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1. Can you still speak ancient Greek?
2. What is the oldest Greek text?
3. What is the oldest human text?
4. What is the oldest ancient text?
5. What is the oldest surviving text in the world?
6. What is Sparta called now?
7. Is Greek the oldest European language?
8. What is the oldest dead language?
9. Where do I start with Greek literature?
10. Does Google Translate have ancient Greek?
11. Is reading Greek hard?
12. Can I teach myself Greek?
13. Is Latin or Greek older?
14. Is Greek a lost language?
15. Is it Yamas or Yiamas?

Can you still speak ancient Greek?

Ancient Greek was an Indo-European language spoken in Ancient Greece from about 1500 BC to about 300 BC. Ancient Greek and Latin are very important languages. Although they are no longer spoken, they influenced almost all modern European languages.

What is the oldest Greek text?

The oldest substantial texts known to date are the Dipylon inscription and the text on the so-called Cup of Nestor, both dated to the late 8th century BC, inscriptions of personal ownership and dedications to a god.

What is the oldest human text?

The world's oldest literature is widely accepted to be the Sumerian “Instructions of Shuruppak”, which dates to somewhere around 2600 B.C.E.

What is the oldest ancient text?

Cuneiform is an ancient writing system that was first used in around 3400 BC. Distinguished by its wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, cuneiform script is the oldest form of writing in the world, first appearing even earlier than Egyptian hieroglyphics.

What is the oldest surviving text in the world?

The Epic of Gilgamesh started out as a series of Sumerian poems and tales dating back to 2100 B.C., but the most complete version was written around the 12th century B.C. by the Babylonians.

What is Sparta called now?

In 1834, after the Greek War of Independence, King Otto of Greece decreed the town should be expanded into a city. Modern day Sparta, the capital of the prefecture of Lakonia, lies on the eastern foothills of Mount Taygetos in the Evrotas River valley.

Is Greek the oldest European language?

The Greek language is the oldest language in Europe, spoken since 1450 years before Christ. Currently Greek is spoken in Greece, Albania and Cyprus. About 13 million people still speak Greek today.

What is the oldest dead language?

The archaeological proof we have today allows us to state that the oldest dead language in the world is the Sumerian language. Dating back to at least 3500 BC, the oldest proof of written Sumerian was found in today's Iraq, on an artifact known as the Kish Tablet.

Where do I start with Greek literature?

A good place to start (in translation or in the original) are Homer's Iliad and/ or Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, Euripides, Medea and Ovid, The Art of Love/ Ars Amatoria (at the moment the first set text on the Latin side).

Does Google Translate have ancient Greek?

Google Translate doesn't consider 'ancient Greek' as a separate language. It only has 'Greek' in its list of languages. I tried to see what it would do with ελώρια, a word that is never used in modern Greek but which occurs in the fourth line of the Iliad, probably meaning 'prey'. It returned 'hay fever'!

Is reading Greek hard?

Of all European languages, studies show that Greek is among the most difficult not only for native English speakers, but those who speak Romance languages as well.

Can I teach myself Greek?

Can you learn Greek on your own? It's possible to learn conversational Greek on your own, but the only way to actually become fluent is to practice with native speakers. If you want to study Greek on your own, you can use a number of language apps that offer Greek.

Is Latin or Greek older?

As the extant evidence of an historical culture, the ancient Greek language is centuries older than Latin. A recognizable form of Greek was spoken and written in the era of the Mycenaean Bronze Age, some 1500 years before the birth of Christ and the rule of Augustus Caesar.

Is Greek a lost language?

Latin, Ancient Greek, Old Viking runes and Egyptian hieroglyphs call to you and you feel it's time to answer. These are dead languages – those that no longer have a native speaking community.

Is it Yamas or Yiamas?

Yiamas or yamas is a popular Greek expression similar to Cheers when clinking glasses. It means to our collective good health.