The Ancient Greek dialect Boeotian has a number of innovative features reminiscent of Modern Greek, but does this mean that many or most of the features of Modern Greek already existed in antiquity? In reality, Boeotian unlocks the precise timing of when and how Attic pronunciation changed and how it became Koine. I think this is an amazing story, and I bet you will too (if you are a historical phonology nerd, that is.) Καλώς ορίσατε!

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Review of Ben Kantor's books "Pronunciation of New Testament Greek"
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The Error of Caragounis:
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Vulgar Attic & Review of Teodorsson's Works:
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Vox Graeca, by W. Sidney Allen
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Vox Graeca, Η προφορά της ελληνικής την κλασική εποχή, by W. Sidney Allen (Modern Greek translation)
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Greek: A History of the Language and its People, by Geoffrey Horrocks
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The Pronunciation of Greek and Latin, Edgar Howard Sturtevant
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The Pronunciation of New Testament Greek here, by Benjamin Kantor
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The Short Guide to the Pronunciation of New Testament Greek, by Benjamin Kantor
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Teodorsson, SvenTage, 1978, The phonology of Attic in the Hellenistic Period

I also spoke about this book:
Reading and Pronouncing Biblical Greek, by Philemon Zachariou
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While it purports to be a book about the historical phonology of Greek, it's best described as a pseudolingustic apologia that attempts to persuade the reader that Ancient Greek was pronounced the same as Modern Greek. If you're interested in learning how such pseudolinguists present this issue, it is an interesting read.

00:00 Intro to Boeotian
01:11 Sources
01:50 AtticIonic Alphabet 403 BC
02:33 στους Έλληνες φίλους μας
03:16 Boetian vs Attic: front vowels
05:08 γιατί λέμε «κοϊνέϊ» στα Αγγλικά
05:33 Boeotian: ahead of its time?
09:48 Boetian vs Attic: back vowels
11:46 Why Modern Greek Pronunciation is not "Historical"
14:34 The lie about αε for αι
19:04 Tanagra! Where αε for αι and οε for οι are actually found
24:29 Allen's vs Sturtevant's vowel system
29:07 Boeotian inscription recited
32:00 Thanks to Patrons!