Vox Graeca The Pronunciation of Classical Greek [Paperback]

A new and enlarged edition of Professor Allen's successful book on the pronunciation of Attic Greek in classical times.A significant addition to this revised edition is an appendix on the Greek alphabet, designed to provide a parallel and historical background to a similar appendix in the previous edition.A significant addition to this revised edition is an appendix on the Greek alphabet, designed to provide a parallel and historical background to a similar appendix in the previous edition.This edition of Professor Allen's highly successful book is on the pronunciation of Attic Greek in classical times. In this third edition, Allen has revised the section on stress in classical Greek, the chapter on quantity has been recast, and the author has added an appendix on the names and letters of the Greek alphabet, to provide a parallel and historical background to the similar appendix in the second edition of his Vox Latina. The total amount of revision since the first edition has made it necessary to reset the whole book, so in addition to the new material, the supplementary notes of the second edition are now incorporated into the main text making this book much more convenient to use.1. Consonants; 2. Vowels; 3. Vowel-length; 4. Vowel-junction; 5. Quantity; 6. Accent; Appendices.