The Greek Alphabet developed from the Phoenician script at some point around the 8th century BCE. The earlier Mycenaean Linear B script, used primarily for lists and inventories, had been lost during the Greek Dark Age, and the technology of the written word remained unavailable until the invention of the alphabet, which influenced the later Latin script.
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Definition
Timeline
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1100 BCEPhoenician alphabet.
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c. 800 BCE - c. 700 BCEGreek Alphabet is derived from Phoenician script and develops; used in writing Iliad & Odyssey.
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c. 740 BCEOldest known Greek alphabetic inscriptions ever recorded.
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403 BCEAthens takes the initiative of unifying the Greek alphabet.
