Roman Empire in Ancient Greek | Ancient Greek in Action! ep.6

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.

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by Luke Amadeus Ranieri 🦂 Λούκιος ̣Θεόφιλος Ῥᾱνιήριος

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🦁 LESSON NOTES
This lessons builds on the foundation carefully laid by the previous 5 lessons. Since we are familiar with nouns in all genders, numbers, and declensions, we are at last free to explore sentences in context! And of course, what could be beter than following the model of the first chapter of LLPSI Familia Romana which so expertly teaches Latin (for which see:    • Roman Empire in Latin · Lingua Latina...   ).

In this lesson we learn the the verb "to be" in singular (ἐστὶ), dual (ἐστὸν), and plural (εἰσὶ), and while doing so we review from the previous lessons how to answer "how many" (πόσοι), and are introduced to the question words "where?" (ποῦ) and "what?" (τί). Yes/no interrogatives ἆρα and ἆρα μὴ are taught in context. We also learn "but" (ὰλλὰ) and how it compares with the uniquely Ancient Greek pairing μὲν...δὲ which roughly equates to "on the one hand...on the other hand." We also learn locative with the dative case, how to say many and few (ὀλίγοι, πολλοὶ), and lean the difference between a land and a Roman province.

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 ποταμὼ may be rendered as οἱ ποταμοὶ even for two rivers. 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).

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🗣 PRONUNCIATION NOTES
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🇬🇷 For Modern Greek speakers (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. 🇬🇷 😊

*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:    • Lucian Pronunciation of Ancient Greek...  

And my research into Ancient Greek phonology is summarized in this public spreadsheet of mine, Ranieri's Greek Pronunciation Chronology: https://bit.ly/ranierigreekpronunciation

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, as well as in my essay here: https://expert-experimenter-2558.ck.p... 📄

The Lucian Pronunciation of Ancient Greek:
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Ranieri's Greek Pronunciation Chronology:
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00:00 Intro & basic place names
01:44 Locative ἐν
02:27 Question ποῦ
04:32 ἆρα (yes/no question particle)
05:40 πόλεις
06:19 ἡ Ἑλλάς
08:48 ποταμοί
10:21 ἐστι(ν): movable ν
11:48 ἆρα μή & νῆσοι
12:35 οὐ(κ)
14:41 μέν...δέ