Doric of Achaea
*The Doric Greek dialect spoken in Achaea in the NW Peloponnese, on the islands of Cephalonia and Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea and in the Achaean colonies of Magna Graecia in Southern Italy (including Sybaris and Crotone). This ''strict'' Doric dialect was later subject to the influence of ''mild'' Doric spoken in Corinthia. It survived to 350 BC. According to Hesychius of Alexandria, Hesychius, ''Achaeans'' means "the Greeks but foremost those inhabiting part of the Peloponnese, called Achaea",<Ἀχαιοί>· οἱ Ἕλληνες S κυρίως δὲ <Ἀχαιοὶ> οἱ κατοικοῦντες μέρος τι τῆς Πελοποννήσου, τὴν καλουμένην Ἀχαΐαν (Α 22). and he gives these words under the ethnic Achaeans: **καιρότερον ''kairoteron'' (Attic Greek, Attic: ἐνωρότερον enôroteron) "earlier" (kairos time, enôros early cf. Horae) **κεφαλίδας ''kephalidas'' (Attic: κόρσαι korsai) "sideburns" (''kephalides'' was also an alternative for ''epalxeis'' 'bastions' in Greek proper) **σιαλίς ''sialis'' (Attic: βλέννος blennos) (cf. blennorrhea) wikt:slime, slime, mud (Greek ''sialon'' or ''sielon'' saliva, modern Greek σάλιο salio)Achaean Doric Koine
*Achaean Doric Koiné language, Koine. The common dialect, used in the decrees of the Achaean League. In Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia it can be traced very easily because it differs considerably from the old non-Doric Arcadian (see Arcadocypriot Greek). In Achaea itself it held its ground until the 1st century BC. The Achaean Doric Koine did not develop the extreme features that are typical of the Aegean Doric and North-West Doric Koine.References
Sources
*''Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaften: ein Internationales Handbuch'' by Sylvain Auroux (2001), p. 442. *''A history of ancient Greek: from the beginnings to late antiquity'' by Anastasios-Phoivos Christidēs, Maria Arapopoulou (2007)Further reading
{{Library resources box , by=no , others=yes , about=yes , label=Achaean Doric Greek , viaf= , lccn= , lcheading= , wikititle= *Bakker, Egbert J., ed. 2010. ''A companion to the Ancient Greek language.'' Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. *Cassio, Albio Cesare. 2002. "The language of Doric comedy." In ''The language of Greek comedy.'' Edited by Anton Willi, 51–83. Oxford: Oxford University Press. *Christidis, Anastasios-Phoivos, ed. 2007. ''A history of Ancient Greek: From the beginnings to Late Antiquity.'' Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. *Colvin, Stephen C. 2007. ''A historical Greek reader: Mycenaean to the koiné.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press. *Horrocks, Geoffrey. 2010. ''Greek: A history of the language and its speakers.'' 2nd ed. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. *Palmer, Leonard R. 1980. ''The Greek language.'' London: Faber & Faber. Doric Greek Ancient Achaea Ancient Arcadia Ancient Greek culture