Eolic (Noun)
Meaning
The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Aeolic poetry and drama thrived in ancient Greece with distinct Eolic dialect characteristics.
- Eolic language displayed some significant variations in pronunciation compared to other Ancient Greek dialects.
- Some linguistic features unique to the Eolic dialect of ancient Thessaly are well documented.
- Historians are able to piece together remnants of Eolic due to several discovered inscriptions from that era.
- Archaeologists use discovered inscriptions and written records of the Eolic dialect in ancient Greek settlements to date ruins.