Who invented onomatopoeia?
Correct answer: The Greeks
Dorania
Ancient Greece definitely lasted longer than 300 years - it didn't end in 500 BC.
Montana Lady
UnopposedExpert34755, it doesn't ask who invented the word onomatopoeia. The question is who invented onomatopoeia itself, the correct answer is the Greeks as plenty of their works containing it are preserved.
Glenn
No one “invented” onomatopoeia. They may have been the first to coin the term. But making imitative sounds has to be as old as human sound-making.
baymax
clever those Greeks!
TestyAlien3443
Since I got this wrong, I decided to find some examples.
From Aristophanes: Frogs, the word for croaking is (brekekekéx)
SOOTI
UnopposedExpert34755, yes it's a word, but words tend to evolve, they're not invented.
RushMama2112
Todd Rundgren did a fun song with this title. On his Hermit Of Mink Hollow album.