http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/ language-related musings - one language is never enough / ერთი ენა არასოდეს არაა საკმარისი Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:26:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-71877 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:00:26 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-71877 You say "lycos" would be "leekos" but isn't the upsilon "y" supposed to be like an umlat, i.e., "oooh"? You say “lycos” would be “leekos”
but isn’t the upsilon “y” supposed to be like an umlat, i.e., “oooh”?

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-60417 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:16:31 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-60417 HOW DO U PRONOUNCE HELIOS HOW DO U PRONOUNCE HELIOS

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]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-19136 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:52:40 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-19136 Thanks so much TJ, BJ, Aeneas and Simon for your help, I didn't know this 'blog' was here until I typed my name in google just to see what was there and found this link. I am so glad I did as now I can thank you properly for your input. The first reading of the play was successful and the pronounciations were not as difficult as I thought they would be! Thanks again. Thanks so much TJ, BJ, Aeneas and Simon for your help, I didn’t know this ‘blog’ was here until I typed my name in google just to see what was there and found this link. I am so glad I did as now I can thank you properly for your input. The first reading of the play was successful and the pronounciations were not as difficult as I thought they would be! Thanks again.

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-13299 Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:56:43 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-13299 Cheri - Minos = me-no-s (pronouncing me and no as in English), and Helios = hay-lee-os Cheri - Minos = me-no-s (pronouncing me and no as in English), and Helios = hay-lee-os

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-13202 Sun, 05 Nov 2006 21:14:14 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-13202 How to properly pronounce Minos (one of the judges of the Underworld) and Helios (Sun God)? How to properly pronounce Minos (one of the judges of the Underworld) and Helios (Sun God)?

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-10179 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:39:19 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-10179 Epirus is the latinized form of Epiros, the Greek word for "Mainland", which corresponds roughly with modern-day Albania/Northern Greece. Also, in Ancient Greek, as opposed to modern Greek, the diphthongs "eu" and "au" were pronounced like their Latin counterparts. So Zeus would have sounded a bit like Deus in Latin. Epirus is the latinized form of Epiros, the Greek word for “Mainland”, which corresponds roughly with modern-day Albania/Northern Greece. Also, in Ancient Greek, as opposed to modern Greek, the diphthongs “eu” and “au” were pronounced like their Latin counterparts. So Zeus would have sounded a bit like Deus in Latin.

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-10178 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:36:26 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-10178 Actually, Epirus is taken from Latin, which latinized the Greek Epiros. Actually, Epirus is taken from Latin, which latinized the Greek Epiros.

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-10085 Sun, 01 Oct 2006 02:15:40 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-10085 The way we would pronounce it in my Ancient Greek Class: Lycos = Λυκος = [lykos] Nycteus = Nυκτευς = [nykteus] Epirus = Eπιρυς = [epirys] The epsilons in Nycteus and Epirus could be zetas but that would only change the pronounciation slightly. The way we would pronounce it in my Ancient Greek Class:
Lycos = Λυκος = [lykos]
Nycteus = Nυκτευς = [nykteus]
Epirus = Eπιρυς = [epirys]
The epsilons in Nycteus and Epirus could be zetas but that would only change the pronounciation slightly.

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-10065 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:34:05 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/09/30/ancient-greek-names/#comment-10065 It would depend largely I guess on the original Greek version of the name and how it is written. for example, if "Lycos" is written as "ΛΥΚΟΣ (λυκος)" then I think the name would be pronounced like "leekos" There is one note about "EU" combination in Greek names. I don't know how they are pronounced nowadays but in modern Greek it is pronounced as "EV" (Zeus which is said almost like Ziyos or Zoos by some readersis in fact Zevs)! It would depend largely I guess on the original Greek version of the name and how it is written.
for example, if “Lycos” is written as “ΛΥΚΟΣ (λυκος)” then I think the name would be pronounced like “leekos”
There is one note about “EU” combination in Greek names. I don’t know how they are pronounced nowadays but in modern Greek it is pronounced as “EV” (Zeus which is said almost like Ziyos or Zoos by some readersis in fact Zevs)!

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