Greek Pronunciation in Ancient Rome: The Variants of Lucian Pronunciation

What did Greek sound like 2000 years ago in Ancient Rome? What did it sound like in Athens, Judea, and Egypt during the Classical Roman Period 1st century BC to 2nd century AD? The Lucian Pronunciation System explores this question and presents conventions for reciting and pronouncing the Greek language as it was in the Koine Period, all of which can be used in the classroom to teach Ancient Greek of any period. 🏛️ Learn Ancient Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and Old English at the Ancient Language Institute! Sign up today: ⬅️ 📜 SOURCES: below. 🦂 Support my work on Patreon: 📚 Luke Ranieri Audiobooks: 🤠 Take my course LATIN UNCOVERED on StoryLearning, including my original Latin adventure novella “Vir Petasātus“ 🦂 Sign up for my Latin Pronunciation & Conversation series on Patreon: ☕️ Support my work with PayPal: 🏺Ancient Greek by the Ranieri-Dowling Method: 🏛 Latin by the Ranieri-Dowling Method: 🏛 Ancient Greek in Action · Free Greek Lessons: 🦂 ScorpioMartianus (my channel for content in Latin, Ancient Greek, & Ancient Egyptian) 🎙 Hundreds of hours of Latin & Greek audio: 👕 Merch: 🦅 📖 My book Ranieri Reverse Recall on Amazon: Intro and outro music: Overture of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by Mozart COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY: SELECTED SOURCES: Adams, J.N., 2013, Social Variation and the Latin Language: Allen, James P., 2020, Ancient Egyptian Phonology: Allen, W. Sydney, 1965, Vox Latina: Allen, W. Sydney, 1968, Vox Graeca: Allen, W. Sydney, 1968, Vox Graeca, Η προφορά της ελληνικής την κλασική εποχή, Modern Greek Edition: Buth, Randall, 2008, Notes on the Pronunciation System of Koiné Greek, (2012 edition). Horrocks, Geoffrey, 2010, Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers: Kantor, Benjamin, 2023, The Pronunciation of New Testament Greek: Judeo-Palestinian Greek Phonology: Kantor, Benjamin, 2023, A Short Guide to the Pronunciation of New Testament Greek:: Ranieri, Luke A., Turrigiano, Raphael, 2020, The Lucian Pronunciation of Ancient Greek, Sturtevant, E.H., 1920, The Pronunciation of Latin and Greek: Wright, Roger, 1982, Late Latin and Early Romance in Spain and Carolingian France, Francis Cairns. On Amazon: TABLE OF CONTENTS 0:00 Intro to Lucian Pronunciation 2:01 The Six Variants of Lucian Pronunciation 2:19 Romaic Lucian 6:38 Pompeian Lucian 7:44 Alexandrine Lucian 9:21 Memphite Lucian 10:45 Samosatene Lucian 12:40 Antiochene Lucian 16:11 How to do Phonemic Vowel Length 20:33 How to do Pitch Accent 23:10 Sources 24:09 Classical Attic Pronunciation 34:12 Sound Changes during the Koine Period 42:38 Erasmian Pronunciation 53:39 Obstacles with Classical Attic 1:02:37 Height of Greco-Roman Civilization 1:05:45 Buthian Pronunciation 1:14:15 The Original Lucian Pronunciation 1:17:10 Romaic, Commentary & Evidence 1:25:47 Pompeian, Commentary & Evidence 1:32:28 Alexandrine & Memphite, Commentary & Evidence 1:44:22 Samosatene, Commentary & Evidence 1:51:54 Antiochene, Commentary & Evidence 1:53:23 Concluding Thoughts on Buthian 2:01:03 Late Koine Attestations of Phonemic Vowel Length & Pitch Accent 2:07:32 Choices & Variations 2:10:13 Bilabial vs. Labiodental Fricatives 2:12:52 Fricative Sets 2:13:56 Aspirations vs. Psilosis 2:14:52 The Hesperian Option 2:15:42 Diphthongs 2:18:15 Lenition of Voiceless Stops After Nasals 2:18:44 Palatalization 2:19:27 Voiceless vs. Voiced Rho 2:19:49 More Egyptian Variants 2:20:22 Deviations from Lucian Pronunciation 2:21:47 Possibilities & Tape Recorders 2:24:15 Accent 2:26:28 Register 2:28:37 Geography & Nicknames 2:31:07 Training a Tolerant Ear 2:33:24 Outtakes