Editing Ancient Greek (section)

==Writing system==
{{Greek Alphabet}}
{{Main|Greek orthography}}

The earliest extant examples of ancient Greek writing ({{Circa|1450 BC}}) are in the syllabic script [[Linear B]]. Beginning in the 8th century BC, however, the [[Greek alphabet]] became standard, albeit with some variation among dialects. Early texts are written in [[boustrophedon]] style, but left-to-right became standard during the classic period. Modern editions of ancient Greek texts are usually written with [[Greek diacritics|accents and breathing marks]], [[Word divider|interword spacing]], modern [[punctuation]], and sometimes [[capitalization|mixed case]], but these were all introduced later.