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'''Attica''' is the southernmost portion of mainland [[Greece]], a district which includes the city of [[Athens]] and her demesne, including the plains of [[Marathon]]. In classical antiquity Attica was of central importance to the Hellenic golden age; during the [[medieval]] period it remained a prosperous area but of minimal political importance. |
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'''Attica''' is the southern area of what is now called [[Greece]] that includes and was united by Athens. |
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The classical Hellenic tongue is referred to as "Attic Greek"; it is in this language that the great Greek playwrights and philosophers wrote and in which most [[scholar]]s would have studied the classics. It is a older and "purer" Greek than the ''[[koine]]'' (common) Greek of the [[Hellenistic]] and [[Rome|Roman]] eras, and as different from the [[Byzantine]] Greek of the medieval era as [[Chaucer]]'s English is from modern English. |
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'''House Attica''' is [[Sir]] Alfar of Attica's [[household]] in the [[SCA]]. Attica is primarily a [[fighting]] household and was made a [[Pillar of the West]] by Uther and Portia on 30th March [[A.S. XXXVI]]. Some [[knight]]s that belong to Sir Alfar's household are Sir Gawyne, Sir Gui and Sir Osric. |
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Latest revision as of 01:22, 19 April 2023
Attica is the southernmost portion of mainland Greece, a district which includes the city of Athens and her demesne, including the plains of Marathon. In classical antiquity Attica was of central importance to the Hellenic golden age; during the medieval period it remained a prosperous area but of minimal political importance.
The classical Hellenic tongue is referred to as "Attic Greek"; it is in this language that the great Greek playwrights and philosophers wrote and in which most scholars would have studied the classics. It is a older and "purer" Greek than the koine (common) Greek of the Hellenistic and Roman eras, and as different from the Byzantine Greek of the medieval era as Chaucer's English is from modern English.
