The Sound of Ancient Greek - Classical Pronunciation

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 [Text]

Aischylos, Agamemnon 503-537
Messenger arriving at Argos [Text]

Plato, Symposion 172f
The initial narration. [Text]

Bibliography

W. S. Allen, Vox Graeca: A Guide To The Pronunciation Of Classical Greek, Cambridge 1987. [focusing on phonemes]
G. Danek, 'Singing Homer'. Überlegungen zu Sprechintonation und Epengesang, Wiener Humanistische Blätter 31 (1989), 1-15.
S. Hagel, Zu den Konstituenten des griechischen Hexameters, Wiener Studien 107/108 (1994), 77-108.
A. M. Devine / L. D. Stephens, The Prosody of Greek Speech, New York / Oxford 1994. [Indispensable for everyone interested in Ancient Greek accent]
G. Danek / S. Hagel, Homer-Singen, Wiener Humanistische Blätter (1995), 5-20.

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