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Homeric Greek, or simply ''Homeric'' is the earliest literary language, a form of Attic-Ionic. There is late Archaic Greek, which follows Homeric, and culminates in Classical Greek, with [[Aeschylus]] and [[Sophocles]], and then later Classical Greek, with [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]], into the plays of [[Euripides]] and [[Aristophanes]].  

Homeric Greek, or simply ''Homeric'' is the earliest literary language, a form of Attic-Ionic. There is late Archaic Greek, which follows Homeric, and culminates in Classical Greek, with [[Aeschylus]] and [[Sophocles]], and then later Classical Greek, with [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]], into the plays of [[Euripides]] and [[Aristophanes]].  

The Greek spread by [[Alexander the Great]] was literary. By the 1st century AD it was ''koine'', 'common' Greek, the sort of Greek that can be compared to well-spoken illegal immigrants from Central American in the [[United States]]. Accented, using slang, etc.  This was the Greek in use in [[Palestine]] at the time of [[Jesus]] and was the language of the [[New Testament]]. Greek was the common trade language of the [[Roman Empire]].

The Greek spread by [[Alexander the Great]] was literary. By the 1st century AD, it evolved into Koine Greek. Koine Greek, meaning Common Greek, is comparable to [[Vulgar Latin]] because both Koine Greek and Vulgar Latin had phonological changes and simplifications in grammar and syntax that differed from Classical Greek and Classical Latin. This was the Greek in use in [[Palestine]] at the time of [[Jesus]] and was the language of the [[New Testament]]. Greek was the common trade language of the [[Roman Empire]].

Some centuries before, the [[Jews]] of Alexandria rendered a version of the [[Old Testament]] into Greek, the [[Septuagint]] (LXX), ('the seventy' or 'seventy-two' based on the number of translators). This version of the Old Testament differs from that used by most [[Protestants]] who use the [[Masoretic Hebrew]] text, but continues to be used by the [[Catholics]] (in [[Latin]]) and by the Greek [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] (untranslated).

Some centuries before, the [[Jews]] of Alexandria rendered a version of the [[Old Testament]] into Greek, the [[Septuagint]] (LXX), ('the seventy' or 'seventy-two' based on the number of translators). This version of the Old Testament differs from that used by most [[Protestants]] who use the [[Masoretic Hebrew]] text, but continues to be used by the [[Catholics]] (in [[Latin]]) and by the Greek [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] (untranslated).