Proto Greek

Proto Greek
Proto Greek refers to the language found in Greek writers of the "Proto" period, generally viewed as being from 900 B.C. to about 300 B.C. This is the language found in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey circa 700 B.C. and in Greek philosophers such as Plato circa 400 B.C.  This more formal language is the predecessor of the later New Testament Greek, but is sufficiently different that there was some early confusion among scholars regarding the genesis and nature of the language of the New Testament writers.