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Prayers in Ancient Greek

Posted: December 27th, 2021, 12:47 am
by Christopher M. Tully
Hi,

I find it edifying to pray in Ancient Greek whenever I can, and for anyone who would be interested in sharing, I would like this thread to be for the purpose of collecting Ancient Greek Prayers. One prayer I've started to say is Psalm 1 which is as follows:

Μακαριος ανηρ ος ουκ επορευθη εν βουλη ασεβων. και εν οδω αμαρτωλων ουκ εστη. και επι καθεδραν λοιμων ουκ εκαθισεν. αλλ η εν τω νομω κυριου το θελημα αυτου. και εν τω νομω αυτου μελετησει ημερας και νυκτος. και εσται ως το ξυλον το περφυτευμενον παρα τας διεξοδους των υδατων. ο τον καρπον αυτου δωσει εν καιρω αυτου. και το φυλλον αυτου ουκ απορρυησεται. και παντα οσα αν ποιη κατευοδωθησεται. ουκ ουτως οι ασεβεις ουκ ουτως. αλλη ως ο χνους ον εκριπτει ο ανεμος απο προσωπου της γης. δια τουτο ουκ αναστησονται ασεβεις εν κρισει. ουδε αμαρτωλοι εν βουλη δικαιων. οτι γινωσκει κυριος οδον δικαιων. και οδος ασεβων απολειται.

ΨΑΛΜΟΣ Α- Septuaginta. Edited by Alfred Rahlfs. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft Publishing. Stuttgart. Germany. 1979.

Re: Prayers in Ancient Greek

Posted: January 1st, 2022, 1:09 pm
by Jonathan Robie
I like the idea for this thread. I think it's better to include accents so people don't practice bad pronunciation. Here is the same Psalm with accents, from Ellepos:
ΜΑΚΑΡΙΟΣ ἀνήρ, ὃς οὐκ ἐπορεύθη ἐν βουλῇ ἀσεβῶν καὶ ἐν ὁδῷ ἁμαρτωλῶν οὐκ ἔστη καὶ ἐπὶ καθέδρᾳ λοιμῶν οὐκ ἐκάθισεν. 2 ἀλλ᾿ ἤ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτοῦ μελετήσει ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός. 3 καὶ ἔσται ὡς τὸ ξύλον τὸ πεφυτευμένον παρὰ τὰς διεξόδους τῶν ὑδάτων, ὃ τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ δώσει ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ φύλλον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀποῤῥυήσεται· καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἂν ποιῇ, κατευοδωθήσεται. 4 οὐχ οὕτως οἱ ἀσεβεῖς, οὐχ οὕτως, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ ὡσεὶ χνοῦς, ὃν ἐκρίπτει ὁ ἄνεμος ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς. 5 διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἀναστήσονται ἀσεβεῖς ἐν κρίσει, οὐδὲ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἐν βουλῇ δικαίων· 6 ὅτι γινώσκει Κύριος ὁδὸν δικαίων, καὶ ὁδὸς ἀσεβῶν ἀπολεῖται.

Re: Prayers in Ancient Greek

Posted: January 2nd, 2022, 4:14 pm
by Vasile Stancu
I also like this idea, and it would be, I think, even more interesting if the contributors also add the audio recording of their own reading for each text. I imagine that recording and listening to one's own reading could be very useful to controlling/improving the fluidity and consistency of pronunciation.