 | Koine Greek was the common supra-regional form of Greek spoken and written during hellenistic and Roman antiquity.
It developed through the spread of Greek following the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC, and served as the common lingua franca of much of the Mediterranean region and the Middle East during the following centuries. As the dominant language of the Byzantine Empire it developed further into Medieval Greek, the main ancestor of Modern Greek.
Koine is also the language of the Christian New Testament, of the Septuagint, and of most early Christian theological writing by the Church Fathers. In this context, Koine Greek is also known as "Biblical", "New Testament" or "patristic Greek".
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