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Argolic
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Abstract

Argolic refers to the variety of West Greek spoken in the Argolid, in the northeastern Peloponnese.

The dialectal varieties of West Greek (Doric) spoken in the Argolid (northeastern Peloponnese) are generally referred to as Argolic. Argolic dialects are known almost exclusively from epigraphic sources from Argos, Mycenae and Tiryns in the Western Argolid, and from Epidaurus and its Asclepieion, Troezen and Hermion in the East. Most inscriptions with dialectal features come from Argos and from the Epidaurian Ascl…

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Enrique Nieto, “Argolic”, in: Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics, General Editor: Georgios K. Giannakis. Consulted online on 24 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2214-448X_eagll_SIM_00000418>
First published online: 2013



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