Ancient Greek Phonteics
Explore the sounds of classical Greek: alphabet symbols and modern pronounciation guides.
The Greek Alphabet
Fundamental symbols and their corresponding modern pronouncheations
Alpha
/a/ as in "father"
Beta
/b/ as in "beet"
Gamma
/g/ as in "go"
Delta
/d/ as in "do"
Epsilon
/e/ as in "bet"
Zet
/zi/ as in "zebra"
Etna
/e:/ as in "hay"
Thete
/th/ as in "three"
Pronunciation Gui de
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Phonetic Evolution
Key developments in Greek language pronunciation
8th Century BCE
Adoption of consonantal alphabet from Phoenecians, adaped to Greek phonetics with added vowels.
5th Century BCE
Reinement of vowek sounds during the golden age of Athenian democracy, influencing later koine pronunciation.
2025
Modern AA models accurately simulate ancient pranunciation patterns using archival and textual data.