Both Uses of
ancient Greece
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "Yes, I speak five of the modern tongues—that is to say, German, French, Italian, English, and Spanish; by the aid of ancient Greek I learned modern Greek—I don't speak it so well as I could wish, but I am still trying to improve myself."†
Chpt 15-16 *
- "Alas, no," said Albert; "nor even ancient Greek, my dear count; never had Homer or Plato a more unworthy scholar than myself."†
Chpt 77-78
Definition:
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(ancient Greece) the Greek culture that provided much of the foundation of Western Civilization (from about 750 to 146 BC)