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Exploring Ancient Greek Language and Culture

This quiz explores various aspects of the Ancient Greek language, its dialects, and its cultural significance, providing an engaging way to test knowledge on this historical subject.

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1 After the conquests of ________ in the late 300's BC, a new international dialect known as Koine or Common Greek developed, largely based on Attic Greek, but with influence from other dialects.

2 The following polytonic Greek text is from the Apology by ________:

3 Rise of a distinctive ________ accent, resulting from contraction and certain other changes.

4 /gj/, /dj/ → /dz/ or /zd/ (see ________)

5 Following ________'s practice, the augment is sometimes not made in poetry, especially epic poetry.

6 What region does Ancient Greek belong to?

7 Syllabic /r/, /l/ become /ro/ and /lo/ in Mycenean Greek, ________; otherwise /ra/ and /la/, but /ar/ and /al/ before resonants and analogously.

8 Verbs are conjugated through seven tenses: the present, future and imperfect tenses are imperfective in aspect; the aorist tense (perfective aspect); a present-perfect, pluperfect and future perfect (all with ________).

9 Doric notably had several intermediate divisions as well, into Island Doric (including Cretan Doric), Southern Peloponnesus Doric (including Laconian, the dialect of ________), and Northern Peloponnesus Doric (including Corinthian).

10 The 2010 science fiction television series Caprica, set on twelve distant worlds culturally related to ________, uses Ancient Greek as a basis for the Tauron language.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the name of the liverwort genus Ptilidium comes from the Greek word ptilidion for "small feather", a reference to the plant's "feathery" appearance.
  • the name of the mushroom Amanita echinocephala (pictured) means "hedgehog-head" in Ancient Greek, referring to its spiny, or warty-looking cap.
  • the name of the Lasiognathus genus of anglerfish (L. amphirhampus pictured), distinctive for its huge upper jaw, derives from the Greek for "hairy jaw".
  • the style of Ancient Greek black-figure pottery had its origins in Corinth, Greece.
  • the South American rodent Irenomys, which has teeth similar to those of an African elephant, was named after the Ancient Greek word iren ("peace") to commemorate the end of World War I.
  • the Charioteer of Delphi, an almost-intact ancient Greek statue, was lost for nearly 2000 years.
  • Boletus calopus, a European mushroom, derives its scientific name from the Ancient Greek for "pretty foot," referring to its attractive stalk.
  • the Ancient Greek mathematician Polybius invented the Polybius square, a cryptographic technique.
  • the Piraeus Lion is an ancient Greek statue "embellished" with runic graffiti by Vikings.
  • Lesbian wines were some of the most highly sought after wines of the Ancient Greeks.
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