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Spartan Alphabet

Author: * BRASIDAS Xanthippos - 1 Post on this thread out of 16 Posts sitewide.
Date: Mar 27, 2004 - 01:00

I understand that the Spartan (Dorian) alphabet and dialect differed from the more common (to me anyway) Attic dialect. I have seen the typical examples of the differences of spelling,i.e. Leonidas vs Leonides, but can anyone provide further examples of the differences like a comparison of alphabets? Are the examples of Spartan speech in Aristophanes accurate?

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