Learn Ancient Greek through comprehensible input! By watching every video in this series in order, you should be able to understand everything after watching a video two or three times. In this way, you will build a strong foundation in Ancient Greek. Ancient Greek includes both Classical Attic Greek and Biblical Koine Greek. 🏺
🐢 ANCIENT GREEK IN ACTION 🏛
by Luke Amadeus Ranieri 🦂 Λούκιος ̣Θεόφιλος Ρᾱνιήριος
Pronunciation notes (see below for English*): Έλληνες φίλοι, σε αυτό το βίντεο δεν χρησιμοποιώ την παραδοσιακή σχολική προφορά της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής, εκείνη που χρησιμοποιείτε και γνωρίζετε στην Ελλάδα σήμερα. Αυτή η συμβατική προφορά ονομάζεται η ‘Λουκιανή Προφορά’. Είναι διαφορετική προφορά από αυτή που έχετε συνηθίσει. Η Λουκιανή Προφορά είναι μια (υποθετική) ιστορική αναδημιουργία του ήχου των Αρχαίων Ελλήνων κατά τη Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία. Σας ευχαριστώ για την υπομονή και την κατανόησή σας. 🇬🇷 😊
Preliminary Lesson on the Ancient Greek Alphabet: [ Ссылка ]
LESSON NOTES
Lesson 4 gives the terms for masculine, feminine, and neuter, and how to indentify them. 1st declension masculine nouns and 2nd declension feminine nouns are highlighted.
The Dual is not a mandatory form in Ancient Greek, since the regular Plural may be used in place of the Dual even for two of a thing. Thus τὼ ὀρνιθίω may be rendered as τὰ ὀρνίθια even for two birds. This overlap will be clarified in later lessons. The Dual form is used with increasing rarity through the centuries of Ancient Greek (roughly 9th century BC to 6th century AD).
Subtitles are only placed where they are necessary for the desired level of comprehension, which is primarily *auditory*; nevertheless, if you are interested in seeing the transcript: the entire book for this series can be found here:
📖 [ Ссылка ] Ancient Greek in Action Book
*Pronunciation notes: This video uses the Lucian Pronunciation of Ancient Greek, which is a reconstruction of the historical sound of Greek during the first centuries of the Roman Empire. This pronunciation system is explained in detail in my video on the Lucian Pronunciation here: [ Ссылка ]
And my research into Ancient Greek phonology is summarized in this public spreadsheet of mine, Ranieri's Greek Pronunciation Chronology: [ Ссылка ]
The methology in determining this historical pronunciation, and the reasons for choosing it over other standards, is explained in the above linked Lucian Pronunciation video. Please watch that video in its entirety, and familiarize yourself with the book Vox Graeca by W. Sidney Allen ( [ Ссылка ] ), as well as Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers by Geoffrey C. Horrocks ( [ Ссылка ] ) before commenting about the pronunciation used in this video. 😊 Χάριν σοι ἔχω! Thank you!
The Lucian Pronunciation of Ancient Greek:
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Ranieri's Greek Pronunciation Chronology:
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