Redefining the Standards in Attic, Koine, and Atticism

Scholarship surrounding the standard varieties of Ancient Greek (Attic, the Koine, and Atticistic Greek) focused from its beginnings until relatively recently on determining fixed uniformities or differences between them. This collection of essays advocates for understanding them as interconnected and continuously evolving and suggests viewing them as living organisms shaped by their speakers and texts. The authors propose approaches that integrate linguistics, sociolinguistics, and literary studies to explore how speakers navigate linguistic norms and social dynamics, leading to innovations and reshaping of standards. Each contribution challenges the dichotomy between standards and deviations, suggesting that studying linguistic diversity through socio-literary interconnectedness can enrich our understanding of language history and cultural wealth.

Chiara Monaco, Ph.D. (2021) University of Cambridge, is a postdoctoral research fellow of the Flanders Research Foundation at Ghent University.
Robert Machado is a bye-fellow in Classics at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
Eleni Bozia, Ph.D. (2009), Dr. phil. (2018), University of Florida, is an Associate Professor of Classics and Digital Humanities. She has published extensively on linguistic and cultural diversity in Imperial literature. She is the Associate Director of the Digital Epigraphy and Archaeology Project and the Head of the Data-Driven Humanities Research Group.
Contributors are: Klaas Bentein, Winnie Smith, Chiara Monaco, Luuk Huitink, Tim Rood, Gabriella Rubulotta, Enrico Cerroni, Robert Crellin, Anna Novokhatko, Robert Machado, Eleni Bozia, Cressida Ryan.