Thanks for posting! I like the relaxed, informal (but very information rich!) style and and easy pacing which is excellent for a beginner.
@TheCenterforHellenicStudies7 жыл бұрын
Hi sbranagh, it's helpful to hear that the pacing feels right for beginners. That was our hope! Thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe if you like these videos! Best, Claudia P.S. About that informal style. This is really what it's like sitting in Prof. Muellner's office and learning Greek. Now we all get to learn along with someone who has been reading for decades!
@tamaradimarco8788 жыл бұрын
I'm an Italian student and I study Ancient Greek and Latin at high school, and it was so nice to review the Greek accents in English!
@TheCenterforHellenicStudies7 жыл бұрын
Hi Tamara, we're so glad you are finding it useful!! Thanks for taking the time to send this note! Best, Claudia
@kimbowman30325 жыл бұрын
I'm just half an hour into the series here, but already I know this is the place for me to learn Ancient Greek. As an extremely experienced student in higher ed, I can see that Prof. Muellner is the teacher I want. Prof. Muellner avails us of his deep knowledge in a conversational tone, bringing us along as if we were actually sitting in his class, getting to know him as he would have gotten to know us. Brilliant! Thank you so much, Prof. Muellner and Belisi Gillespie! (PS--Some previous reviewers may want to read all content thoroughly and note there is a textbook to buy for the course. I found it for less than $20--a real bargain for a first class educational experience.)
@haridathcu99992 жыл бұрын
Greek accent is a musical musical accent in contrast to English accent which is a stress accent 1. acute ά any of the last three syllables whether the syllable is long or short on long and short vowel or dipthong one mora for short syllable and two morae for long syllable 2. grave à goes down Only on the last syllable It can be on a long or short syllable When ends with an accute, but another word follows then the accute becomes grave Punctuation marks ( period a journey, comma a lock of hair) period. question mark ; semi colon and comma • 3. circumflex ^ both accute and grave rise and fall Only long syllable 2 morae One of the last two syllables
@goergops95933 жыл бұрын
Thank you for democratizing this kind of knowledge!
@jessicaramer66303 жыл бұрын
The lecture is the best presentation of Greek accents I have encountered yet.
@OliviaDaviesI8 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much - this is very helpful and clear
@TheCenterforHellenicStudies8 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Oliva! We hope you stay tuned for new videos!!
@Kinetic.443 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this
@williammoulton28138 жыл бұрын
Lenny, This is great. I have glanced at these before. Today was the first time I sat down to watch seriosly. Good job! Bill from Hour 25
@theguildofsilence4 жыл бұрын
must say the detail of the law of contonation really made the introductory chapter in the book easier to grasp. I was really worried about just sitting here memorizing rules.
@sebastiannokes42095 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, thank you. If only more language teaching was this clear and accurate.
@MrElshareef7 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. Very wonderful and useful work.
@TheCenterforHellenicStudies7 жыл бұрын
Hi Elsharif, glad these are helpful! Best, C
@theemperor86134 жыл бұрын
I learn Ancient Greek in collage and for me this playlist is the first source for me to review and learn the things I missed in collage or didn't understand it
@dalostgurl86153 жыл бұрын
Where are you from?
@theemperor86133 жыл бұрын
@@dalostgurl8615 First, let me apologize for the late reply I didn't see the notification, second, I'm from Egypt and I study Archaeology and Graeco-Roman studies
@dimethyltryptamin6 жыл бұрын
I have been looking for such a thing for years! I love it! It's absolutely remarkable!
@joseantoniobenlopez3240 Жыл бұрын
Enhorabuena por el vídeo.
@GreggaJJohnn5 жыл бұрын
Loving this. Thank you.
@dengbeibei78383 жыл бұрын
Please can you tell me the name of the textbook??
@BiancaAguglia2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering the same thing. 😊I read through the comments and I think the name of the book is _Greek: An Intensive Course_ by Hardy Hansen & Gerald M. Quinn
@stefanijaharris75666 жыл бұрын
Examples? We need examples. Otherwise it is just an abstract discussed in English. Does very little for teaching ancient Greek.
@lauradubosque92693 жыл бұрын
So, ancient greek sentences probably had more changes in pitch than some modern pop songs?
@erdemersayin3 жыл бұрын
You can press Ctrl- to see it better in PC.
@BuffloBuffloBufflo8 жыл бұрын
Terrific.
@lesoleil11954 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@uhuhuuuhhh9883 Жыл бұрын
Marcel Didwyczc. Ph.D Univ of Texas 2005 where are you ?? Still playing gitfiddle ? I was enjoying the tutorial and you got a job in Houston A good place for would be at Dinwiddie Hall at Tulane . Very bright students there Hope by now 20 years later that you are tenured.Hop you see this
@raystargazer74682 жыл бұрын
Some examples in greek would have been nice tho
@JoshuaMNielsen3 жыл бұрын
On the rule of what turns an acute accent on a final syllable into a grave accent, what happens in the case of enjambment for the final word on a line? Because unless you look at the beginning of the next line there may be no punctuation and no word "following" the final word. In one of the Iliad reading videos I heard someone say that with enjambment there may be an audible pause in reading before preceding to the next line. Would the pause for enjambment act effectively as punctuation?
@sgpwriter2 жыл бұрын
Confused about the word 'comma.' You say it means lock of hair but Liddell and Scott say it means 'a cut-off piece' of anything. Could you clarify? Thanks.
@j.m.waterfordasxiphanex37386 жыл бұрын
Does the unmarked fall of pitch imply the all words following a grave accent begin with a rise in pitch?
@colbyaguilar1616 жыл бұрын
So, what I'm getting out of this is that the accents are practically like the marks used in the Pinyin used for Mandarin to indicate tone; anyone else agree?
@paulsmith16906 жыл бұрын
no at all. Greek accents indicate grammatical roots , building procedures , declensions and conjugations.
@OriginalSocalgranny3 жыл бұрын
Some examples would have made this worthwhile. Without any, it is much less useful. This is commonsense and a Harvard Professor should know this basic rule of TEACHING.
@AhrakNapash6 жыл бұрын
Is this Attic or Koine Greek?
@TheCenterforHellenicStudies6 жыл бұрын
Attic Greek.
@GlaneciaXCat4 жыл бұрын
You know what I'm wondering -- if we do not know what atttic greek actually sounded like, then why do we bother learning about accents? I'm sure there's an obvious answer. Does anyone know?
@leahmurray33884 жыл бұрын
Accents become super important, grammatically as you continue to learn.
@aeringossett64304 жыл бұрын
I really wanted to watch this but your volume is too low. :(
@watermelonineasterhay4 жыл бұрын
Have you tried headphones?
@demetra6125 жыл бұрын
The word coma does not mean a lock of hair in contemporary or ancient greek. The word κώμη is the correct word that means a full head of hair in ancient greek.
@apo.78986 жыл бұрын
There wouldn't have been a fixed rule but there would have been averages, one mora x miliseconds, 2 morae 2x., for example. But actually the idea that two 'morae' were exactly twice as long can be wrong.
@turkmusik7 күн бұрын
Seems very slow, very inefficient. I see all this praise but this is very far from a lesson that any professional teacher would recognize as well-organized, clear, efficient, and productive of meaningful responses by the student.
@danielmichels7 жыл бұрын
easy peasy lemon squeezy
@artawhirler6 жыл бұрын
Wait! You never even taught us the alphabet! Shouldn't that be the first thing??
@TheCenterforHellenicStudies6 жыл бұрын
The book (Greek: An Intensive Course, by Hardy Hansen & Gerald M. Quinn) introduces the alphabet in the Introduction, sections 2-9. You can find two videos introducing the Greek alphabet and diphthongs here (they reference Homeric Greek-and Core Vocabulary from "The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours" by Gregory Nagy-but the alphabet demonstrated is the same as for Attic Greek): kosmossociety.chs.harvard.edu/?page_id=22051#Alphabet
@terrywant68553 жыл бұрын
@@TheCenterforHellenicStudies , First of all. Thank you for putting your course online. I just started watching this video set and I did purchase the book, "Greek: An Intensive Course," by Hardy Hansen & Gerald M. Quinn. In reference to you response above, how do I know when I am supposed to study the book or watch the course? Or both? What are the queues where I should be reading in the book?