Greek : a history of the language and its speakers / Geoffrey Horrocks.

Incluye bibliografía (p. [471]-492).

pt. 1. Ancient Greek : from Mycenae to the Roman empire.The ancient Greek dialects -- Classical Greek : official and literary ´standards´ -- The reise of Attic -- Greek in the Hellenistic period -- Greek in the Roman empire -- Spoken koine in the Roman world -- pt. 2. Byzantium : from Constantine to Mehmet the Conqueror. Historuical prelude -- Greek in the Byzantine empire : the major issues -- Byzantine belles lettres -- The written koine in Byzantium -- Spoken Greek in the Byzantine empire : the principal developments -- Texts in the ´vernacular´ -- pt. 3. Modern Greek : from the Ottoman empire to the European Union. Ottoman rule and the War of Independence -- Spoken Greek in the Ottoman period -- Written Greek in the Turkish period -- The History of the modern Greek state -- The ´language question´ and its resolution.