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

On each side of the capstone, engraved in four ancient languages - Babylonian cuneiform, Classical Greek, Sanskrit and Egyptian hieroglyphic - were the words: "Let these be guidestones to an Age of Reason."

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2022

They include “O Monsters,” created by Philadelphia’s New Paradise Laboratories; “Barococo,” by D.C.’s Happenstance Theater Company; and “Andromeda Breaks,” a police procedural starring the Classical Greek damsel in distress.

From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2018

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