polýMATHY | The Boeotian Greek Dialect Unlocks Attic Pronunciation 🇬🇷 @polyMATHY_Luke | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
The Ancient Greek dialect Boeotian has a number of innovative features reminiscent of Modern Greek, but does this mean that many or most of the features of Modern Greek already existed in antiquity? In reality, Boeotian unlocks the precise timing of when and how Attic pronunciation changed and how it became Koine. I think this is an amazing story, and I bet you will too (if you are a historical phonology nerd, that is.) Καλώς ορίσατε!
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Cited videos:
Ancient Greek Dialects:
youtu.be/SWqkd_5GwcQ
Pronunciation of ει in Greek:
youtu.be/BOqdrWlR4Gw
Review of Ben Kantor's books "Pronunciation of New Testament Greek"
youtu.be/FzzZSwwwe5A
The Error of Caragounis:
youtu.be/BybLbHPU7Qc
Vulgar Attic & Review of Teodorsson's Works:
youtu.be/UkXLAe2-DLY
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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, by 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
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
Medieval and Early Modern Greek, by David Holton et al.
amzn.to/3zkhgqO
Vox Latina, by W. Sidney Allen
amzn.to/3WdPxSY
Teodorsson, Sven-Tage, 1978, The phonology of Attic in the Hellenistic Period
I also spoke about this book:
Reading and Pronouncing Biblical Greek, by Philemon Zachariou
amzn.to/3QKOg52
While it purports to be a book about the historical phonology of Greek, it's best described as a pseudo-lingustic apologia that attempts to persuade the reader that Ancient Greek was pronounced the same as Modern Greek. If you're interested in learning how such pseudo-linguists present this issue, it is an interesting read.
00:00 Intro to Boeotian
01:11 Sources
01:50 Attic-Ionic Alphabet 403 BC
02:33 στους Έλληνες φίλους μας
03:16 Boetian vs Attic: front vowels
05:08 γιατί λέμε «κοϊνέϊ» στα Αγγλικά
05:33 Boeotian: ahead of its time?
09:48 Boetian vs Attic: back vowels
11:46 Why Modern Greek Pronunciation is not "Historical"
14:34 The lie about αε for αι
19:04 Tanagra! Where αε for αι and οε for οι are actually found
24:29 Allen's vs Sturtevant's vowel system
29:07 Boeotian inscription recited
32:00 Thanks to Patrons!
The Ancient Greek dialect Boeotian has a number of innovative features reminiscent of Modern Greek, but does this mean that many or most of the features of Modern Greek already existed in antiquity? In reality, Boeotian unlocks the precise timing of when and how Attic pronunciation changed and how it became Koine. I think this is an amazing story, and I bet you will too (if you are a historical phonology nerd, that is.) Καλώς ορίσατε!
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.
Cited videos:
Ancient Greek Dialects:
youtu.be/SWqkd_5GwcQ
Pronunciation of ει in Greek:
youtu.be/BOqdrWlR4Gw
Review of Ben Kantor's books "Pronunciation of New Testament Greek"
youtu.be/FzzZSwwwe5A
The Error of Caragounis:
youtu.be/BybLbHPU7Qc
Vulgar Attic & Review of Teodorsson's Works:
youtu.be/UkXLAe2-DLY
🦂 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
🦂 Sign up for my Latin Pronunciation & Conversation series on Patreon:
patreon.com/posts/54058196
☕️ 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
#greek #greece #ancientgreece
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, by 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
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
Medieval and Early Modern Greek, by David Holton et al.
amzn.to/3zkhgqO
Vox Latina, by W. Sidney Allen
amzn.to/3WdPxSY
Teodorsson, Sven-Tage, 1978, The phonology of Attic in the Hellenistic Period
I also spoke about this book:
Reading and Pronouncing Biblical Greek, by Philemon Zachariou
amzn.to/3QKOg52
While it purports to be a book about the historical phonology of Greek, it's best described as a pseudo-lingustic apologia that attempts to persuade the reader that Ancient Greek was pronounced the same as Modern Greek. If you're interested in learning how such pseudo-linguists present this issue, it is an interesting read.
00:00 Intro to Boeotian
01:11 Sources
01:50 Attic-Ionic Alphabet 403 BC
02:33 στους Έλληνες φίλους μας
03:16 Boetian vs Attic: front vowels
05:08 γιατί λέμε «κοϊνέϊ» στα Αγγλικά
05:33 Boeotian: ahead of its time?
09:48 Boetian vs Attic: back vowels
11:46 Why Modern Greek Pronunciation is not "Historical"
14:34 The lie about αε for αι
19:04 Tanagra! Where αε for αι and οε for οι are actually found
24:29 Allen's vs Sturtevant's vowel system
29:07 Boeotian inscription recited
32:00 Thanks to Patrons!
