pt. 1. Ancient Greek : from Mycenae to the Roman empire.The ancient Greek dialects -- Classical Greek : official and literary 'standards' -- The reise of Attic -- Greek in the Hellenistic period -- Greek in the Roman empire -- Spoken koine in the Roman world -- pt. 2. Byzantium : from Constantine to Mehmet the Conqueror. Historuical prelude -- Greek in the Byzantine empire : the major issues -- Byzantine belles lettres -- The written koine in Byzantium -- Spoken Greek in the Byzantine empire : the principal developments -- Texts in the "vernacular" -- pt. 3. Modern Greek : from the Ottoman empire to the European Union. Ottoman rule and the War of Independence -- Spoken Greek in the Ottoman period -- Written Greek in the Turkish period -- The History of the modern Greek state -- The 'language question' and its resolution.