Thanks a lot for all your valuable hints. Â Marco ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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John Dillon
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May 8, 2012 9:50 am
... Excellent sleuthing! JMD [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Dionysius Diadokhos
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May 8, 2012 1:34 pm
Father, I see you scheduled for University of Thessaloniki for the OTS. If you have been on Paros, are you part of the canonization fact-finding team? If so, ...
I think you have me mixed up with someone else. I AM NOT clergy and on no such schedule. On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Dionysius Diadokhos < ... [Non-text...
Thomas, Could you elaborate a bit, please, regarding vivarta? In a message dated 5/7/2012 7:57:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, thomas.r.mether@... writes:...
... M..C. There sure are. In fact I'd say no two modern nations pronounce ancient Greek in the same way. A modern Greek would pronunce roughly *thialektikee*....
I remember when I learned greek I proudly presented a sentence to one of my greek friends who just said: "you sound like a farmer from Thrace". Â ... ...
Thanks Mike and Marco. ... Any idea where the accent(s) go? The last vowel (e) sometimes has an acute accent diacritic, so perhaps that gets the main...
Mike, this brings back happy memories of Peter Green teasing us, kindly, in class for our "American" = more or less German pronunciation of ancient Greek, and...
... M.C. Yes. The rules are complex and mastered by few, even professionals The last vowel (e) sometimes has an ... M.C. As I said, the accent is tonal, and...
Not to be a buttinski, but the general rule with tonal accents is that the acute is raised like a fifth above the normal tone of the sentence/word, according...
This reminds me of something amusing (to me, anyway). An old, classically educated RC priest was a friend of my family. And I remember when I was in college (a...
Many grammars and textbooks suggest that late-ancient Greek had already taken on many of the features we associate with modern pronunciation, beta had become a...
My Greek classics professor, John Trapp (SFSU and yes related to those Austrian singers), one time spoke "classical" Greek when he was confronted by a drunk...
I will reply at length to the two of you, and others posing queries off-list, tomorrow. I just got through finals, grading and commencement, and needed, a...
PS, Sorry, and how all this parses out with the distinction of sensible and intelligible, species and intentionality, proper and common sensibles, and a...
I have also wondered but never asked anyone what role liturgical Greek and Byzantine chant might have had or not have had in the development of modern Greek....
Yes, I suppose one would have to dig more to try to establish a more detailed pattern using inscriptions, etc., to pinpoint more in time and place the shift. I...
Dennis et al., ... This book/record was my introduction to reconstructed Attic pronunciation. I have stayed fairly close to it in my own pronunciation. (His...
Greetings, This concept is also found in ancient Egyptian religion where, to give one example, the Duat, or underworld, is seen as a reflection of the earthly...
Sorry, I always seem to be asking this here but there is nowhere else for me to ask - has anyone gotten the most recent issue of IJPT? The last one I have is...
Since no one seems to have answered, did you fill out the right Forms? You can stream-line your form-filling-out experience by accessing the single source for...
Thanks, that was really helpful! Well, I paid my dues this year, and, to be honest, I have a book review in this volume too, so I would hope that I dotted my...
Well, the humor was meant to say "don't fret". I have an article in a Greek journal that was supposed to be out this time 2011 (let us not worry they are...
Dear Group, I'd just like to point out this reasoned, thoughtful, but firm review by John Dillon of a recent edition of Proclus. Most of the Parisian ...
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John Dillon
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May 16, 2012 9:33 am
... Many thanks, Mike, for that endorsement. I suspect, though, that the last has not been heard of this! John [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Just received email for this new book from OUP: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199693719.do Neoplatonism and the Philosophy of Nature Edited by James...
