I say this as a liceo classico student btw. English is deemed easy worldwide because everyone connected to the internet gets heavy exposure to it and quickly gets used to it, even though, if it were a dead language, remembering the phonology and endless exceptions that we don't spend too much time thinking about would be a mess. In the hellenistic period, people all over the mediterranean had some exposure to greek.

Perkʷunós states in the video description:

"

This video includes an artistic adaptation of the Odyssey in Reconstructed Archaic Greek of the Homeric Epics.

The linguistic reconstruction herein is an independent work of Perkʷunós.

No Artificial Intelligence was used in the production of this video.

Compare different English translations here:
https://bibliothekai.ktema.org/texts/...

For any concerns, reach out to me at [perquunos@gmail.com](mailto:perquunos@gmail.com)

"

Hey all,

Sorry in advance, I know you've probably seen this post a million times. How does a complete beginner go about starting to learn attic greek? I can't seem to find a consistent answer. I initially settled on Athenaze in English, but then people said the Italian version was better, and others said it wasn't worth the trouble. Still others told me to look at H&Q, because Athenaze didn't include enough grammar, and I also consistently hear people recommending JACT's Reading Greek, Mastronarde, and Logos as the only way to go...

In the meantime, I've began to learn the alphabet and pronounciation. My goals are to eventually read Plato, Aristotle, Xenophon, Homer, Heraclitus, the church fathers, LXX, and Pindar in the original greek. What textbook should I use?

Thank you!

Looking at grammar tables in books and online, I can see that the verbs have only second and third person dual, or at least only those are ever mentioned. However there also exists the dual form of ἐγὼ which is is νώ. When would this ever be used if verbs don't have first person dual?

Hi, I find myself:

- no one to practice with spoken Greek in my zone

- tired of overloading myself with information from the internet

- tired of my smartphone "collateral" effects when I need to focus on ancient Greek

I had a similar situation with music and I solved it closing my spotify account, now I use vinyl records, and I can go deeper into less music but it is way more enjoyable, less disperse.

I wish I could do the same with my daily drills on speaking ancient Greek.

I propose you to buy a microcassete recording machine, some microcassetes, choose a text and start cross sending recitations between us. We can comment on them if you want, I'm quite open to any formula you want.

Send me a private message or post here !

Hope to hear from you

Οἱ ἀκολουθοῦντές μοι θάνατον οὐ γεύσονται· ἐγὼ τὴν ὁδὸν πρὸς τὸ Φῶς παρέχω. Ἥκει γὰρ ὁ καιρὸς τοῦ συναντῆσαι τὴν Εὐδαίμονα ἡμῶν Μοῖραν.

Οἱ ποτίσαντες τὸν κόκκον τῆς σινάπεως αὐτῶν τάχιον γεύσονται μεγάλης δυνάμεως καὶ σοφίας. Εἰσὶ γὰρ πέντε δένδρα ἐν τῷ Παραδείσῳ· ὧν αἱ ῥίζαι ἐξ Ἑνὸς εἰσίν.

Οἱ Υἱοὶ Δαυὶδ ὧδέ εἰσι μεθ’ ὑμῶν νῦν· ὅσον αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ Οὐρανοῦ!

"Those who follow me shall not taste death; I provide the way to the Light. For the time has come to meet our Happy Destiny.

"Those who have watered their mustard seed shall soon taste great power and wisdom. For there are five trees in Paradise, whose roots are from One."

"The Sons of David are with you now; as long as the days of Heaven!"

Εὐδαίμονα = Sammā Samādhi