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Old Greek is the Greek language as spoken from Late Antiquity to around AD 1500. Greek spoken during this period is usually split into:

"Old Greek" is also the technical term for the presumed initial Greek translations of the Hebrew Bible for books other than the Pentateuch.

Old Greek might also be understood to include a preceding period, Koine Greek, as well – also referred to as "the common dialect" or "Alexandrian dialect", "common Attic" or "Hellenistic Greek" – the universal dialect spoken throughout post-Classical antiquity.

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