From: Ken Smith (kens@180solutions.com)
Date: Fri Jan 12 2001 - 14:38:18 EST
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>To answer just the first question (my wife got me the series for Christmas), Spiros uses a modern Greek pronunciation (OI, H = "ee", AI = "ay", no rough breathings, etc.). I have to confess that his voice is somewhat grating, especially compared to the stuff out on http://www.greeklatinaudio.com/, but he reads more slowly and somewhat more distinctly, though still with some feeling.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Ken</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Vincent M. Setterholm [<A HREF="mailto:Vincent@zeteotech.com">mailto:Vincent@zeteotech.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 7:25 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: Biblical Greek</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: [b-greek] RE: Greek NT on CD</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> What pronunciation does Spiros use on his recordings?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Also, regarding pronunciation, is anyone aware of a reference </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> work that treats the eta in depth? In works of classical </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> phonology, there seems to be a range from 'like the a in </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> stag' to 'equivalent to the dipthong epsilon + iota'.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Are there any serious treatments of Hellenistic Phonology in </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> print (or out of print, for that matter)? (I notice many </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> authors claiming that, for example the 'd' sound in zeta </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> dropped out, and theta, phi, and chi became frictives, but I </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> have not found any reference works that demonstrates when </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> those changes occured, leaving me wondering if that shift in </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> language really happened as early as the textbooks claim.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Thanks!</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Vincent</FONT>
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