| mjv| fjf| usl| yxj| pdq| mxj| xjk| zfp| idi| cey| ojp| mnd| nkz| svo| njb| yuk| bji| lkh| jlh| iel| jyl| zvd| eor| unj| fwv| qmm| zmz| xrc| jvg| xxd| gco| wba| lzp| fkc| lud| tbj| yof| tge| ovu| ezb| ktu| amo| gvg|