Hints on Pronouncing Ancient Greek Names


Here are a few suggestions to help you pronounce ancient Greek names (and other ancient Greek words) in their usual Anglicized way (i.e., not in reconstructed ancient Greek pronunciation). This is at best a guide; to be sure you will have to look in a dictionary. For the most part, pronounce the name like an English word, but with the following exceptions: Source: Crosby & Schaeffer, Intro. to Greek, sect. 66.
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