xvi Athenaze: Book I ‘Transliteration Note the following standard transliteration of Greek into English letters: ven st veuory =ph Remember the following: yy = ng; y= nk; 7G= nx, and yy = nch; av, cv, nv, ov, vt au, eu, 8u, ou, ui, but when vis not in a diphthong it is usually transkiter, ated as y, And note that 9,1, and g are transliterated ai, ai, and di, to distin= guish them from tho short diphthongs, at, e1, and ot, translitorated ai, oi, and oi, FThe recommendations for pronunciation given above (the restored pronunciation) are ‘based on W. Sidney Allen, Vax Graeca: A Guide to the Pronunciation of Classical Grech, Cambridge University Press, 3rd ed., 1988, pages 177-179. For demonstration of the re. stored pronunciation, including the pitch accants, studonts should consult the cassette recording of Stephen G. Daits, The Pronunciation and Reading of Ancient Greek: A Practical Guide, 2nd ed., 1984, Audio Forum, Guilford, CT 08437 (U.S.A.)} Part I: Writing Greek Letters Certain conventions may be observed in writing Greek letters. With prac- tice one can write them with ease and speed. There should bo no difficulty in. initating the printed forms of the capitals; the small lettors may he written as indicated below. A small “s" indicates the point where each lettor should be begun ("s,," “sy” ete,, are used if it is necessary to lift the pen or pencil), and an arrowhead (--->) indicates the direction in which the pon or pencil should ‘move. For convenience, the lotters may be divided into four groups: (2) Eleven of the Greok small letters do not extend below the line of writ= ingand are approximately as wide as they are high (ef. English a, o, , ote), {The corresponding eapitals are given firat, then the printed forms of the small letters, then the “diagrams” for imitation.) | A < ae "1 ne. 5 i We : t i 0 | : We | SS ' an i Note that v has a po @) Three of twice as high as the (8) Seven of th below it, but do not r v |Introduction A B L K N ° « e t x y ° 3 s 31 3 s Y 5 CXEeE ft le YO FEE z T Y a ® ° + v ° “TRC UD Note that v has a point at tho bottom, whereas » is round, (2) ‘Three of the Greok small letters rest on the line of writing but are twice as high as the letters in group 1: (3) Seven of the Greek smail letters rest on the line of writing and extend below it, but do not extend above the letters of group 1: r u M 1 @ ® xxviii Athenaze: Book I ! } ( Four of the Greek small letters extend both above and below the Hine of \ writing: tee | a “Th Students will, of course, dovelop their own writing style, and slight varia- me tions from the method of forming the lettors that has just been deseeibod will not, in general, cause confusion, Th acst of the material in the above section ie taken ftom The Language of the New | Xe matanent by Bugene Van Noss Goctchius, © Reprinted by permissien of Pane, : ¥ Education, Ine, Upper Saddle River, NJ] a ic | fal a of Part Iv: I Practice in Pronunciation and Writing Practice pronouncing the following words, imitating your teacher. ‘Then 4 | copy the Greck words onto a sheet of paper; write the English transliteration of «h each Greek word, and give an English dorivative of each. | 2. iva 11. “dye 1. edna 81. fedpa Ke 2. d6loua 12. Spaua 22. wiacua «82. arty. oa 3. boone 18. EuBaqua 23. vowona 83. obumeoua i oi 4 todua 14, Cedyua 24. Bvowa 84. oot 5. ypduno 15. Ogu 25. méona 85. cxf aa 6. Sépu0. 16. Bedpnua 26. nvedpa 36, oxiouee of 7 didbnie 17. ‘lone 27. mpaywa 87. ane ' ix 8 Sidgpama 18. xivnna 28 noinua 38. heya. | 9. Binns 19. KAiwe 29. plone «39. ydoun 10. Birhowa 20, dupa 30. pofanuar 40. xpane.}