title: Standard Greek
text: # Standard Greek
  
  Standard Greek may refer to:
  
  * Attic Greek, the main Greek dialect that was spoken in ancient Attica, which includes Athens
  * Koiné Greek, also known as Alexandrian dialect, common Attic or Hellenistic Greek, the common supra-regional form of Greek spoken and written during Hellenistic and Roman antiquity
  * Katharevousa, a form of the Modern Greek language conceived in the early 19th century as a compromise between Ancient Greek and the Demotic Greek of the time
  * Demotic Greek, the modern vernacular form of the Greek language, the form of the language that evolved naturally from Ancient Greek, which became the official standard in 1976
  * Standard Modern Greek
  