ΤΥΠΟΣ ΛΗΜΜΑΤΟΣ
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The Ionic was the dialect of the inhabitants of Ionia and their colonies. It shares many common elements with the Attic dialect, and for this reason there is often reference to an Attic-Ionic dialectal group. There were local variations, and we can distinguish between the eastern, central and western Ionic dialect. The heyday of the Ionians (mainly in the 8th cent. BC) imparted special vigour and value on the Ionic dialect, which is famous for being the basic component of Homer's poetic idiolect and the language in which Herodotus composed his history. |
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