Classical Greek

American  

noun

1. the form of Greek used in classical literature, especially the literary Attic Greek of the 5th and 4th centuries b.c.

2. (loosely) ancient Greek.

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Example Sentences

From this point and for the next few centuries, Greece experienced a revival in which a unique and vibrant culture emerged and evolved into what we recognize today as Classical Greek civilization.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Thomson only became 'Greek' in the mid-1850s, in his late-30s, when he decided to adopt the Classical Greek style as his only mode of working.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2017

The signal feature of the college, the amphitheater recalls Classical Greek amphitheaters but is given a sylvan setting.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2016

McCabe: When I first entered university I found myself talking a class in Classical Greek philosophy, and I came under the spell early of Socrates and some of the early Greek thinkers.

From Forbes • Oct. 1, 2014

But Greek he could never abide, and he was confirmed in his instinct by the fact that at all the sixteen Courts where he had been received and decorated Classical Greek was practically unknown.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 16, 1919 by Various