Reading the Odyssey in Ancient Greek | Connecting Point | Feb. 12, 2020

Believed to have been written in the 8th century B.C., “The Odyssey” is one of the oldest and most important stories of all time. It’s read all over the world, but not usually in its original language—Ancient Greek. In the Pioneer Valley, one group is trying to get back to Homer’s original words. Ross Lippman takes us to Forbes Library and introduces us to the group on a reading odyssey of their own.

[Geferulf_TAS]

How I would love to study under this man! An excellent scholar.

[thisisnana]

A lot of people in the comments are saying that their accent is wrong and it doesnt even sound like Greek, which is true, but we cant be sure if the Greek we use now sounds the same as ancient Greek so I would say there really is no right or wrong here.

[neilsumanda]

im actually searching for reading Odyssey in each original form

[ciuisirats]

Ἡ ὁμηρικὴ γλῶττα δυσκυλώτερόν ἐστιν ἐμοί.

[Mistr_A]

As a Greek speaker the pronunciation of this professor is americanised it is not how ancient Greek was spoken.

[Woah]

For everyone saying he is pronouncing it wrong, is that because he doesn't pronounce like a modern Greek or he isn't using the correct phonemes from the ancient Greek period?

[ΑπόλλωνΘηρευτής]

Call Erasmus from his grave to tell how to pronounced wrong the Greek language (since 1500 AD), or just call a Greek philologist. So simple...

[obabas]

A noble undertaking and commendable. But so as an educated Italian would bring that authentic sound when reading Latin, so does a Greek today when reading ancient Greek. His pronunciation sounds as if an Angelo Saxon was attempting to read the Greek. It is not his fault, but only when having Greek as your first language does the language flow from your tongue with that 'Greekness' that we Greeks KNOW has never disappeared from our language despite all its evolution the last 3000 years.

[lucassanchez]

Actually mate I see some Loeb stuff of the odyssey shelf

[andyuk]

Sounds like the Cypriot dialect. Everything merges into one.

[savvasavraam]

And another thing i don’t understand. He’s been a professor of Greek for so many years and his pronunciation of words cannot be any more wrong. Like ehmm..

[Lalakis]

It is not a lost language. Modified yes. But not lost. Greek is the most ancient language in europe ( and one of the three most ancient in the world ) that has been continuously spoken for close to 3500 years ( maybe more). Can an ancient and a modern athenian (that has finished highschool) communicate ? Yes. Maybe not in a perfect way but yes they can.

[jenherron]

We're trading interests by audio! The sky is up!

[yuyakikuoka]

paideuo paideueis paideuei paideuomen paideuete paideuousin

[Useradfre]

If someone wants yo know how ancient greek sound approximately from Homer's until Sokrates


He must listen or go to Cyprus or Crete or Pontiac greeks

It's has a melody very closed to ancient greek
Ερρωσθε και ευδαιμονειτε

[animalswin]

Anybody else came here after reading The Immortality Key about the Elysian Mysteries?

[LinkSoul]

Lost language?
Ancient Greek are not a lost language.
Taught in Greece and many other countries.
What the hell are they even talking about.

[savvasavraam]

Αγαπιόνται(Agapiontai=They love each other) its not a modern Greek word. Its a Greek word used in the past and also today. What i‘m trying to say is that ancient Greek and modern Greek is the same. With a lot of changes of course mainly in the pronunciation. But not different if you understand what i mean.

[islagrace]

I’m only looking at this because of Percy Jackson

[webkazer]

nice try but i think a greek can read ancient greek way easier than them