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Questions tagged [greek]

Questions about learning or teaching the Greek language, including Ancient Greek, Medieval Greek and Modern Greek.

This tag should only be used for questions primarily about the Greek language.

As long the question is primarily focused on the Greek language, and only that language, this tag can be used. If other languages are also primarily focused within the question, use the tag instead.

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Is it easier for someone who has a background in physics, mathematics, etc. to learn Greek?

My probability professor once told us that he had been able to identify a pharmacy (φαρμακείο) during a trip in Greece simply by using his knowledge of greek letters. (In case you didn't know, math uses a lot of greek letters as constants and…
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Is it worth learning modern conversational Greek to help with learning classical and/or Attic Greek?

I currently have only a small amount of Greek learning and most of it is Homeric Greek with a little bit of Attic from reading the New Testament. Modern Greek is classified as a "Level IV" language by the Foreign Service Institute, meaning that they…
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List of all two and three letter syllables in Koine Greek required

I'd like to get a list of all possible two and three letter syllables in Koine Greek. Reference I have used is: https://www.sttmedia.com/syllablefrequency-greek but I'm afraid it doesn't contain those which contain double consonants and long…
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How can Greek manuscripts be intelligible with Hebrew characters placed in it?

In certain old fragments of the Greek Septuigent the name of YHWH alone is written in paleo-Hebrew letters. I’m a novice at Greek, but isn’t it necessary for all proper nouns and names to be written with the proper case ending attached to it? How…
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