polýMATHY | Greek Pronunciation: ζ (zeta), the full history | Ancient Greek & Latin to Modern Languages 🏺 @polyMATHY_Luke | Uploaded December 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
The pronunciation of Ancient Greek is a fascinating story that stretches from the epic Homeric legends through Classical Greece and Rome to the modern era. How did the sound of Greek change from early to late antiquity to the Mediaeval period to the present? In this series of videos, I will answer those questions, and many more! 🇬🇷
The letter ζ (zeta) has been a point of controversy for many, especially me! In this video, I give my final verdict on the subject, summarizing many years of research into this question. You may be surprised at the answer!
Many thanks to my sponsor Ancient Language Institute. To learn Latin, Ancient Greek, Hebrew, or Old English with some of the best instructors and pedagogy out there, sign up for online lessons at https://AncientLanguage.com. ⬅️
Sources: see below.
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🏺 Lucian Pronunciation of Ancient Greek:
youtu.be/Dt9z5Gvp3MM
📄 Ancient Greek Pronunciation Guide:
bit.ly/ranierigreekpronunciationguide
▶️ Ancient Greek Pronunciation playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQQL5IeNgck0hFZ5oEfTV1Zhp_xksAgCz
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Intro and outro music: Overture of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by Mozart
SOURCES
Vox Graeca, by w. Sidney Allen
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Vox Latina, by W. Sidney Allen
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Greek: A History of the Language and its People, Geoffrey Horrocks
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The Pronunciation of Greek and Latin, Edgar Howard Sturtevant
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00:00 Intro to Zeta
01:15 Sources
01:32 From Modern Greek to Phoenician
02:39 PIE /dj/ to /dz/
05:15 PIE /j/, /gj to /dz/
05:56 Is ζ = /dz/ or /zd/ ?
09:23 ζ = /dz/ in Late Antiquity?
10:48 Sponsor: Ancient Language Institute
12:10 Dialects of Ancient Greek
13:57 Sappho's Greek
14:48 ζ = /zː/ in Koine
18:00 Back to Sappho
19:03 Grammarian Velius Longus on ζ
23:36 Greek Grammarians
25:59 Sturtevant's Conclusion
27:09 Replacement hypothesis
30:44 Lacunas, sampling error
31:33 Z in European languages
32:18 How should YOU pronounce Greek ζ & Latin z?
38:18 Hugh
The pronunciation of Ancient Greek is a fascinating story that stretches from the epic Homeric legends through Classical Greece and Rome to the modern era. How did the sound of Greek change from early to late antiquity to the Mediaeval period to the present? In this series of videos, I will answer those questions, and many more! 🇬🇷
The letter ζ (zeta) has been a point of controversy for many, especially me! In this video, I give my final verdict on the subject, summarizing many years of research into this question. You may be surprised at the answer!
Many thanks to my sponsor Ancient Language Institute. To learn Latin, Ancient Greek, Hebrew, or Old English with some of the best instructors and pedagogy out there, sign up for online lessons at https://AncientLanguage.com. ⬅️
Sources: see below.
Additional commentary about this topic on the secondary channel @polyMATHYplus youtu.be/6upURiH37sk
🦂 Support my work on Patreon:
patreon.com/LukeRanieri
🏺 Lucian Pronunciation of Ancient Greek:
youtu.be/Dt9z5Gvp3MM
📄 Ancient Greek Pronunciation Guide:
bit.ly/ranierigreekpronunciationguide
▶️ Ancient Greek Pronunciation playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQQL5IeNgck0hFZ5oEfTV1Zhp_xksAgCz
🦂 Sign up for my Latin Pronunciation & Conversation series on Patreon:
patreon.com/posts/54058196
📚 Luke Ranieri Audiobooks:
luke-ranieri.myshopify.com
☕️ Support my work with PayPal:
paypal.me/lukeranieri
And if you like, do consider joining this channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCLbiwlm3poGNh5XSVlXBkGA/join
🏛 Latin by the Ranieri-Dowling Method: luke-ranieri.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/latin-by-the-ranieri-dowling-method-latin-summary-of-forms-of-nouns-verbs-adjectives-pronouns-audio-grammar-tables
🏺Ancient Greek by the Ranieri-Dowling Method: luke-ranieri.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/ancient-greek-by-the-ranieri-dowling-method-latin-summary-of-forms-of-nouns-verbs-adjectives-pronouns-audio-grammar-tables
🏛 Ancient Greek in Action · Free Greek Lessons:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU1WuLg45SixsonRdfNNv-CPNq8xUwgam
👨🏫 My Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata playlist · Free Latin Lessons:
youtu.be/j7hd799IznU
🦂 ScorpioMartianus (my channel for content in Latin, Ancient Greek, & Ancient Egyptian)
youtube.com/ScorpioMartianus
🎙 Hundreds of hours of Latin & Greek audio:
lukeranieri.com/audio
🌍 polýMATHY website:
lukeranieri.com/polymathy
🌅 polýMATHY on Instagram:
instagram.com/lukeranieri
🦁 Legio XIII Latin Language Podcast:
youtube.com/LegioXIII
👕 Merch:
teespring.com/stores/scorpiomartianus
🦂 ScorpioMartianus.com
🦅 LukeRanieri.com
📖 My book Ranieri Reverse Recall on Amazon:
amzn.to/2nVUfqd
Intro and outro music: Overture of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by Mozart
SOURCES
Vox Graeca, by w. Sidney Allen
amzn.to/3FsiCT6
Vox Latina, by W. Sidney Allen
amzn.to/3WdPxSY
Greek: A History of the Language and its People, Geoffrey Horrocks
amzn.to/3FXYedR
The Pronunciation of Greek and Latin, Edgar Howard Sturtevant
amzn.to/3W4nt45
#greek #koine #latin
00:00 Intro to Zeta
01:15 Sources
01:32 From Modern Greek to Phoenician
02:39 PIE /dj/ to /dz/
05:15 PIE /j/, /gj to /dz/
05:56 Is ζ = /dz/ or /zd/ ?
09:23 ζ = /dz/ in Late Antiquity?
10:48 Sponsor: Ancient Language Institute
12:10 Dialects of Ancient Greek
13:57 Sappho's Greek
14:48 ζ = /zː/ in Koine
18:00 Back to Sappho
19:03 Grammarian Velius Longus on ζ
23:36 Greek Grammarians
25:59 Sturtevant's Conclusion
27:09 Replacement hypothesis
30:44 Lacunas, sampling error
31:33 Z in European languages
32:18 How should YOU pronounce Greek ζ & Latin z?
38:18 Hugh
