Ancient History on Greek Alphabet

Greek Alphabet. Our first confirmation for the Greek dialect originates from Linear B tablets which date to 1200 B.c. - on the terrain (the later Bronze Age) and were composed in a syllabary.

Sooner or later in the tenth century (maybe?) the Greeks embraced the Phoenician letters in order, with alterations, and our most punctual written work with the Greek letter set originates from the last 50% of the eighth century. The Greek of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad, and other early lives up to expectations, has notable gimmicks that vanish in later Greek - for example the "w" sound, the tolerance for "open" vowels, and a long alpha (an) in numerous structures.



You will learn Attic, or also known as Attic-Ionic in the first year class. In Attic Greek the long alpha of the early period has transformed into a long estimated time of arrival (e) aside from after a short particle (i), e (epsilon), or rho (r), and in Ionic the estimated time of arrival has supplanted the alpha through and through.