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Compositions in Epic Greek may date to as late as the 3rd century AD, though the decline was obvious since the tendency was to replace it with the then more common Koine Greek . SAMPLE The Iliad , lines 1-7 : : : : : : :. Pope (1720): :Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring :Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddess, sing! :That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign :The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain; :Whose limbs unburied on the naked shore, :Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore. :Since great Achilles and Atrides strove, :Such was the sovereign doom, and such the will of Jove! Butler: :Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Jove fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another. Lang: :Sing, goddess, the wrath of Achilles Peleus' son, the ruinous wrath that brought on the Achaians woes innumerable, and hurled down into Hades many strong souls of heroes, and gave their bodies to be a prey to dogs and all winged fowls; and so the counsel of Zeus wrought out its accomplishment from the day when first strife parted Atreides king of men and noble Achilles. SEE ALSO REFERENCES
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