| 21. | By the time of Ancient Greek, the only Aeolic dialects that remained in Greece were Thessalian and Boeotian.
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| 22. | Epic poems, Iliad and the Odyssey, is based on early Ionic and Aeolic, with Arcadocypriot forms.
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| 23. | As in other parts of Thessaly, Aeolic Greek inscriptions are attested and after 2nd century BC, Koine Greek.
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| 24. | There are four basic families of verse : dactylic, iambic ( and trochaic ), Aeolic, and anapestic.
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| 25. | In the Aeolic family there are both paired and single short syllables, and neither contraction nor resolution is allowed.
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| 26. | Two of these are certainly by Theocritus, 28 and 29, composed in Aeolic verse and in the Aeolic dialect.
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| 27. | Two of these are certainly by Theocritus, 28 and 29, composed in Aeolic verse and in the Aeolic dialect.
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| 28. | In Aeolic Greek ( which contributes some forms to double consonant ( ? ?! ??, ? ?! ?? ).
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| 29. | The Aeolic dialect shows many archaisms in comparison to the other Ancient Greek dialects ( Arcadocypriot ), as well as many innovations.
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| 30. | Ancient metricians such as Hephaestion give us a long list of names for various Aeolic lengths, to which modern scholars have added.
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