I was referred to the recording on this page for the classical pronunciation of ancient Greek. Does this pronunciation sound correct to you? The speaker's epsilon and iota sounded identical to me, and the omicron in the example words sounded a lot like a Latin U, but that may be the doing of my poor quality headphones.
I have read a lot of conflicting claims on how the language was pronounced, and would like to know your opinions.
Finally, and incidentally, is there a word meaning "one who speaks/studies Greek", as there is for Latin (i.e., "Latinist")? The closest thing that I can think of is "Graecophone", but that would imply not only fluency but even nativity.
Edit - "Atticist" may work, but it could hardly apply to someone who studies more than Attic Greek.
I have read a lot of conflicting claims on how the language was pronounced, and would like to know your opinions.
Finally, and incidentally, is there a word meaning "one who speaks/studies Greek", as there is for Latin (i.e., "Latinist")? The closest thing that I can think of is "Graecophone", but that would imply not only fluency but even nativity.
Edit - "Atticist" may work, but it could hardly apply to someone who studies more than Attic Greek.