Greek at The London Summer School in Clasles
For those stents stating Gresk, please have a lok at the Greek alphabet in advance
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represent the lgama which Sappho ed (pode).
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reutto itn ftwerl re. Th ane would expect for example, ey
Homes elie int ote; but, friewas origin alae, anges
sonsonan. (See Farber ote ea Homeric mt i ie Rnting Gramiat
28)
Alphabet and pronunciation
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There area numberof websites which may help you
1. Open University: Introducing Ancient Greele
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This ste offers the chance to:
sreview the letters of the alphabet
sTsten to the sounds ofthe albet
srecognis the leters
smemorse the sequence of eters
‘ase letters to fem words
‘suse word to form simple sentences
2, hiiewopen ae ukAnsreading