[B-Greek] Off Subject Question: Homer

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Tue Sep 6 12:02:18 EDT 2005


On Sep 6, 2005, at 10:24 AM, Ed Garcia wrote:

> Greetings! I am part of a very small group that meets once a week to
> study Greek. Currently we are reading through The Iliad. What we are
> looking for is a site on the Internet where we can hear the Iliad  
> spoken
> with the proper meter and intonation. We found professor Lombardo's
> rendition and wonder if there are others out there. If anyone knows of
> any other site's that offer this, please let me know----off-line
> responses will be fine. Thank you.

(a) Harvard's Classics Department has a "Poetry recitation" page  
(http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/poetry_and_prose/poetry.html)  
which includes readings in Greek hexameters from Iliad 1 and Iliad 6  
by Carolyn Higbie as well as a link to Greg Nagy's readings from  
Homer on their on page (http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/ 
poetry_and_prose/homer/homer.html).

(b) Society for the oral reading of Greek and Latin literature  
(SORGLL) (     http://www.rhapsodes.fll.vt.edu/ ), the blurb for  
which is given as follows: "     This is the website of the Society  
for the Oral Reading of Greek and Latin Literature, which adheres to  
the principle that literature written in the classical Greek and  
Latin languages was intended primarily for oral performance and that  
therefore the sounds of these languages are crucial for our  
understanding. As well as giving general information relating to the  
Society and its officers, this website contains downloadable  
recordings of spoken Latin and Greek accompanied by extracts of texts  
in both the original language and English translation. Greek authors  
who feature are Homer, Archilochus, Alcman, Sappho, Sophocles,  
Pindar, Aristophanes and Demosthenes; these are accompanied by a  
written and spoken guide to Greek pronunciation. Extracts in Latin  
are taken from works of Terence, Cicero, Virgil, Catullus, Horace,  
Seneca and Martial. " The responsible person for this site is Steven  
Daitz, who has prepared and marketed several readings of Greek and  
Latin literature in the original language.

(c)  A third site worth noting is " Aoidoi : epic, archaic and  
classical Greek poetry" (http://www.aoidoi.org) -- with blurb as  
follows: "Aoidoi is a website dedicated to archaic and classical  
Greek poetry, from the early Homeric epics (eighth century BC) to the  
late antique Anacreontea. The author aims to appeal to amateurs as  
well as academics, although the level of depth here is most suited to  
university study and research. Featured articles give information on  
dialects (Lesbian Aeolic, Choral Doric and Bucolic Doric) and an  
introduction to Greek metre, with further information on the dactylic  
hexameter and the use of the epic caesura. There are also guides to  
Greek verse composition, with some of the author's own compositions.  
One page offers articles which help with Pharr's textbook on Homeric  
Greek. The most detailed part of the site is a series of downloadable  
ancient Greek poetic texts. In many cases the poems are accompanied  
by an English introduction and commentary written by the author,  
along with information on metre and vocabulary. Poets whose works are  
included are: Anacreon and the Anacreontics; the Greek Anthology;  
Archilochus; Hesiod; Ibycus; Mimnermus; Pindar; Sappho; Simonides of  
Ceos; and Theognis. "

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
cwconrad2 at mac.com
WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/




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