Origins
There are several theories about the origins of the Greek language. One theory suggests that it originated with a migration of proto-Greek speakers into the Greek peninsula, which is dated to any period between 2500 BC and 1700 BC. Another theory maintains that the migration into Greece occurred at a pre-proto-Greek (late PIE) stage, and the characteristic Greek sound-changes occurred later.
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Barnacles, mussels, water weeds—and one
Blue bit of polished glass, glued there by time:
The origins of art.”
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smiling carves dreams, bright cells
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