For those interested in the pronunciation used in this video, and why it doesn't sound like modern Greek, here's some info from Barefaced Greek, who helped produce this video and regularly stage Ancient Greek plays in their original language: “There is quite a big difference between the way we think ancient Greek was pronounced and the way modern Greek is pronounced. There are a lot of different vowel sounds in ancient Greek, which have now conflated to become the same ‘i’ sound in modern Greek pronunciation. In Barefaced Greek films we use the Erasmian pronunciation of the ancient language - which is how scholars (in the UK, US and Germany and many other academic/pedagogic communities) believe it was pronounced, based on a range of linguistic techniques for understanding how a dead language might have sounded. Modern Greek speakers tend to use modern Greek pronunciation for the ancient language (understandably) and the two sound quite different. Obviously it’s an ongoing and lively debate, and we are completely engaged with new developments in our understanding of the sound of the ancient language. For those seeking more info, Wikipedia has a good introductory article here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_of_Ancient_Greek_in_teaching Or get in touch with Barefaced Greek to chat more about it.”

@VforValenti

5 жыл бұрын

Is Erasmian pronunciation a good attempt to pronounce Koine Greek, that is in what language this text was written? This is the main question here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koine_Greek_phonology Spoiler Alert, IT IS NOT.

@crnicrni7515

5 жыл бұрын

Don't you understand that Macedonian and for that matter all Slavic languages are derived from Serbian.Troy is todays SKADAR IN Albania WHICH WAS Serbian capital for 1000 years.Mountains Prokletije were called Troyans mountains until 1906.Crete has a lot of monuments inscribed in Serbian letters.

@VforValenti

5 жыл бұрын

@@crnicrni7515 You need to stop narcotics...

@Georged811

5 жыл бұрын

The actor tries to pronounce the text using the Erasmian pronunciation of Attic Greek (even though the shift to modern Greek pronuciation had been almost completed when Arrian wrote the text of the speech). The problem is that he did a very bad job at it - words are stressed at the wrong syllabe, others are mangled, and he lacks any sense of rhythm in the text, which makes it very uncomfortable to listen to.

@TheDalitis8

4 жыл бұрын

@@Georged811 I agree 100%. There is literally no way ancient Greek was pronounced in this way. And I am referring to the diphthong issue, not all the other mistakes made in this narration.

This video is the definition of why the internet is awesome.

@183_widyaakbarsuharyanto5

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly we just have to stick to the right side of internet to found treasure content like this

@diegogatti7397

Жыл бұрын

these contentest are the ultimate meaning of the internet, the rest if having funny time together

@b4tgiUS

21 күн бұрын

Facts

Alexander: talks Soldiers: where did u get that British accent bro?

@johnpaulabocad6941

3 жыл бұрын

Alexander: "I'm so mad my voice has to travel through time to contain my dissapointment"

@YiannissB.

2 жыл бұрын

Χαχαχαχα

@hellas3191

2 жыл бұрын

Lol he speak ancient greek the video show you british

@christosnitsos9957

2 жыл бұрын

And why are you using the Erasmian pronunciation?

@extremeusace4189

2 жыл бұрын

@@hellas3191 wow as if no one realized

Now upload the entire Alexander the Great series in Ancient Greek

@jewelrule

5 жыл бұрын

Y ea

@ComradeHellas

5 жыл бұрын

It's in Ancient Greek

@mehrheitler

5 жыл бұрын

And the History of Russia in Russian…

@dariusiiiemperoroftheachae1818

5 жыл бұрын

Comrade Hellas not the entire series.

@dariusiiiemperoroftheachae1818

5 жыл бұрын

Иван Рогожин Old Slavic*

Shit! After that speech, even I wanted to apologize to him after 2,342 years xD

@afonsoferreira2652

3 жыл бұрын

sic est hahahah concordo

@DimitrisKokkos

3 жыл бұрын

yeap... the boys wanted to go home... and let the king down... but return home is always the goal tho right? ask Odysseus

@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

3 жыл бұрын

Same for me, but we don’t speak Ancient Greek (Koine Hellenon)

@afonsoferreira2652

3 жыл бұрын

@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 u should though. It make no sense to speak a non ancient Greek

@scotto.2113

3 жыл бұрын

You want to retire the old and injured after conquering most of the known world and working your entire life to better your people and country? Guess we'll just riot then, that seems reasonable *facepalm*.

If you're not fluent in Ancient Greek, turn on the captions! CC button bottom-right of video. I hope you enjoy this new version of our 'Mutiny at Opis' video in Arrian's original Ancient Greek. Huge thanks to Barefaced Greek making it possible. If you get a taste for videos in Ancient Greek, check out their video 'Agamemnon: The Homecoming' from Aeschylus's play Agamemnon, about what happened to the great king of Mycenae after the Trojan War : kzread.info/dash/bejne/c5t7kqt-ctrJhaw.html Buy merch inspired by our Alexander the Great video from the merch shelf ^^^^^^^ or here: teespring.com/en-GB/stores/epic-history-tv-store-2

@Fman0909

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you know that he would addressed his Macedonian army in their own tongue. He only spoke Greek to foreigners.

@EpichistoryTv

5 жыл бұрын

​@@Fman0909 It's an interesting point. Obviously the video is a dramatisation of a scene in Arrian's Anabasis, which is in Ancient Greek. The speech itself is effectively written by Arrian. The language of the actual, historical speech may not be clear cut though. It's addressed directly to the Macedonian contingent of his army, which is a strong argument that it was made in Macedonian dialect/language. But it seems plausible to me that Alexander wanted non-Macedonians to understand him, and Greek was the lingua franca of his empire. We also know that Alexander saw himself as an inheritor of Greek culture and tradition, and wanted to be seen as a Panhellenic leader, so perhaps in a formal situation he chose to speak in Greek. I think you may well be right, but don't think we can be certain.

@imperfectcell7081

5 жыл бұрын

@@EpichistoryTv Do you believe Ancient Macedonia was Greek or Greekified as some say?

@EpichistoryTv

5 жыл бұрын

@@imperfectcell7081 It's a big and interesting question, and lots has been written on this (from Herodotus onwards). Certainly the Macedonian elite and in particular their kings, Alexander I, Philip, Alexander the Great, aspired to be Greek, and part of the Greek world, but other Greeks did not always regard them as 'proper' Greeks - more on the fringe. Alexander I had to persuade Greek officials to let him take part in the Olympic Games (open only to Greeks) but they did finally agree.

@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt

5 жыл бұрын

All the Greeks had to prove their Greekness in order to participate in the Olympics. Not only the Macedonians. They who were judging them, were called the Hellanodikai.

I tried to listen to this without captions (I study Ancient Greek at school), but I admit it, it was very difficult! Nevertheless, I understood most of the participles and the words referring to names and topography (in their own context). After listening to this a second time, I was able to understand more particles of time and place, I also understood more of the things he said about how they were treated by him (marriages, funerals, badges of honor,...). I will be listening again in a couple of days, to see if I can pick up some more things, but these are my (first) conclusions: - Alexander uses a LOT of personal pronouns (εμου, ημετεροσ, εαυτων, υμιν,...) to get the attention of his audience and makes it feel personal. - He uses a lot of contrasts in his phrases (μεγαλα, μικρα,...). - he uses lots of time indicators (νυν, προτογε, These things make for a great speech and are still used today! I would suggest to put the entire text in Ancient Greek somewhere in the description, so that geeks like me can have a go at it! I also think that you should make more collaborations like this one, maybe next time an entire speech? (This one was abridged for those who don't know and is approximately 1/3 of the original). Anyway props again for creating this piece of art!

@Timurv1234

5 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! I think he was great with words, and knew how to manipulate (which I think doesn't have to be a negative thing), and that's why so many people loved him so much. Knowing how to talk to people is crucial!

@V-q8is

3 жыл бұрын

@@Timurv1234 he was a brilliant soldier, politician, statesman, general and human being all rolled into one. What a man.

@roy6672

3 жыл бұрын

It was difficulty to hear because the speech has a heavy accent making it even harder to understand. It’s not clear to hear but still a good attempt.

@saber379

2 жыл бұрын

I hope i can appreciate this as much as you do. I mean i like it and all but ur on another level

@therealbs2000

2 жыл бұрын

The man had aristotle as his private tutor...he may have picked up a few moves

The title should've been in Ancient Greek smh

@Macinatorecazzaro

5 жыл бұрын

@Prometheus Titan in german or italian..

@armaholic5949

5 жыл бұрын

@@Macinatorecazzaro uh no it should be σε αυτήν εδώ τη γλώσσα

@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

4 жыл бұрын

Most of the speech is not written with Greek Alphabet, while it should all be

We really appreciate your effort to talk and speak in ancient Greek for the whole video. Thank you/Ευχαριστούμε :)

@ComradeHellas

5 жыл бұрын

They did a good job

@user-zm8nb8pk4n

3 жыл бұрын

@@ComradeHellas he did a terrible job.

@roy6672

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-zm8nb8pk4n I think so too, I could read the subtitles but the audio felt very off

@wankawanka3053

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-zm8nb8pk4n well it's still appreciated non the less

@Gyneco-Phobia

7 ай бұрын

@@user-zm8nb8pk4n It would be better to be narrated by a Greek guy. In any case, we're able to understand ancient Greek much better when it's written down. Just narrating by a British guy only a few words I was able to catch while the written phrases were 100% understood. A Greek guy would at least give the Greek tone and pronounce the non-written words better. But still OK.

Don't forget to use Close Captions as you watch this awesome vid

@araknas3981

5 жыл бұрын

HA! Joke's on you, I listened to the English one so many times, I know it by heart.

@MuddieRain

5 жыл бұрын

Jokes on both of you. The English version is on the channel.

It's awesome hearing the speech authenticly, but I wish you would have included on-screen subtitles!

@EpichistoryTv

5 жыл бұрын

Turn on the captions?

@jeffwalters8552

5 жыл бұрын

@@EpichistoryTv I'm sad to say it took me a minute to figure that out.

@Ellinon_Vasileus

5 жыл бұрын

It's not authentic. It's butchered! The massacre of ancient Greek language

@EpichistoryTv

5 жыл бұрын

​@@Ellinon_Vasileus I'm posting this on various comments to try to explain the approach taken in this video... This video was made with the expert guidance of Barefaced Greek, who collectively hold various degrees and a doctorate in Classics and Ancient Greek. Here is their take on the issue: “There is quite a big difference between the way we think ancient Greek was pronounced and the way modern Greek is pronounced. There are a lot of different vowel sounds in ancient Greek, which have now conflated to become the same ‘i’ sound in modern Greek pronunciation. In Barefaced Greek films we use the Erasmian pronunciation of the ancient language - which is how scholars (in the UK, US and Germany and many other academic/pedagogic communities) believe it was pronounced, based on a range of linguistic techniques for understanding how a dead language might have sounded. Modern Greek speakers tend to use modern Greek pronunciation for the ancient language (understandably) and the two sound quite different. Obviously it’s an ongoing and lively debate, and we are completely engaged with new developments in our understanding of the sound of the ancient language. For those seeking more info, Wikipedia has a good introductory article here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_of_Ancient_Greek_in_teaching Or get in touch with Barefaced Greek to chat more about it.”

@Ellinon_Vasileus

5 жыл бұрын

@@EpichistoryTv the οι ου ει αι ευ etc etc is not the same as you are said and the have a way to be pronanched and in your video you pronance them one by one. Further more the actor make a word of three or four syllabus pieces and tell it syllabus by syllabus like a retarted robot. This is a butcher, a massacre of the ancient Greek language. In fact you massacred the hole speech of Alexander. If you can't have a proper Greek reader then just let it in English.

From a Macedonian, thank you for this awesome video. Greetings from Hellas.

@aleksandarkaradakoski3258

5 жыл бұрын

Me too bro:)

@Stratigoz

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry ''bro'' but I have no relation with bulgarians/pseudomacedonians. Nice try though :)

@hellenicfighter8796

5 жыл бұрын

@@aleksandarkaradakoski3258 We made you macedonians so Bulgarians wouldn't claim you, you know that? This happened during the Macedonian Struggle. Tito then, reversed the idea and the slavomacedonian clowns emerged!

@ComradeHellas

5 жыл бұрын

@@hellenicfighter8796 They were always called Macedonians, Grik n*tionalist morons decided that they are not Macedonians during 1990s, back in 1900s we had fully recognized them as an ethnic minority.

@ComradeHellas

5 жыл бұрын

@@aleksandarkaradakoski3258 My Slavo-Macedonian friend, do not mind these uneducated n*tionalists, they have no idea of Greek or Balkan history whatsoever. You cannot be Macedonian and Greek as you cannot be Polish and German at the same time. Peace.

Nobody: Epic History TV: Alexander the great speech in ancient greek

@luxembourgishempire2826

5 жыл бұрын

?

@raulpetrascu2696

5 жыл бұрын

Actually someone commented on the speech video asking for a greek version and I'm surprised they actually did it but nice meme

@grieftex803

5 жыл бұрын

Raul Petrascu Really? Well that's pretty cool that they actually followed up on that idea

@SouthSaskFarmer1

5 жыл бұрын

Yup

@paranoidandroid6095

5 жыл бұрын

yeah yeah lets stick this shit in the comment section of every video. Even the intellectual one, not meme

The english version was brilliant...but this one, is simply majestic, and most of all, truly.

It was quite amazing to have this done. You can hear the English accent, but I’m glad you did this rendition in the original. Kudos!

Nice video, even though it’s noticeable that it’s voiced by an English speaker.

@1glogo

5 жыл бұрын

Haha exactly my thoughts, worth the try though!

@commandro

5 жыл бұрын

I noticed it too, and I don't even speak Greek.

@MultiSciGeek

5 жыл бұрын

That's an understatement

@abalosdin6568

5 жыл бұрын

noticeable HAHAHH ρε φίλε το σκότωσε

@efi8229

5 жыл бұрын

@@abalosdin6568 οι τόνοι με σκότωσαν

​It may seem authentic,but it is highly doubtful that Alexander would address his battle-hardened captains using the Erasmian pronunciation,which was at the time reduced to the language of poets. He probably used some sort of proto-Hellenistic version of Koine Greek.

@ihihihihi.heheh.

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. Probably he used hard wild language usually used by soldiers.

@intergalactic.transmitter9911

7 күн бұрын

He was highly educated so it's not hard believe he would speak in such a fashion to rally the troops. He was also battle hardened himself. You think it would make more sense for an educated battle hardened general to give a speech like he's talking to a bunch of monkeys?

Wait I've watched this months ago... *hears greek words Nope... never seen this one.

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwww As a Greek who understands a bit of ancient Greek I have to say... This speech was breathtaking!! You guys did a fur greater than any other Greek could have done about Alexander the Great! Congrats!!!!!

@swolag

2 жыл бұрын

σιγά ρε....

@theodorospadelidis6537

2 жыл бұрын

own greek cultural tradtional historical discord server if you want to join send me your discord or email

@intergalactic.transmitter9911

2 жыл бұрын

@@swolag that was quite the stupid comment.

@FPVzedsian

Жыл бұрын

Who told you that this reconstructed accent is correct.?

@nancygates4037

Жыл бұрын

Z, 5 t. 7j tw

I love that you have tried! But the accent it is strange and makes it difficult to understand it. Anyway continue the good work! Love from Greece!

@VforValenti

5 жыл бұрын

It is in Erasmic pronunciation also... 😉

@Cincinnatus358

5 жыл бұрын

Ancient not modern creek. Edit: Appearently i don't know what i am talking about. In finnish you go back a couple centuries and i have trouble understanding some words and text becomes very hard to understand. So i assumed the same for creek. Sorry.

@zach3600

5 жыл бұрын

@@Cincinnatus358 same accent, and easily understandable by a modern speaker

@bill884

5 жыл бұрын

@@Cincinnatus358 yes I have study the ancient language and I can understand it. The morden Greek have a very strong connection with the ancient that if you are a for example German you will not understand the difference.

@benrodir2

5 жыл бұрын

@@bill884 another reason to love Greece and it's people!

As Greek , i cant describe how honored i am!! I love this channel !!!

Very cool collaboration. Ancient Greek sounds impressive!

@imperfectcell7081

5 жыл бұрын

If only the pronounciation was correct.

@hellenicfighter8796

5 жыл бұрын

@Dragon Dimosthenis Erasmian accent is the issue. An imposed one from the West, alien to Ancient Greek phonology.

@VforValenti

5 жыл бұрын

@@hellenicfighter8796 it may be very accurate pronunciation, for older ancient Greek times though. It is quite inefficient, for instance, to have so many letters or combination of letters just to pronounce "ι"... So there is strong indication for many of Erasmus' assumptions. Also, some letters was not used as in today's times, even in classical era (such as "η"). Finally, sheeps (classic example) could not change their language. So when in ancient (archaic) scripts it is written that sheeps do a "βεε-βεε" or "βη-βη" sound, we can assume the correct pronunciation, at least for this time. Language is a living thing. It changes very much even in a generation. Even English has changed thou for you, due to a great typo problem, after the invention of typography...

@costasvrettakos

5 жыл бұрын

@@VforValenti the letter pronounciation is totally american. The ρ,χ,φ,θ,π etc all sound so wrong.

@VforValenti

5 жыл бұрын

@@costasvrettakos You forgot δ! I just emphasize in pronunciation, not accent, as I believe we Greek may have the worse English accent of the world. We don't have any right to demand good accent for our language, ancient or modern.

hey guys, this is really great. The pronunciation might be a bit off at some points (vowel length, aspirated stops), but it's so cool to see that somebody who makes a business out of YT like you guys takes the time to produces such a product. I assume you knew that this video would not get as much attention as other videos, because it's not in English - and still you made it. Just awesome.

@pitsinokaki

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly this - fantastic.

enjoyed the ancient greek format approach,. something different. well done !

@thegreat8153

2 жыл бұрын

@Algotnis Another ignorant fool of history, guys. Okay, because I haven't done this conversation before, let me introduce myself. Im a random guy from Japan, who is a university student. Ok? Ok. Now if I am speculating right, you are obviously Albanian. Let's trace to the Albanian roots back in the day. Albanian origins were said to be from the Steppes of Caucasus. The lands of Albania were formed up 100 years ago. Alexander lived approximately 400 hundred years before the birth of Jesus Christ. With some words, except the WHOLE family tree of Alexander was originated from Caucasian Steppe tribes that migrated at least 400 hundred years ago (which isn't true), it means that you are an utter fool and an ignorant nationalist idiot. Let's do the calculations: •Severe Levels Of Moronity? ✓ •Nationalist Fool?✓ •Was beaten in a history argument by a guy living hundreds of miles away where your country is next to Greece, yet despite you don't know what you are taking about? ✓ In conclusion, if we do all the calculations, we can pretty much assume that you are stupid. Please, post some comment, I want to hear your opinions. However, be ready to embarrass yourself.

Alexander in ancient Greek, "I'm gonna end this guy's whole career". Persia, "pikachu surprise face".

Macedonia is Greece 🇬🇷 never forget love my ancient city where my ancestors lived

@ghostofathens6600

4 жыл бұрын

And now still live

@cvet0246

4 жыл бұрын

One can’t be the other my brother.

@ghostofathens6600

4 жыл бұрын

Slender Man no dude they are bulgars

@ghostofathens6600

4 жыл бұрын

Cvet 024 that’s why I am telling you it’s Greek

@sulaimarnwisit1445

3 жыл бұрын

Watch out Turk

In Italy we study ancient greek at school, in a particular high school called Classico.

@dragooll2023

2 жыл бұрын

@Algotnis One has cars and airplanes and the other doesn't

@chriskalogrias926

2 жыл бұрын

@Algotnis I can almost bet I got higher than you :)

Greetings from Bulgaria ! Amazing project and great idea! Big up !

I feel so proud for my ancestors IM HELLIN GREEK 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 I’m proud to be from Macedonia I’m proud for my heritage long live Hellenic nation

@tasosk7818

Жыл бұрын

🇨🇾🇬🇷🇬🇷👊

Seeing Alexander the Great speaking in his native Ancient Greek language has always been my dream! It should have been cool to hire a native Greek actor! Greetings from Mexico!

May the light of Greek civilization shine bright forever.

Hyped for the first time it didn't take 1-4 months between episodes! Love this channel... use English captions for the video!

@ChrisDynamo

5 жыл бұрын

Why would it take that long? They literally already made this video ages ago, they just added a different narrative language.

@Schmidty1

5 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisDynamo normally their videos come out every 1-4 months which takes way too long. He probably has a life to get too. I was just happy that one came out a week after the last upload.

How did I miss this? I read this speech in books but it is great to listen this in ancient greek. You upload it 3 days before my birthday. I consider this as a great birthday gift, thank you guys.

im greek and im impressed! your accent was a bit off but it's still great

@Fiaw1

2 жыл бұрын

"A bit" lol

@ozzy-uo1gh

2 жыл бұрын

it is how it was pronounced back then

@FPVzedsian

2 жыл бұрын

@@ozzy-uo1gh who says that? Foreigners? That would probably sound barbaric to those speaking the Hellenic language.

@user-tj3to6ps9t

3 ай бұрын

​@@ozzy-uo1ghBut the pronunciation of some vowels and the word stress was off.

After learning most of these Ancient Greek words I can say with confidence that this video is pure art

Is it just me or if I really hear Alexander the Great sound much powerful in Ancient Greek than in English? I'm trying to imagine those words in a much kingly voice...

@gantengdanpemberani238

2 жыл бұрын

He must be kharismatik and has majestic and thunderous voice. Since they scream all day everyday at the battle. You can hear his voice from miles away. And everyone stood still.

@SpartanLeonidas1821

2 жыл бұрын

@@gantengdanpemberani238 Charismatic = Χαρισματικός

@Basil-HD

2 жыл бұрын

I think the British version had more passion

@ihihihihi.heheh.

2 жыл бұрын

It's much more loudly and harsh and emptional and full of anger and spirit that make his army shame. And beg for forgiveness. No king can speech like that like Alexander himself.

@ihihihihi.heheh.

2 жыл бұрын

@@gantengdanpemberani238 yup and i think his voice is the loudest since he always order his army in battles among the screams and shouts in the crowded battles.

Your channel truly deserves its name! This is as epic as history gets!

Alexander himself: " ..... we on the contrary, shall fight for *_Greece (Hellas)_* , and our hearts will be in it " Arrian Anabasis Book II, 7 Alexander's speech before Battle of Issus

What a noble language. You can hear the glory of the gods in it! Great job!

Finally!!! I have been waiting for this since i saw your tweet.

I found the speech so captivating that i actually forgot to turn on CC and suddenly noticed it around 3:30 🤣 Great video, would love to see/hear more battle speeches of that era.

I've catched one word every ten of the ancient Greek speech by Alexander reproduced in this video with a fluent cadence (even if with an English accent) and it has been emotional to me the joining of the dead written words with their (presumed) living sound, thank you and congratulation.

You have some dedication to your subject to release the speech in Ancient Greek. Respect.

I actually start my day, up in the early morning, by listening to this, sometimes! The English version at least. This is Great Historical Reconstruction and motivation.

I really appreciate the Ancient Greek, but the accent is wack.

@akSeR2010

5 жыл бұрын

What makes you think that the way you pronounce the words today, was the same ancient Greeks pronounced theirs?

@Evzone1821

5 жыл бұрын

Chris Nobody spoke Ancient Greek with an American accent.

@PatraGR

5 жыл бұрын

Here is a good one with a normal accent. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hIKg3LNvhNXYY7Q.html

@bill884

5 жыл бұрын

@Accretion Disk I am a Greek and I have learn the ancient language and... I don't understand anything. It is the accent that makes it difficult. But a very nice video and a cool try.

@Nikechagias

5 жыл бұрын

@@akSeR2010 he pronounced the diphthongs and tones incorrectly

This was one of the best things I've watched in awhile. I flipped on subtitles and if that speech is true, than that it the greatest speech of all time. It tops all other great figures in our recorded history par Casear himself. That speech was almost too good... it was as if Alexander had planned it all along for this exact situation.

@SpartanLeonidas1821

Жыл бұрын

Alex > Julio 👍

Please, really please, do similar videos with other historical personalities and languages! This is FANTASTIC!

Regardless of the title, the Greek caught me completely off guard. Loved it

love the artwork and editing , I did scientific math and I could recognized the greek alphabet on the screen , thank you for sharing

>be me >get video >"Shouldn't it be; 'Alexander in Ancient *Greece*'?" >watch video >"Oh so that's what they meant. Huh."

Thanks for this video.

Even though I don’t speak Greek, this is amazing, I got chills just listening to it, great work!

Great effort,it would better to have a Greek ,who know our ancient language to do this,but generally A Great Effort!!!

@ComradeHellas

5 жыл бұрын

What do you mean buster, the video is great?

@dannyalex5866

5 жыл бұрын

@@ComradeHellas I said a great effort,not a great video ,they did mistakes but unless you dont encourage someone he will continue to make the same mistakes "σύντροφε"

@EpichistoryTv

5 жыл бұрын

Apologies for the cut and paste reply, but I'm posting this on various comments to try to explain the approach taken in this video... This video was made with the expert guidance of Barefaced Greek, who collectively hold various degrees and a doctorate in Classics and Ancient Greek. Here is their take on the issue: “There is quite a big difference between the way we think ancient Greek was pronounced and the way modern Greek is pronounced. There are a lot of different vowel sounds in ancient Greek, which have now conflated to become the same ‘i’ sound in modern Greek pronunciation. In Barefaced Greek films we use the Erasmian pronunciation of the ancient language - which is how scholars (in the UK, US and Germany and many other academic/pedagogic communities) believe it was pronounced, based on a range of linguistic techniques for understanding how a dead language might have sounded. Modern Greek speakers tend to use modern Greek pronunciation for the ancient language (understandably) and the two sound quite different. Obviously it’s an ongoing and lively debate, and we are completely engaged with new developments in our understanding of the sound of the ancient language. For those seeking more info, Wikipedia has a good introductory article here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_of_Ancient_Greek_in_teaching Or get in touch with Barefaced Greek to chat more about it.”

@queldron

Жыл бұрын

​​@@EpichistoryTv know the difference of the Greek pronunciation throughout the millennia but a Greek speaker could just pronounce the words (of the Erasmian pronunciation) better. Especially the t, s, k but every other letter to be honest. That's it from me and I also want to thank you for this effort! Really enjoyed it and want more in the future!

Guys relax for the accent issue. Give props to this guy for his awesome video and the effort he put on it. I studied ancient greek in school and this guy is better than 90% of us.

@EpichistoryTv

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks John. They know what they're doing, though it may not be to everyone's taste - 'Alexander' has a degree in Ancient Greek and Latin from Cambridge, and Barefaced Greek have degrees and doctorates in the same. Doesn't make them Greek, but best we could manage from London!

@pitsinokaki

2 жыл бұрын

@@EpichistoryTv The comments you got from Greeks are mainly because people were surprised, I believe - we do not use the Erasmian pronunciation over here, although it is taught to some extent, in the sense that people who study Classics at University know how it functions. (As far as I remember, it is also briefly taught at high school). However, it's not prevalent in Greek academia, and has never been so, to my knowledge. Anyway, this is alll a big discussion, but I really think that the more "critical" reactions are due to surprise, not disappointment or anything like that. Very few people upload content in Ancient Greek, in whatever pronunciation. :) Keep up the great work!

I'm very grateful for this. Hearing the language of a people is part of their history.

Speeches like this. This is one of moments i would travel back to see

this speech says that how fearless was Alexander!

Oh believe me, I had to risk getting shot when I returned.

@arthurwellesleydukeofwelli5505

5 жыл бұрын

Napoleon I Bonaparte still didn’t turn out very well in the end, did it?

@Ealdorman_of_Mercia

4 жыл бұрын

@@arthurwellesleydukeofwelli5505 Regardless, Napoleon's victories and masterful warfare outshine his few defeats.. He his a master of warfare.

Amazing , this is the right direction for the channel

This was fantastic. Thank you for the hard work.

It's nice to hear this in the language it was spoken

that's not ancient Greek, that's an auto-spelling engine spitting random sounds

I watch this all the time. I love to hear his words in ancient Greek dialect

This is a great idea, many thanks for this !

I'm PhilliHellenic / HellenioPhillic due to a "person no one knows of", namely, Alexander the Greatest

@pantelispantelis1820

4 жыл бұрын

The answer is under your nose tsakonian or Pontiac is close enough

Got goosebumps. That was amazing.

Awesome content as always.

I finished this brilliant series now. I just want to thank you for this very respectable and objective work, i am really happy after seeing this. I would like my brazilian countryman to watch and learn the life of this great conqueror presented by you - by the way, i will certainly share this video with my friends here. Finally, I just want to congratulate you for this work, it really provided an exciting and lasting learning

Alexander the Great speaking with English accent

Wow this is very interesting another great video guys👍🔥

Please more actual ancient Greek videos. It makes me nostalgic to listen to my ancestors tongue spoken perfectly

That was awesome I hope y'all do more like it

Epic history with 2 videos in same week!!!! Our wishes are successful!!! God save the king!!

Well, I'm convinced. Time to report back to Persia as soon as I find my xiphos.

You guys have the most amazing channel.

one of those moments in history where the audience says I have no idea what he saying but the way he said it makes me feel guilty and inspired

Man that Erasmian Western accent is KILLING it!

@ComradeHellas

5 жыл бұрын

This is the proper pronunciation of Greek, if you ever go to college you will learn it.

@hellenicfighter8796

5 жыл бұрын

@@ComradeHellas So let me get this straight, according to you, the moment someone enters college (or university) he is confronted with ancient Greek phonology??? Ti pineis kai den mas dineis??

@ComradeHellas

5 жыл бұрын

@@hellenicfighter8796 There are college lessons on proper ancient Greek pronuncation, something you wouldn't know because you are completely uneducated, I bet you are a high school drop out yourself.

@hellenicfighter8796

5 жыл бұрын

@@ComradeHellas No I'm a highschool drop-in... 1-0

@ComradeHellas

5 жыл бұрын

@@hellenicfighter8796 Lmao how old are you?

If Alexander could be live ago the age of 60 I think that maybe He was conquiste to América cause his ambition and glorius take him for far far away

@explorermusic9321

5 жыл бұрын

@Xaris Xeros well i think that your date is very important and very interesting. The greats leaders of all the History was able to lose their live in battle cause no pain no gain. I continues saying that if He could be arrive at the age of 60 would be conquisted América before Colón and maybe the latinamericans were one of the biggest potencial in the world

I would like to know how you learned to speak like this! The way the Ancient Greek language sounds and the pronunciation of the words are so elegant! Very befitting for a "at the time advanced civilization." I would like to learn this speech in Ancient Greek one day!😄

Great oral rendering of the original text. Well done!

@marianc.7502

2 жыл бұрын

oreal*

I can't stop watching it, watched it more than 10 times... anyways, please make more videos like this. If possible make the speech that pope gave to start the 1st crusade.

When you realize that Bulgarians think that they are Macedonians!

@todorkrasimirov8304

4 жыл бұрын

Hahah who the hell did you hear this from phahaha

@samarkand1585

4 жыл бұрын

When you realize that Macedonians think they are Macedonians

@user-vh9vr4bh1h

3 жыл бұрын

🇬🇷❤🇹🇷

@scintillam_dei

3 жыл бұрын

Alexander wasn't entirely Greek; he was also barbarian hence his hair partly blond, not just black like Greeks have.

@user-vh9vr4bh1h

3 жыл бұрын

@@scintillam_dei what are you saying dude 😂😂 you know achilles ? Greek warrior blonde hair he was the mentor of Alexander Alexanders mother used to tell him he is son of Zeus Greek god most of Greeks used to have blonde hair..like me very tall muscular blonde and white like milk child born in macedonia ...and many others are like me

You're amazing. Thank you for such a great video

This is very cool. You should do more videos like this.

As a Greek it was like i hear an asiatic language xd , i understand the difficulty of this task

@ComradeHellas

5 жыл бұрын

This is how ancient Greeks spoke like.

@flyingterminator357

5 жыл бұрын

@@ComradeHellas με αγγλική προφορά εννοώ

@ComradeHellas

5 жыл бұрын

@@flyingterminator357 Δεν υπάρχει Αγγλική προφορά, υπάρχουν δεκάδες διάλεκτοι της Ελληνικής γλώσσας, η επικρατέστερη εκδοχή παγκοσμίως είναι η Αττική διάλεκτος που ομιλούνταν όπως στο βίντεο...περίπου. Τα ελληνικά υπέστησαν φθορά ο λεγόμενος ιωτακισμός, όπου όλα τα φωνήεντα (η,ι,υ,α,ε) και οι φθόγγοι (ει,οι,αι) προφέρονταν απλά ως "ι" ή "ε", αυτό το φαινόμενο δεν συνέβαινε τα αρχαία γλώσσα.

@flyingterminator357

5 жыл бұрын

@@ComradeHellas δεν αντιλεγω απλα ,διοτι δεν είμαι γνωστής του θεματος. Απλα ήθελα να επισημανω οτι ακούγεται ξένο σε εμένα ειτε λόγω αγγλικής προφοράς ειτε λόγω ριζικών γλωσσικών αλλαγών στην ελληνική γλώσσα

@Billieftw

4 жыл бұрын

@@ComradeHellas ήσουν εκεί και ξέρεις ? τα σύμφωνα τα λέγαν λες και ήταν σύγχρονοι Άγγλοι ε ?

Why not the full text in greek in the video?

This is awesome.

This is an extremely special feeling to be able to listen the greatest leader of all time, which has spoken maybe not the very same words but I personally believe pretty close to what he said and in his own language more then two millennia ago and i genuinely wanted to say, Thank You!

Damn! Alexander dissed them so hard I, 2,000+ years later, can only say: Ouch.

The old greek is bringing memories of Europa Barbarorum for Rome 1

just epic. I'm seeing it again after a long period for a tenth time.

There are segments you can hear out. The english "r" is present at the begining of every take but with time it's getting more organic and believeable. Great approach! A make of vid would be nice to hear how the speaker fared speaking the text!

NEVER LET A SCOTS BLOKE TO READ A GREEK TEXT !!! MY HEAD AND EARS STILL HURTS 😖😕😔🙁😒🤕🤕🤕😟

Even though I think somewhere is mentioned that Alexander has a heavy voice despite being young, good vid. Feel a bit of shame that I can barely understand the ancient version my own language, manly it sounds too fast to me xD I got a taste of how foreigners feel when they hear modern Greek. Your English accent is pretty visible, when I hear proper ancient Greek I expect an accent kinda like the Pondium Arts Channel but it was still good ^^

@scintillam_dei

3 жыл бұрын

English speakers tell me their English bastardization of Latin is as good as my Spanish accent in Latin.... which is absurd of them to say since Spanish IS Latin but altered a bunch. Much remains the same such as the word for fortune and the word for moon, and probably the pronunciation for these is exactly the same. I'm so glad English isn't my first language. That would be like being born with a lisp.

@V-q8is

3 жыл бұрын

Can you give me the source for what you wrote? That he had a heavy voice?

@LiterallyWho1917

3 жыл бұрын

You get the English experience lol, we totally are unable to understand old english

My props to this channel for going so far as this! I see that most of the critics are about the accent; for me it's fine (notice that I never learned greek, way less ancient greek), my only problem it's the delivery of emotion. In the english version the message is way better delivered on an emotional level. Continue the great work guys! 👊

@Le-eu4bf

2 жыл бұрын

In my opinion i think the greek version gad a noble airish vibe

Just subscribed. Fantastic Channel! 👍

What an idea it is ! THX PLease do the same to Hannibal ! I have never ever hear original punnic language.

@deniaridley

6 ай бұрын

great idea!

Now I know I haven't learned Ancient Greek in vain during my studies :D

So much respect for this kind of video.

Great video. Thanks from Greece.