Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
How do you sound out Ancient Greek words if you don't know the alphabet? While learning the Greek alphabet an Ancient Greek pronunication isn't hard, it's not as easy as dealing with a language that uses our Roman or Latin alphabetical letters. This video is an excellent first lesson in Ancient Greek, especially if you've never studied it at all before, and shows you that it's possible to start sounding out Ancient Greek words and sentences, even from advanced literature, on your first day.
If you want to learn to read and speak Ancient Greek, Latin, Biblical Hebrew, or Old English in fun, immersive classes, sign up for lessons at AncientLanguage.com 🏺📖
Books to learn about Ancient Greek Pronunciation:
Vox Graeca, by W. Sidney Allen
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Vox Graeca, Η προφορά της ελληνικής την κλασική εποχή, by W. Sidney Allen (Modern Greek translation)
http://ins.web.auth.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=690:vox-graeca-the-pronunciation-of-classical-greek&catid=93&Itemid=270&lang=en
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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The Pronunciation of New Testament Greek here, by Benjamin Kantor
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Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concertos No.11, 12, 13, 14, 22 (Lili Kraus), Die Zauberflöte Overture.
#greekalphabet #ancientgreek #ancientgreece
00:00 Intro
00:19 Letters Virtually Identical to Latin Equilavents
01:27 PSA for Modern Greek Speakers
03:40 Similar Letters with Caveats or Oddities
05:32 False Friends
06:09 More False Friends
08:23 Unfamiliar Letter Shapes
14:31 The Rest of the Bare Basics
15:41 Let's Sound Out Real Ancient Greek Sentences!
18:30 Squirrel & Fox
How do you sound out Ancient Greek words if you don't know the alphabet? While learning the Greek alphabet an Ancient Greek pronunication isn't hard, it's not as easy as dealing with a language that uses our Roman or Latin alphabetical letters. This video is an excellent first lesson in Ancient Greek, especially if you've never studied it at all before, and shows you that it's possible to start sounding out Ancient Greek words and sentences, even from advanced literature, on your first day.
If you want to learn to read and speak Ancient Greek, Latin, Biblical Hebrew, or Old English in fun, immersive classes, sign up for lessons at AncientLanguage.com 🏺📖
Books to learn about Ancient Greek Pronunciation:
Vox Graeca, by W. Sidney Allen
amzn.to/3FsiCT6
Vox Graeca, Η προφορά της ελληνικής την κλασική εποχή, by W. Sidney Allen (Modern Greek translation)
http://ins.web.auth.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=690:vox-graeca-the-pronunciation-of-classical-greek&catid=93&Itemid=270&lang=en
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
The Pronunciation of New Testament Greek here, by Benjamin Kantor
amzn.to/3QEkuz1
🦂 Support my work on Patreon:
patreon.com/LukeRanieri
📚 Luke Ranieri Audiobooks:
luke-ranieri.myshopify.com
🤠 Take my course LATIN UNCOVERED on StoryLearning, including my original Latin adventure novella "Vir Petasātus"
learn.storylearning.com/lu-promo?affiliate_id=3932873
🏛 Ancient Greek in Action · Free Greek Lessons:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU1WuLg45SixsonRdfNNv-CPNq8xUwgam
☕️ Support my work with PayPal:
paypal.me/lukeranieri
📚 Luke Ranieri Audiobooks:
luke-ranieri.myshopify.com
Join the channel to support it:
youtube.com/channel/UCRllohBcHec7YUgW6HfltLA/join
🌅 ScorpioMartianus apud Instagram:
instagram.com/lukeranieri
🦁 Legio XIII Latin Language Podcast:
youtube.com/LegioXIII
🎙 Hundres of hours of Latin & Greek audio:
lukeranieri.com/audio
👕 Merch:
teespring.com/stores/scorpiomartianus
🦂 ScorpioMartianus.com
🦅 LukeRanieri.com
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concertos No.11, 12, 13, 14, 22 (Lili Kraus), Die Zauberflöte Overture.
#greekalphabet #ancientgreek #ancientgreece
00:00 Intro
00:19 Letters Virtually Identical to Latin Equilavents
01:27 PSA for Modern Greek Speakers
03:40 Similar Letters with Caveats or Oddities
05:32 False Friends
06:09 More False Friends
08:23 Unfamiliar Letter Shapes
14:31 The Rest of the Bare Basics
15:41 Let's Sound Out Real Ancient Greek Sentences!
18:30 Squirrel & Fox
