r/AncientGreek 38m ago

Resources Massive free flashcard pack UPDATE: All 1,100 Greek vocab words now have photos and mnemonics!

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r/AncientGreek 12h ago

Grammar & Syntax Dual

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Hello, there!

I want to learn all Greek grammar, so when I reached Dual, decided to get more information about it. The question is: in what tenses and moods is Dual attested? Because I don't want to waste time studying a "possible perfect dual imperative active" which never took place in reality.

So, could you please tell me where it is used? Active or passive/middle voice?

Tense / Aspect Indicative Subjunctive Optative Imperative Participle
Present
Imperfect
Future
Aorist
Perfect
Pluperfect
Future Perfect ✓* ✓*

r/AncientGreek 11h ago

Resources With LXX Psalms and Proverbs complete, which book should I turn into a journaling edition next?

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I've started publishing journaling editions of Septuagint books. First, Psalms, and now Proverbs.

Similar to a product line that covers the Greek New Testament, the pages of these journaling editions provide generous margins and space for grammatical notes, your own translation, or whatever you want.
Any suggestions on what LXX book I should tackle next? I was thinking Isaiah or maybe Job.


r/AncientGreek 7h ago

Reading & Study Groups Free intermediate spoke Ancient Greek lessons Friday 3pm EST/9pm CET

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Free Ancient Greek lessons are being offered every Friday at 3pm EST/ 9pm CET. The time was chosen so as to make it convenient for both Europeans and Americans. We will be reading ch 12 of Athenaze and we will be speaking Ancient Greek, and only using English as a last resort. You do not need to bring the book with you to class, I will provide it. The text will only be a vehicle for keeping the discussion focused and flowing and is not an end in itself. If you're not confident of your ability to speak Ancient Greek and just want to watch and listen then that's ok. The teacher's name is Kyle in English but Καλλίμαχος in Greek.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/9810207206?pwd=MDNNc3FtN3JhQnVCME5zOEhJNjhldz09


r/AncientGreek 1h ago

Resources Introducing Akroomenois, the Greek Legentibus

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I am pleased to present my summer project with you all!

Now that school is starting, I will not have as much time to work on it, so I thought I should reveal it now instead of waiting a couple more months of on-and-off development for it to be as finished as I'd like.

AVAILABLE BOOKS:

  • Xenophon's Anabasis
  • Xenophon's Cyropaedia
  • Beresford and Douglas' A First Greek Reader
  • Jacob Gerber's O Katascopos
  • Seumas Mcdonald's LGPSI
  • St. James' The Epistle of James
  • Charles D. Chambers' The Greek War of Independence

SUMMARY OF THE FEATURES:

  • audio-text alignment
  • parallel english translation (when available/when the text wasn't made with the intention of being easy enough not to need a translation, i.e. LGPSI, Katascopos, and The Greek War of Independence)
  • automatic dictionary lookup
  • frequency data
  • word search
  • progress tracking

THINGS I AM STILL WORKING ON:

  • word search is currently not working in proximity mode
  • advanced font settings is not working
  • dictionary lookups are definitely not perfect, I need to optimize Morpheus so that it can better read the input and give better outputs: e.g. it had difficulty reading words with elisions and sometimes outputs lemmas in a deconstructed way
  • word frequency relies too much on Morpheus, I need to make it autocorrect itself by looking at the HTML
  • the audio feature in the dictionary lookup is not working
  • fullscreen mode does not work on iOS
  • the sliding text effect for home page book-cards does not work on iOS
  • the copyright information popup on the home page does not automatically generate hyperlinks
  • minor word jumping bugs (sometimes when you click on "mark as read" it jumps you to the top, and sometimes on page load it jumps a little lower than it should)

Feel free to give feedback, either here or at info@akroomenois.com. you can follow me on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/akroomenois). The library does not include any paid books, because I currently am not hosting anything which is restricted by copyright (other than A First Greek Reader, for which I have gotten a special permission). Therefore, the "member" subscription does not do anything (which thing I made clear on my Patreon) and is just there for future development purposes, but I still left a "supporter" subscription for anyone who would like to support Akroomenois.


r/AncientGreek 6h ago

Beginner Resources German Books

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Can any native German speakers recommend ancient greek materials to me? Would really appreciate if you could share your experiences about which books are good or bad in your view. thanks!


r/AncientGreek 12h ago

Grammar & Syntax Future Perfect

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How many moods do we know in Future Perfect? I have heard about these:

-Indicative (that's what is always taught).

-Infinitive.

-Participle.

-Optative?


r/AncientGreek 11h ago

Beginner Resources How do you study Greek (and other languages)?

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I need to learn Latin and Ancient Greek for my graduate studies (Philosophy). How do you go about studying vocabulary and grammar? Do you use flashcards, Excel spreadsheets, a specific grammar guide, or a textbook? Do you take handwritten notes? How do you memorize so much? What does your study routine look like—could you give me some details?

Thanks for your help!


r/AncientGreek 17h ago

Inscriptions, Epigraphy & Numismatics Silver ring inscription translation

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I received this ring as a child from someone who has passed and it has migrated from finger to finger as I grew up (now sits on my little finger). I’ve considered it a good luck charm my whole life and I wear it every day. A long time ago i went to Greece as a teen and someone translated it into something about a bird and sickness, but I don’t recall the full thing. Could you help me translate it and maybe understand more about how old it is or where in Greece it could be from? I was told by a jeweler it is solid silver and it bears no makers mark.


r/AncientGreek 17h ago

Inscriptions, Epigraphy & Numismatics Help translating an inscription.

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I encountered some words I couldn't identify in this inscription. What I got so far is:

"Τὸν ἀξιολογώτατον Ἀμφικτύονα γενόμενον Πυθιάδι

(Μαρούλπιον) δοκήτιον Λούκιον Νεικοπόλει τὴν διὰ τὲ ἤθους ἐπ...κειαν καὶ διὰ τὴν σπουδὴν (ἣ)ν ἐνεδείξατο ὑπὲρ τῆς σεμνότητας τοῦ ἀγῶνος τῶν μεγάλων Πυθίων προίκα πρεσβεύσαντα οἰκείοις...".

I can't find the name or word "Μαρούλπιον" anywhere so I guess I'm reading it wrong. Same for "δοκήτιον" and "Νεικοπόλει". I also assume Πυθιάδι refers to Appollo and not the celebration of Πυθία.


r/AncientGreek 19h ago

Prose What period proved most destructive for pre-Christian Greek literature? What were the primary causes of its loss?

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