Pronunciation of the Greek OLD Testament (Septuagint Bible LXX) - Hellenistic Lucian Pronunciation

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What did Greek sound like in the HELLENISTIC Koine Period, after Alexander the Great and before the death of Cleopatra? This video explains the phonology in detail with inscriptional and epigraphic evidence, showing you what the Septuagint LXX Bible translators or Polybius might have sounded like: Hellenistic Lucian Pronuciation.

Sources: see below.

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00:00 Intro to the Sound of Greek in Hellenistic Times
03:12 What is the Hellenistic Period?
04:36 Major Shifts from Classical to Hellenistic Greek Phonology
09:17 The One Big Difference between Hellenistic & Romaic Lucian
12:26 Challenges of Long Diphthongs
14:16 Advantages of Long Diphthongs
16:32 Peculiarities of ῃ
20:42 Hellenistic Lucian Pronunciation
26:13 A Note on ῳ in Hellenistic Koine
27:58 Conclusion
30:14 Birds in my backyard