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What did Greek sound like in the HELLENISTIC Koine Period, after Alexander the Great and before the death of Cleopatra? This video explains the phonology in detail with inscriptional and epigraphic evidence, showing you what the Septuagint LXX Bible translators or Polybius might have sounded like: Hellenistic Lucian Pronuciation.
Sources: see below.
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Intro and outro music: Overture of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by Mozart, conducted by Neville Mariner
Main video music: Mozart: Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat major, 3rd mov - David Fray, Marin Alsop. Mozart: Concerto for piano and Orchestra (d-minor) K.466, Mitsuko Uchida
SOURCES
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
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
Medieval and Early Modern Greek, by David Holton et al.
amzn.to/3zkhgqO
The Pronunciation of New Testament Greek here, by Benjamin Kantor
amzn.to/3QEkuz1
The Short Guide to the Pronunciation of New Testament Greek, by Benjamin Kantor
amzn.to/40hUMDs
The Greek Dialects, by Charles D. Buck
amzn.to/46TfagK
Adams, J.N., 2013, Social Variation and the Latin Language, Cambridge University Press.
Allen, James P., 2020, Ancient Egyptian Phonology, Cambridge University Press.
Calabrese, Andrea, 2002, On the evolution of the short high vowels of Latin
Gignac, Francis Thomas, 1975, A grammar of the Greek papyri of the Roman and Byzantine Periods, Part I: Phonology, Istituto Editoriale Cisalpino - La Goliardica.
Ranieri, Luke A., Turrigiano, Raphael, 2020, The Lucian Pronunciation of Ancient Greek, lukeranieri.com/lucianpronunciation/.
Schwyzer (Schweizer), Eduard, 1898, Grammatik der Pergamenischen Inschriften, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung.
Sturtevant, E.H., 1920, The Pronunciation of Latin and Greek, The University of Chicago Press.
Teodorsson, Sven-Tage, 1978, The phonology of Attic in the Hellenistic Period, Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis.
Threatte, Leslie, 1980, The Grammar of Attic Inscriptions, Volume I: Phonology
00:00 Intro to the Sound of Greek in Hellenistic Times
03:12 What is the Hellenistic Period?
04:36 Major Shifts from Classical to Hellenistic Greek Phonology
09:17 The One Big Difference between Hellenistic & Romaic Lucian
12:26 Challenges of Long Diphthongs
14:16 Advantages of Long Diphthongs
16:32 Peculiarities of ῃ
20:42 Hellenistic Lucian Pronunciation
26:13 A Note on ῳ in Hellenistic Koine
27:58 Conclusion
30:14 Birds in my backyard
If you want to learn to read and speak Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, or Old English in fun, immersive classes, sign up for lessons by August 10th for the fall semester at AncientLanguage.com 🏺📖
What did Greek sound like in the HELLENISTIC Koine Period, after Alexander the Great and before the death of Cleopatra? This video explains the phonology in detail with inscriptional and epigraphic evidence, showing you what the Septuagint LXX Bible translators or Polybius might have sounded like: Hellenistic Lucian Pronuciation.
Sources: see below.
🦂 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
☕️ 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
🦂 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, conducted by Neville Mariner
Main video music: Mozart: Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat major, 3rd mov - David Fray, Marin Alsop. Mozart: Concerto for piano and Orchestra (d-minor) K.466, Mitsuko Uchida
SOURCES
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
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
Medieval and Early Modern Greek, by David Holton et al.
amzn.to/3zkhgqO
The Pronunciation of New Testament Greek here, by Benjamin Kantor
amzn.to/3QEkuz1
The Short Guide to the Pronunciation of New Testament Greek, by Benjamin Kantor
amzn.to/40hUMDs
The Greek Dialects, by Charles D. Buck
amzn.to/46TfagK
Adams, J.N., 2013, Social Variation and the Latin Language, Cambridge University Press.
Allen, James P., 2020, Ancient Egyptian Phonology, Cambridge University Press.
Calabrese, Andrea, 2002, On the evolution of the short high vowels of Latin
Gignac, Francis Thomas, 1975, A grammar of the Greek papyri of the Roman and Byzantine Periods, Part I: Phonology, Istituto Editoriale Cisalpino - La Goliardica.
Ranieri, Luke A., Turrigiano, Raphael, 2020, The Lucian Pronunciation of Ancient Greek, lukeranieri.com/lucianpronunciation/.
Schwyzer (Schweizer), Eduard, 1898, Grammatik der Pergamenischen Inschriften, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung.
Sturtevant, E.H., 1920, The Pronunciation of Latin and Greek, The University of Chicago Press.
Teodorsson, Sven-Tage, 1978, The phonology of Attic in the Hellenistic Period, Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis.
Threatte, Leslie, 1980, The Grammar of Attic Inscriptions, Volume I: Phonology
00:00 Intro to the Sound of Greek in Hellenistic Times
03:12 What is the Hellenistic Period?
04:36 Major Shifts from Classical to Hellenistic Greek Phonology
09:17 The One Big Difference between Hellenistic & Romaic Lucian
12:26 Challenges of Long Diphthongs
14:16 Advantages of Long Diphthongs
16:32 Peculiarities of ῃ
20:42 Hellenistic Lucian Pronunciation
26:13 A Note on ῳ in Hellenistic Koine
27:58 Conclusion
30:14 Birds in my backyard
