Ionic alphabet (Most important variety of the eastern form of the ancient Greek alphabet

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• Ionic alphabet —  most important variety of the eastern form of the ancient Greek alphabet, developed late in the 5th century BC. In 403 the Ionic alphabet used in the Anatolian city of Miletus was adopted for use in Athens, and by the middle of the 4th century… …   Universalium

• Ancient Greek — This article is about the language. For Ancient Greek culture in general, see Ancient Greece. For Ancient Greek population groups, see List of Ancient Greek tribes. Classical Greek redirects here. For the culture, see Classical Greece. Ancient… …   Wikipedia

• Greek language — Greek Ελληνικά Ellīniká Pronunciation [eliniˈka] Spoken in Greece, Cyprus …   Wikipedia

• Ancient Macedonians — The expansion of ancient Macedon up to the death of King Philip II (r. 359–336 BC). The Macedonians (Greek: Μακεδόνες, Makedónes) originated from inhabitants of the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, in the alluvial plain around the rivers …   Wikipedia

• alphabet — /al feuh bet , bit/, n. 1. the letters of a language in their customary order. 2. any system of characters or signs with which a language is written: the Greek alphabet. 3. any such system for representing the sounds of a language: the phonetic… …   Universalium

• Greek language — Indo European language spoken mostly in Greece. Its history can be divided into four phases: Ancient Greek, Koine, Byzantine Greek, and Modern Greek. Ancient Greek is subdivided into Mycenaean Greek (14th–13th centuries BC) and Archaic and… …   Universalium

• Art in ancient Greece — This article is part of the series on: History of Greek art Greek Bronze Age Cycladic art Minoan art Mycenean art Art in ancient Greece Archaic Greek art Classical Greek art Hellenistic a …   Wikipedia

• Varieties of Modern Greek — History of the Greek language (see also: Greek alphabet) Proto Greek (c. 3000–1600 BC) Mycenaean (c. 1600–1100 BC) Ancient G …   Wikipedia

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• Pottery of ancient Greece — Bilingual amphora by the Andokides Painter, ca. 520 BC (Munich) As the result of its relative durability, pottery is a large part of the archaeological record of Ancient Greece, and because there is so much of it (some 100,000 vases are recorded… …   Wikipedia