Ancient Greek Lesson 1: The Greek Alphabet
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- čas přidán 12. 07. 2023
- The first lesson in my Ancient Greek course. Lessons 1-6 teach you how to pronounce Ancient Greek. I do not point out every letter which has a part that is subscript in this video, so take care to note which letters have a part that goes beneath the line (e.g., gamma and chi in their lower-case forms).
You can tell your manic /insane when at 1-2 am you decide, “I’m going to learn ancient greek” and start writing down the alphabet and practicing pronunciation with this lad. haha
Good video 😁
That doesn’t make you insane! Sounds like a fun night to me :) Thank you for your comment!
Nahh cause thats exactly what im doing rn (went to open university website, am currently on session 4 of ancient Greek), and its 5 : 30 rn
Its quite a normal gentleman thing to do
that's what I'm doing rn lmao, learning new languages this late at night is a stress response
It's not even 1 am for me. Just middle of the day insanity right before finals
This is so helpful, thank you so much! I’m starting Ancient Greek next year at uni but figured I’d make a start over summer so this is incredibly useful for getting the pronunciation down!
Holy shit this is my dream. Thank you so much for making these videos! I can't wait to read ancient greek works in their native language!
Thank you very much! There will be more videos coming in August :)
@@LearnAncientGreek August is almost over, where are you? 😢
@@renataq4468 Thank you so much for your comment! I plan to have my next video out soon [edited - I originally set a date here but will have to get the video done when I can]. I have not forgotten the channel; I have just been very busy. I start full time work soon as well, so I am not sure how frequently I’ll be able to upload videos, but I shall try my best to get at least one video uploaded each month! This will be a long-term project :)
@@renataq4468 Sorry, it's going to be later than I expected, but I am now working on the next video! :)
@@LearnAncientGreekTake your time sir, I'll be patient in this journey. Thank you very much for your teachings sir.🛐✨
Please add more commercials at random places. The actual content is getting in the way of my viewing pleasure.
My first inkling for Ancient Greek was awakened during senior year and the summer after high school graduation, and a visit to the Louvre and British Museum and their collections of artifacts from the Mediterranean region.
Good material. I did not find any Ancient Greek lessons in Polish language, so during these videos I learn Greek and English together 😀👍
Ive been searching for these videos! This is super helpful! Thank you! 🙏
It’s long been my dream to learn this language! Thank you for putting this course together!
Thank you for this series! I'm considering taking Ancient Greek as an elective and this will be very helpful to help me decide how I might fare with it. Cheers!
I found beginning Ancient Greek Open Learn course last year and was fascinated by it. To find this will be really helpful in learning the pronunciation. I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.
Well done! I just started Ancient Greek with Dr Ammon Hllman. Using the book Greek an Intensive Course. It may sound silly, I couldnt figure out how to apply the letters. My brain wanted to use the word- Alpha rather than A or a etc.. You cleared that up for me. On to the next video
Brilliant love it. 😁
Just starting on your video course - please keep producing these videos. I have been cruising the web looking for good resources, I am really happy to find an instructor who delivers crisply and doesn’t pfaff around. Good work!
Thank you very much for your encouragement and kind words! :)
Thanks very much.
Thanks for the lessons it's my third day and I can read and sound out the letters im happy thank you for the lessons I'm on the fourth lesson
hi, hello! a student of ancient greek here. i don't know if this is just a different textbooks thing but i was taught to pronounce ζ as "dz" and not "zd". loved the video otherwise, actually taught me something new!
There is indeed evidence for both. czcams.com/video/fiSGxDV3JIQ/video.htmlsi=JlU17sg0DYFsaHe4
So helpful! I have subscribed!
Thank you sir
Very nice. U won me over, i will try to learn this at least a lil bit
Thank you! That's good to hear :)
Thank you for your time and energy creating this. what about digamma after epsilon?
okay because for some ridiculous random reason that I can’t even remember I chose Ancient Greek gcse without actually knowing any
I have no choice but to tell or mention you as 'Sir'. Great Job, keep it up so we can learn a lot.
Thank you for your kind comment! :)
@@LearnAncientGreek I have to talk with you personally for an inquiry, would you mind to put your email or any media so that I can contact with you?
Thanks for the video! That's cool ❤
Thank you for the comment! There will be more videos coming in August :)
In case someone missed, book referenced - JACT "Reading Greek"
Thank you. They are great books. I primarily used "Reading Greek: Grammar and Exercises", "Reading Greek: Text and Vocabulary", and "Reading Greek: An Independent Study Guide" to learn Greek :)
@@LearnAncientGreek
Thank you for the video. :)
Could you please write the names of the books as well.
@@priyadarshiniprasad5747 You’re very welcome! I posted the names of the main books I used in the comment above yours :)
It would be great and informative to mention which one of the "proposed" reconstructed pronunciations you are using and also in which era of ancient Greek language (classical Attic, early koine, NT koine etc) because there are differences in pronunciation between them. Also the intonation in some words you refer to, doesn't follow the actual one, for example, in the word Socrates the intonation goes to alpha not to omega (Σωκράτης). Finally according to Plato (Plato, Kratylus 418c), already from late 5th century bc, "η" was pronounced as "ι", though in earlier times people used to pronounce it either as "ε" or as "ι" depending on their dialect they were using. Great effort in general though
Agreed! But from what I understand η was still pronounced [ɛː] in attica in the late 5th century and was still [e] in Koine period and didnt close to [i] till the Byzantine period. Could you explain how 418c says differently? I don’t see it but I may be missing something…
@@annesmith9070 The pronunciation of η as ι or ε has to do with the place not the time. Both pronunciations co existed, even in Athens of 5th century bc. Plato gives the example of the word "ημέρα" and explains that some people (referring to women, i would add the "Μέτοικοι" also) were saying "εμέρα" probably because they used less formal language or dialect, given the lack of education for most of them, when others mainly the most educated used "ιμέρα". "iotacism" as it's called didn't happen in an exact date, but it was going back and forth from time to time for centuries. Also talking about Koine period, many linguists today, propose the modern or for others historical pronunciation at least for the NT Koine instead of any reconstructed one, as the closest one to the real thing.
@@kalliaspapaioannou7045 thanks for the clarification- I was reading (the short version) of Ben Kantor’s recent book on Koine pronunciation and he says ‘η’ was not yet ioticized and wouldn’t be till the late byzantine - BUT yes some regional caveats plus now I also seem to remember (Luke Ranieri?) talking about how these shifts were taking place in some areas and then Alexander the Great came along and pushed it all back to a more conservative ‘classical attic’ - my unscholarly turn of phrase :-)
Modern Greek Β, Γ And Δ Are pronounced "Véta", "Ğamma" (soft g) and "Thelta" respectively, so they got softened over time?
Also, Η/η is a long e, as in encapsulate, enthrall, Ι/ι is never long unless it's toned properly cause that's usually what η is for.
Χ/χ can change width depending on the vowel after it by the way. The X in "Χάνω" is pronounced as a taller and less wide consonant than the X in "Χοίρος".
Yes. For example: “At the time of the New Testament, it is probable that γ was pronounced as /ɣ, ʝ/ in most regional varieties of the Koine. The fricativization (and palatalization) of γ was a relatively early change in the consonantal system across the Mediterranean.” From Ben Kantor’s ‘A Short Guide to the Pronunciation of New Testament Greek’.
I believe β and θ softened much later but soften they did.
What does each names mean you dont explain
I thought Pi was pronounced "pee" not "pie" Am I wrong?
Why don’t we call him “Platon” as is said by the ancient Greeks?
Very good question! I mention that we lose the endings of some names in English at 28:03 in Lesson 7: Transliteration. I think that there are different reasons for this, depending on which name we are talking about. In the case of Plato, I believe the final “n” is lost because of how his name was transliterated into Latin. Latin often has names that end in -o in their nominative form, so “Plato” was more natural in Latin than “Platon”. And thus we know him in English as “Plato” rather than “Platon” :)
What are your views on Dr. Ammon Hillman? Just watched a podcast with him and Danny Jones about the ancient Greek Ridings and the ancient Greek Bible before it was translated. It’s truly mind blowing when you realize just how many drugs they were doing back in the day and all the sexual degenerate practices.
Ancient Greek sound are not English sounds.
I would assume the closest living language is modern Greek and Koine is still used in the Orthodox Church it would probably be closer to modern Greek
Greek god of non-violent death
something like these destroys the Greek language, sry you have no idea for ancient Greek language