Late Greek

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Late Greek

n.
The Greek language as used in late antiquity and the early Byzantine period.
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Late Greek

n
(Languages) the Greek language from about the 3rd to the 8th centuries ad. Compare Medieval Greek, Koine
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Late′ Greek′


n.
the Greek of the early Byzantine Empire and of patristic literature, from about a.d. 100 to 700. Abbr.: LGk
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Noun1.Late Greek - the Greek language in the 3rd to 8th centuries
Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language - the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
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What the invention of oil-painting was to the Venetians, the face of Antinous was to late Greek sculpture, and the face of Dorian Gray will some day be to me.
BEIRUT: Metropolitan Saba Esper was elected Friday as temporary successor to the late Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim.
Stavros S Niarchos is named after the late Greek shipping tycoon whose Foundation aided the tall ship's construction.
Just what Daskalopoulos's staff think about his enthusiasm for art is unclear, though he has occasionally overheard the odd remark along the lines of, 'Is it art?' Perhaps they were referring to Nikos Kessanlis's Geste (1961), a sculpture by the underrated (in international terms) late Greek artist made from cloth and the metal casing of a toilet flusher--a work that predates the Arte Povera aesthetic.
Twinkling on a hilltop overlooking a tranquil, secluded harbour are four gemstone villas with views across the ocean to Scorpios, the tiny island bought by the late Greek shipping billionaire Aristotle Onassis to woo Jackie Kennedy, and where their wedding took place in 1968.
ATHENS: Jules Dassin, the American who directed the film Never on Sunday' and was married to the late Greek actress and culture minister Melina Mercouri, died in an Athens hospital after a short illness on Monday aged 96.
ATHENS -- Jules Dassin, the American who directed the film "Never on Sunday" and was married to the late Greek actress and culture minister Melina Mercouri, died in an Athens hospital after a short illness on Monday aged 96.
For The Exact Time (For Bia Davou), 2006, the artist had white sheets imprinted with the face of the late Greek artist, known for her innovative works inspired by computer flowcharts and the metrics of Homeric language, and hung them like window shades.
For his second mistake Lehmann got nowhere near a late Greek corner and substitute Emmanuel Olisadebe headed home.
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