The Kosmos Society

Greek dialects and the poetic super-language

July 27, 2017
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Ancient Greek language, Reading Homer

In this video, Gregory Nagy discusses with Douglas Frame and Leonard Muellner an introduction to how ancient Greek dialects function in Homeric poetry.

Topics include:

  • Attic Greek
  • koinē
  • Ionian
  • Aeolian
  • metrical differences and lack of redundancy
  • formulae
  • evolution and perpetuation of the poetic super-language

You can watch the video in the frame below, or on the CHS YouTube channel.


Ancient Greek language, Reading Homer
ancient Greek language, ancient Greek poetry, dialects, Douglas Frame, Gregory Nagy, Homer, Leonard Muellner