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454Medieval Greek  

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  • Medieval Greek, also known as Byzantine Greek, is the stage of the Greek language between the end of Classical antiquity in the 5th–6th centuries and the end of the Middle Ages, conventionally dated to the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. Medieval Greek is the link between this vernacular, known as Koine Greek, and Modern Greek. Though Byzantine Greek literature was still strongly influenced by Attic Greek, it was also influenced by vernacular Koine Greek, which is the language of the New Testament and the liturgical language of the Greek Orthodox Church.

Source

  • Browning 1995
  • Μπαμπινιώτης 1986

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  • Katsiadakis Helen (AA)

Creator

  • Karasimos Athanasios (AA)

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  • 454

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