Quote Originally Posted by Arthur, king of the Britons View Post
Are there any differences between the modern greek alphabet (except for the small letters of course) and the one used in EB's time frame?
Though my knowledge on the pre-classical period is quite scetchy, I think various regional variants of the greek alphabet existed early on. For example the latin alphabet is supposed to have derived form a western form of the greek alphabet and I believe the ionian cities had their own versions. The greek script was even used in certain cases to write down non-greek languages like the eteocretan inscriptions in Crete or the inscription of Lemnos (whose language btw is dubiously akin to the language of the Etruscans...).
However, during the classical and certainly during the hellenistic (EB) era a common form of the alphabet was established, which has remained afaik unchanged since. Some early letters like the digamma (F), which represented a W-like sound, had already become obsolete by then, because their sounds had ceased to be pronounced. An innovation of the hellenistic era was the introduction of markings like accents and breathings, in order to help the non-native speakers to pronounce the language correctly. Those markings were abandoned in Greece only two decades ago.
About the relationship between the Attic and the Common dialects you are absolutely correct.

@Mulceber: It's my own language so I don't really feel that wise. On the other hand, your learning of a completely alien language, which is not going to be of any use to you unless you are a philologist, is at least commendable.

Oh, and guys you got some awesome empires there! Good luck with micromanaging those monsters...