CLST 102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Phoenician Alphabet, Miletus, Lyric Poetry

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T or f: greek was a unified language. 800-750 bce: adaptation of phoenician alphabet to greek language. Phoenician had more sounds (like hebrew or middle east), greek had more important vowels. Original way for writing: columns from up to down. At the beginning: right to left, later decided left right was standard. Boustrophedon: way you play the field, l r, r l. False: each state had a different style of writing and way of speaking. Dialects had a lot in common, but were distinct. 403 bce adopted the miletos alphabet (eastern coast) = easiest and most effective. Became the standard alphabet of the greek world. Nestor = famous hero in iliad, said to have a huge cup that only he could lift. Transmission of greek culture from greek antiquity to our times. People wanted to have written copies of the poems, esp. Romans = interested in greek culture, read texts, spoke greek.

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