Mycenaean Greek is the earliest attested form of the Greek language. It was spoken on the Greek mainland and Crete in Mycenaean Greece. The language is preserved in inscriptions in Linear B, a script
Warrior wearing a boar's tusk helmet, from a Mycenaean chamber tomb in the Acropolis of Athens, 14th–13th century BC.
Mycenaean Greek inscription written in Linear B, Archaeological Museum of Mycenae
Greek is an Indo-European language, constituting an independent Hellenic branch within the Indo-European language family. It is native to the territories that have had populations of Greeks since anti
Mycenaean Greek
…Mycenaean Greek is the earliest attested form of the Greek language. It was spoken on the Greek mainland and Crete in Mycenaean Greece (16th to 12th centuries BC). The language is preserved in inscriptions in Linear B…
Idealised portrayal of the author Homer
Inscription written using the Linear B syllabary on a tablet
Greek inscription in Cypriot syllabic script