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.

The sound of ancient greek classical pronunciation. 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. 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. Homer iliad 18 39 96 catalogue of nereids dialogue between thetis and achilles.

Features of the reconstructed pronunciation include. Ranieri s greek pronunciation chronology spreadsheet. 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. 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.

Pronunciation was shifting during this period and shifted further over the following. And a word accent that involved pitch.