tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773275879162890487.post550773007852625732..comments2023-03-27T14:28:33.850+03:00Comments on Μαρία Παπαδοπούλου: Τα Αρχαία Ελληνικά και ο Εγκέφαλοςmariapapadopoulouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894429939424816062noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773275879162890487.post-29690227770420586252010-11-25T08:47:57.326+02:002010-11-25T08:47:57.326+02:00Dear All,
Prof. Papaioannou to whom I am gratefu...Dear All, <br /><br />Prof. Papaioannou to whom I am grateful has sent a polite message addressed to me egarding Hellenistic Greek (with reference to an earlier message of mine on Tsengos studies). <br />Even though, in chronological terms, Hellenistic Greek is indeed ancient, in my view, its description as yet another ancient variety of the Greek language would seriously undermine its innovative character and the fact that it represents the first stage in the long procedure of the development of the modern language. <br />Despite the fact that for most people ancient equals classical when referring to Greek, her observation regarding the use of "ancient" in my earlier message is correct: in order to avoid misunderstandings and be more precise, I should have used "classical" instead of "ancient" in this marginal point of my message. Therefore, I am happy to rephrase: <br />"The universally accepted benefits of the introduction of vowels in script by the ancient Greeks and their alphabet have nothing to do with the use of polytonic (which is a Hellenistic invention never used in CLASSICAL Greek) or the teaching of ancient Greek in contemporary elementary schools, and one needs to be careful before jumping into conclusions." <br /><br />Best wishes, <br /><br />Dr. Tassos A. Kaplanis <br />Assistant Professor of Modern Greek Literature <br />Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies <br />University of Cyprus PO Box 20537 <br />1678 Lefkosia CYPRUSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com