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Pronunciation of Greek Myth Names
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Hi Folks,
I was never into Greek myths & legends at school so don't remember the pronunciation of these. Trouble is I have to display them with "easy to read" pronunciations as the children I'm teaching are only 7 and 8 years old.
Eg 1) Athenians -> a - THEE - nee - ans
Hoping this first one is correct. If not please let me know. The others are:-
2) King Aegeus -> AGE - us ?
3) Ariadne -> AR � ee � ADD � nee ?
4) Pelias
5) Ae�tes
6) Argonaughts -> ARE � gone � orts ?
7) Colchis
8) Thebes
9) Medea
Many thanks in advance. I really appreciate this!!!
Kindest Regards
Mitchell
I was never into Greek myths & legends at school so don't remember the pronunciation of these. Trouble is I have to display them with "easy to read" pronunciations as the children I'm teaching are only 7 and 8 years old.
Eg 1) Athenians -> a - THEE - nee - ans
Hoping this first one is correct. If not please let me know. The others are:-
2) King Aegeus -> AGE - us ?
3) Ariadne -> AR � ee � ADD � nee ?
4) Pelias
5) Ae�tes
6) Argonaughts -> ARE � gone � orts ?
7) Colchis
8) Thebes
9) Medea
Many thanks in advance. I really appreciate this!!!
Kindest Regards
Mitchell
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Just to restate Andy's (perfectly correct) answer - I think you used caps and lower case to indicate where the stress lies in the word. Using the same technique
Aegeus is ee-GEE-us
3 is correct
4 is pel-EYE-us
5 is eye-EET-eese
6 is ARG -oh-noughts (think astronauts - it's where they pinched the name from!)
7 is COL-kiss
8 is THEEBS i.e. it's not a two syllable word (think Phoeb's in Friends)
9 is me-DEE-ah
Just to restate Andy's (perfectly correct) answer - I think you used caps and lower case to indicate where the stress lies in the word. Using the same technique
Aegeus is ee-GEE-us
3 is correct
4 is pel-EYE-us
5 is eye-EET-eese
6 is ARG -oh-noughts (think astronauts - it's where they pinched the name from!)
7 is COL-kiss
8 is THEEBS i.e. it's not a two syllable word (think Phoeb's in Friends)
9 is me-DEE-ah
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