[minowz]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone knows about the relationship between Classical Greek and Koine Greek. I will have the opportunity this next school year at my college to start two intensive years of Classical Greek. Are they similar enough to one another that if you can read Classical Greek you can read Koine Greek?

In Christ

[Bromikka]

Yes. Koine is a bit simpler. For everyday use by the ordinary people then (in the time of Christ). Lacking the refinement of meaning that classical Greek had. Or so I understand.

[GoodLover]

Yes, most definitely. As Ruth notes, Koine is a bit simpler, but it is essentially the same. If you can do classical Greek, you can do Koine. Greek is fairly hard, but it is worth it.

Scott

[cl004]

Most definitely, start with Classical Attic (Athenian) Greek; it has all the bells and whistles, and it's easier to branch out from there to Epic and to the various dialects and the language of later times, including Alexandrine, Koine, and Byzantine.

[KukkoDrukko]

I "used" my NT Greek first time I visited Greece-if you have ever read "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" by Louis de Berniers, you might read about the British spy Bunny-well lets put it this way-I identified with some of his activities!! However the Greeks soon put me right!! Maybe one of the reasons I so love the country