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Attic (Noun)

The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia.

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

The literary dialect of ancient Greek written in Attic was widely regarded as the most elegant and refined form of the language.
In the 5th and 4th centuries BCE, the Attic dialect became the standard for writing and literature in ancient Greece.
Attic was not only the dialect of Athens but also the lingua franca of many other city-states in the Mediterranean region.
As a result of its widespread use in ancient Greek literature, the Attic dialect has had a lasting impact on the development of the Greek language.
The study of Attic is essential for understanding the works of famous ancient Greek authors such as Sophocles and Euripides.