Lucian Pronunciation has been updated! See the Variants of Lucian Pronunciation video from 2023: [ Ссылка ]
While this first video from 2020 on Lucian Pronunciation still contains much useful information, particularly on one of the variants (Samosatene Lucian), the entire system has been updated to include a total of six variants, meaning six conventions for different states of the Greek language in the Koine Period; watch the new video here: [ Ссылка ]

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The Lucian Pronunciation of Ancient Greek, developed by Luke Ranieri & Raphael Turrigiano, is a system that is historically valid, aesthetically pleasing, pedagogically useful, and unifying among standards.

Companion article to this video for convenient reference: [ Ссылка ]

Ranieri's Greek Pronunciation Chronology Spreadsheet:
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Luke Ranieri presents (in Latin! subtitles in English) his research on Latin & Greek Pronunciation Evolution 500 BC to 500 AD "Vōcēs quae per saecula inmūtantur" (Living Latin & Ancient Greek in New York City 2020):
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Randall Buth's pronunciation for Koine Greek (which I classify as being a very Late Koine, nearly Mediaeval Greek pronunciation): [ Ссылка ]

Ben Kantor's channel "Koine Greek" @KoineGreek where he expertly and fluently speaks as well as recites Ancient Greek in the Randall Buth Pronunciation:
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Christophe Rico @PaideiaMedia on the Sixth Renaissance:
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Luke Ranieri & Stefano Vittori discuss in Latin the topic of the nature of authenticity in the restoration of ancient languages in the Latin language podcast Legio XII:
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Ioannis Stratakis (Ιωάννης Στρατάκης) @Podium-arts performing Ancient Greek literature in restored Classical Attic Pronunciation:
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Raphael Turrigiano's Paleogloss channel:
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Logan Klipelä's channels
Menelmacar: [ Ссылка ]
Menelvagor:
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Greeks Speaking Modern Greek:
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0:47 Part I: The Sounds of Lucian Pronunciation
1:00 Short Vowels
1:28 Long Vowels
1:57 True Diphthongs αι & οιṇ̣̣2:41 Iota-Subscript
2:57 Aspirate (h-sound)
3:13 Retracted σ, ζ
4:10 Dental Fricatives δ, θ
4:16 Velar Fricatives γ, χṇ5:11 Palatal Fricatives γ, χ
5:48 Double-gamma γγ
6:07 Velar/Palatal Occlusive κ
6:19 Other Consonants
7:15 Bilabial Fricatives β, φ
7:37 False Diphthongs (Rounded Bilabial Fricatives) αυ, ευ
8:08 Key features of Standard Lucian Pronunciation, as well as the Evolved & Archaic variants
10:30 Origns of Lucian Pronunciation
12:30 Why we think Lucian Pronunciation is a better default choice for all Ancient Greek as opposed to the venerable work done by Randall Buth in his Late Koine Pronunciation
14:15 Part II: Methodology
14:26 Science + Art + Pedagogy + Politics
15:04 Plausible variants: diachronic, diatopic, diastratic, diaphasic
15:48 Aesthetic choices matter
17:30 The "quadrivium" of Science + Art + Pedagogy + Politics applied to Lucian Pronunciation
19:27 The importance of phonemic vowel length and pitch accent in all periods of Ancient Greek literature
22:26 The politics of broad acceptance of a restored pronunciation system
24:08 How people will sometimes use a disingenuous appeal facts to justify a preferred convention
25:37 Conclusion: historically valid, aesthetically pleasing, pedagogically useful, unifying among standards

Music: "Hymn to Nemesis" ancient Greek song, performed by Ensemble de Organographia

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