Reconstructed Attic Greek Pronunciation

Restored attic allen daitz ω is longer and phonetically lower than ο τῷ τό vowel heights are opposite from erasmian η is longer and phonetically lower than ε ἔτι ἤδη vowel heights are opposite from erasmian the vowels ι α υ have long and short phonemes that should be distinguished.

Reconstructed attic greek pronunciation.

And a word accent that involved pitch. Https bit ly ranierigreekpronunciation ancient greek has been revived as a spoken language. The following samples use classical phonemes as well as a reconstruction of the classical pitch accent applied to the domain of the word and appositive group as well as of the phrase. Homer iliad 18 39 96 catalogue of nereids dialogue between thetis and achilles.

The sound of ancient greek classical pronunciation. β γ and δ as voiced un aspirated stops as in b ill g ill and d ill π κ and τ as un voiced un aspirated stops as in s p ill s k ill. Some details regarding the pronunciation of attic greek and other ancient greek dialects are unknown but it is generally agreed that attic greek had certain features not present in english or modern greek such as a three way distinction between voiced voiceless and aspirated stops such as b p pʰ as in english bot spot pot. Among speakers of modern greek from the byzantine empire to modern greece cyprus and the greek diaspora greek texts from every period have always been pronounced by using the contemporaneous local greek pronunciation that makes it easy to recognize the many words that have remained the same or similar in written form from one period to another.

The information presented here is essentially the same as the core information in unit 1 of introduction to attic greek but broken into smaller chunks and provided with audio examples the aim is to discuss the pronunciation of attic greek in the 5th and 4th centuries b c e. Ranieri s greek pronunciation chronology spreadsheet.