JACT Greek

Students should make themselves thoroughly familiar with the alphabet before the course begins and should practise pronouncing aloud the words written below. Upper case letters are on the left, lower case on the right.

A alpha a (as in Yorkshire ‘hat’) M mu m

a (as in ‘father’) N nu n

B beta b xi ks

gamma g (hard, as in ‘get’) O o omicron o (as in ‘got’)

delta d pi p

E epsilon e (as in ‘get’) rho rh

Z zeta zd sigma s

H eta e (as in French ‘bête’) T tau t

theta t-h upsilon u (as in French ‘tu’)

I iota i (as in ‘it’) phi p-h

i (as in ‘police’) chi k-h

K kappa k psi ps

lambda l omega o (as in ‘saw’)

Diphthongs

ai (as in ‘aisle’) ui (as in French ‘lui’)

au (as in ‘cow’) ei (as in ‘they’)

eu (e-u, not quite together) ou (as in ‘fool’)

oi (as in ‘boil’)

‘ = h ᾿ = lack of h (e.g. ἑξ = hex ἐξ = ex)

-- = ng (as in ‘angle’)

τὸ δὲ τίς μὲν σὺ φῶς νύξ δὴ καὶ ποῦ τοι φεῦ ναῦς εἰ δεῖ κατα μάλα μετὰ πέμπω ψυχὴ περὶ δῖος ζῶον θάνατος βάσις δόγμα τραῦμα ἐγώ ἠχώ κλῖμαξ θέσις γένεσις φωνὴ στίγμα μανία χορὸς φιλοσοφία ἀνάλυσις ἱπποπόταμος δημοκρατία ῥητορικὸς φυσικὸς