Careful Words

Attic (?.)

The olive grove of Academe,

Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird

Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Regained. Book iv. Line 244.

What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice,

Of Attic taste?

John Milton (1608-1674): To Mr. Lawrence.

  Attic tragedies of stateliest and most regal argument.

John Milton (1608-1674): Tractate of Education.