Attic

The particular dialect of Greek spoken and written in classical Athens, especially in the 5th century BC. This dialect was originally only one of a number of differing regional forms, but has come to be regarded as standard classical Greek. Attic is the language of dialogue in tragedy. Thucydides and Plato wrote in Attic.

(1) Relating to Athens, or the surrounding area of Attica. (2) The particular dialect of Greek spoken and written in classical Athens, especially in the 5th century bc. This dialect was originally only one of a number of differing regional forms, but, by the accident of Athenian cultural history, has come to be regarded in time as standard classical Greek.