A Brief History of Ancient Greek

<p><i>A Brief History of Ancient Greek</i> accessibly depicts the social history of this ancient language from its Indo-European roots to the present day.</p> <ul> <li>Explains key relationships between the language and literature of the Classical period (500 – 300 BC)</li> <li>Provides a social history of the language which transliterates and translates all Greek as appropriate, and is therefore accessible to readers who know little or no Greek </li> <li>Written in the framework of modern sociolinguistic theory, relating the development of Ancient Greek to its social and political context</li> <li>Reflects the latest thinking on subjects such as Koiné Greek and the relationship between literary and vernacular Greek</li> </ul>