Welcome to what I hope will be the first episode of a mini-series that will pop up every so often in your feed. In the 'Echoes of Alexander' mini-series, we're going to explore some of the impacts that the life of Alexander the Great had, to do a bit more justice to the man who's death was really the start of our story. This week, we turn our attention to the Greek language before Alexander arrived, and the seismic shift that his life and reign caused...

Sources for this episode:

• Hellenic Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (online) [Accessed 07/03/2021].
• Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Alexander the Great (online) [Accessed 07/03/2021].
• Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Greek language (online) [Accessed 07/03/2021].
• Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Hellen (online) [Accessed 07/03/2021].
• Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Koine Greek (online) [Accessed 07/03/2021].
• For the fact that the Greeks saw themselves as divided into four main groups, see the Wikipedia page for any of the four groups described (online) [Accessed c.07/03/2021].