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The dialect of Ancient Greek used in Attica, the region surrounding Athens, from 500 to 300 BC, closely related to Ionic Greek and a main contributor to Koine Greek. The language of Thucydides, Plato, Aeschylus, Xenophon, etc.

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attica ionic greek aeschylus ancient greek koine greek plato athens thucydides
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