TTC Video - Greek 101: The Greek Alphabet & Pronunciation

Language : English | 36 Lectures | 28.4 GB

Ancient Greek is a language like no other. It records an astonishing array of great works in different genres, stretching across a thousand years of history. Homer, the most influential poet ever, recited in the matchless cadences of the epic literary Greek dialect. The Apostle Paul, the Four Evangelists, and the other authors of the New Testament also left their accounts in Greek, using Koine, the beautifully clear conversational Greek spoken in the eastern Mediterranean of their day. Likewise, Sappho, Euripides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Plato, Demosthenes, and many other ancient authors wrote in Greek, each with a distinct style that makes their individual voices live across the centuries.

After just a few hours of Greek 101: Learning an Ancient Language, you'll understand why no translation can capture the expressive power of this incomparable tongue. In some ways simpler than English, in other ways more complex, Greek is a delight to study. As you work through these 36 engaging half-hour lessons, mastering the graceful alphabet, the precision of the nouns and verbs, the endlessly flexible syntax, and a vivid vocabulary, you'll learn words and phrases such as these:

μῆνιν: Pronounced mēnin, the first word of Homer's Iliad means wrath, setting the tone for the entire epic, which is about the consequences of Achilles' anger and how it leads the Greek army to the brink of ruin in the Trojan War. In this course, you read the first 125 lines of the Iliad-in Greek.
ἥρως: Once sounded out-hērōs-this word is obviously hero, and such larger-than-life warriors from Greek mythology are the chief characters in the Iliad. After learning the Greek alphabet and diacritical marks, you suddenly see the wide influence of Greek on English.
μαθηταὶ: That's you, the students, pronounced mathētai, and it's how Professor Hans-Friedrich Mueller addresses you throughout this course. It has the same root (a verb that means "to learn") as our word mathematics, and in the New Testament it comes to mean disciples.
μὴ γένοιτο: Pronounced mē genoito, it means literally, may this not happen. More colloquially, it translates, God forbid! and it isone of St. Paul's favorite expressions, used in Romans 7:13 and elsewhere. In this course, you read many such extracts from the New Testament-in Greek.

36 Lectures
1
The Greek Alphabet & Pronunciation

2
First-Declension Nouns

3
Basic Rules of Greek Accentuation

4
Additional Patterns of the First Declension

5
Verbs in the Present Tense

6
Adjective Forms & Second-Declension Nouns

7
Building Basic Translation Skills

8
First- & Second-Declension Pronouns

9
Verbs in the Imperfect Tense

10
Verbs in the Future & Aorist Tenses

11
First-Declension Masculine Nouns

12
The Root Aorist

13
Third-Declension Nouns

14
Understanding Dactylic Hexameter

15
Practicing Dactylic Hexameter

16
The Middle/Passive Voice: Present & Future

17
Aorist & Imperfect Middle/Passive

18
Perfect & Pluperfect Active

19
Forming and Using Infinitives

20
Active Participles

21
Middle/Passive Participles

22
The Perfect System in the Middle/Passive

23
The Subjunctive Mood

24
The Imperative Mood, Active

25
The Imperative Mood, Middle/Passive

26
The Optative Mood

27
The Aorist Passive

28
Third-Declension Adjectives

29
Demonstrative Adjectives & Pronouns

30
Personal & Possessive Pronouns

31
Relative, Interrogative & Indefinite Pronouns

32
Regular -μι Verbs in the Active

33
Regular -μι Verbs in the Middle/Passive

34
Review of Regular -μι Verbs

35
The Verb εἰμί

36
Irregular Verbs & Tips for Further Study

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