It's Greek to Me: How to Pronounce Greek Like an Ancient Athenian (Or a Modern American)

15/09/2025 21 min Episodio 8
It's Greek to Me: How to Pronounce Greek Like an Ancient Athenian (Or a Modern American)

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Send us a textAny student of Greek history will occasionally come across a Greek word or name that's hard to pronounce. In this episode, host Scott Emmons offers a few pointers — but only after exploring the more interesting question of how we know what classical Greek sounded like. We know a lot more about it than you might think!For a few accompanying visuals, check out Episode 8 at epicgreekhistory.substack.comReading suggestion:Vox Graeca by W. Sidney AllenSupport the show