[B-Greek] Grammar Translation (New pronunciation, in Surprised by Joy)
Kevin Riley
klriley at alphalink.com.au
Wed Aug 5 19:32:42 EDT 2009
It would also have been the change to using 'continental' rather than English vowels. The pronunciation of Greek had been influenced by the shift in English vowels since the C16th. Allan deals with this in the chapter "Appendix A: The pronunciation of Greek in England" in his "Vox Graeca". The changes were in response to a pamphlet by the Classical Association in 1908 which led to the gradual replacement of traditional English pronunciation by the current scheme - slightly modified in recent years by the recommendations of JACT which were based to a large degree on Allan's work.
Kevin Riley
> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org]
> On Behalf Of James Spinti
>
> At that time in the UK, it was standard to pronounce classical Greek
> with a Latin stress accent. The "new" pronunciation would have been to
> use the accents on the Greek words in pronouncing the stress. The
> original logic for the Latinate stress accent (or, so I have been told)
> was that it made scanning meter in poetry easier.
>
> HTH,
> James
>
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