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Linguistic Variation in Classical Attic
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Abstract

Classical Attic, used in literary master works of the 5th and 4th c. BCE (philosophy, tragedy, oratory), enjoyed a long-standing prestige over the other Greek dialects and a leadi…

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Paolo Poccetti, “Linguistic Variation in Classical Attic”, in: Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics, General Editor: Georgios K. Giannakis. Consulted online on 29 November 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2214-448X_eagll_COM_00000222>
First published online: 2013



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