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3 days ago · Koine Greek ( UK: / ˈkɔɪni / KOY-nee; [3] US: / ˈkɔɪneɪ / KOY-nay, / kɔɪˈneɪ / koy-NAY; [4] [5] Koine Greek: ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος, romanized : hē koinè diálektos, lit. 'the common dialect'), [a] also known as Hellenistic Greek, common Attic, the Alexandrian dialect, Biblical Greek, Septuagint Greek or New Testament Greek, was the common supra-regio...
3 days ago · Koine Greek (also known as Hellenistic Greek): The fusion of Ionian with Attic, the dialect of Athens, began the process that resulted in the creation of the first common Greek dialect, which became a lingua franca across the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East.
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Apr 15, 2024 · Koine Greek, the variety of Greek used after the conquests of Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC, is sometimes included in Ancient Greek, but its pronunciation is described in Koine Greek phonology.
- θέσις, τάσις, δασύς "putting, stretching, hairy"
- χώρα, κόρη, ἀγορά "country, girl, assembly"
- ἔφη, ἔπη, ἔβη "he said, words, he stepped"
3 days ago · Didakhé, lit. "Teaching"), [1] also known as The Lord's Teaching Through the Twelve Apostles to the Nations ( Διδαχὴ Κυρίου διὰ τῶν δώδεκα ἀποστόλων τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ), is a brief anonymous early Christian treatise ( ancient church order) written in Koine Greek, dated by modern scholars to the first [2] or (less commonly) second century AD. [3]
3 days ago · Modern Greek grammar has preserved many features of Ancient Greek, but has also undergone changes in a similar direction as many other modern Indo-European languages, from more synthetic to more analytic structures.
May 7, 2024 · Koine Greek (Koine being Greek for ”Common”) became the common dialect during the Hellenistic period following the conquests of Alexander the Great. It was also the language that was used to spread Christianity, as it was the language in which the Apostles mostly spread Jesus’ message across the Roman Empire.
3 days ago · This mixture gave rise to a common Attic-based Greek dialect, known as Koine Greek, which became the lingua franca throughout the ancient world. During the Hellenistic period, Greek cultural influence and power reached its peak in the Mediterranean and beyond.
