Abba - Gimme Gimme Gimme Cover in Attic Greek (BRONZECORE)

[@medievalbops2680]

Amazing! Thanks for the shout out

[@calebcustombricks2631]

Amazing job dude!

[@RabbitYT576]

Great translation! Like you would live there

[@signorriccio9848]

@@RabbitYT576 The greek was pretty flawed, like the wrong cases or forgetting letters or not making words congruent, or using the wrong word (φυλάσσω θέατρον would mean "I'm guarding (watching) a theater" for example)

[@jukisek]

Yes that was amazing

[@matrig6]

@@signorriccio9848 I noticed some of that, too: e.g., oudeis should take a singular verb, not eisin or dunantai. But I also really appreciate that the effort was made!

[@GiangLe-kg4vn]

This is Orpheus's song that convinced Hades to let Eurydice go

[@andmake-qg5bi]

Great reference 10/10

[@sergioptero]

I think it was "Who let Cerberus out".

[@ArtyFartyBart]

Don't be silly! That was a cover of Abba's Take A Chance

[@PierzStyx]

@National Socialism Lot's wife and the Hebrew story is older, thought the idea is the same. Don't doubt the gods.

[@noahpartic7586]

Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie Eurydice back... You get it🤨.

[@rileychristensen3824]

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is no longer bardcore, I'm proud to announce we've evolved to lyrecore.

[@Super-Shafs]

Εξοχος! Θα ήθελα να ακούσω περισσότερη μουσική όπως αυτή στο μέλλον (Excellent! I'd like to hear more music like this in the future)

[@Brigand231]

That's what ancient Greeks did all the time, just hang around and listen to lyres.

[@ulture]

@@Brigand231 what are you, a Theban?

[@Brigand231]

@@ulture Of course not, I'm a Trojans product tester!

[@thesaintlouis8808]

It's goordcore

[@Yeehim]

Broke: 'modern' covers of 80's songs Woke: ancient covers of 80's songs

[@takashi.mizuiro]

lol ye

[@ronjajonasson3691]

Where does this strange modern phenomenon come from where we call every song made between 1950 to 2010 "80's songs"?

[@Yeehim]

@@ronjajonasson3691 ABBA is as 80s as you can get

[@ronjajonasson3691]

@@Yeehim They were literally formed in the 70's and broke up in 83. Almost all of their famous song, including this one, were released in the 70's.

[@ronjajonasson3691]

@@Yeehim Like, they were active for eight years of the seventies and had great success in that decade but i guess the three years they were active in the eighties outweighs all of that lmao.

[@theofano_galani]

Being Greek, we find it so interesting that so many people abroad also learn ancient greek and use it in such a creative way! It's so heartwarming!

[@NoelistAvenger]

You guys influenced all of the western world in one way or another, it would be really depressing if ancient Greek was forgotten.

[@theofano_galani]

@@NoelistAvenger Thank you so much for appreciating our culture! It almost feels unreal to be a descendant of ancient Greeks. Sometimes it is mind-blowing to think that Greeks are still alive to this day and don't only exist in myths, haha. The honour we feel is ineffable, just like the love for our language! Thank you again

[@NoelistAvenger]

@@theofano_galani You're welcome ! I've been fascinated with ancient Greek culture since childhood.

[@theofano_galani]

@@NoelistAvenger Thank God the culture is still present in Greece now! I hope you visit us one day and learn about the ancient culture up close. (and let me tell you, the ancient monuments are even more breathtaking than their photos!)

[@NoelistAvenger]

@@theofano_galani As a matter of fact, I visited Crete last year ! Went to Heraklion, and got to visit the ruins of the Knossos palace. I still hope to visit Athens one day, especially the Parthenon.

[@KaiserNicer]

This song was featured on Swedish television this morning (the 17th of March), a big huzzah for Bardcore reaching the international mainstream!

[@lial2143]

Remember when they played this in the 393 AD olympics opening ceremony? *I C O N I C*

[@cartylaser2864]

@Cannabis Dreams Kind of. While 393 AD was an Olympic year (last held before being banned, in fact) and 393 BC was not (392 BC), you'd be right to point out that this song is Ancient Greek, not Koine.

[@lial2143]

@Cannabis Dreams yeah, but guys, way to ruin the joke hahaha

[@LazarusWilhelm]

Last olympics so sad 394 🤘🏿

[@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler]

My Greek companion played me this song one time. Dude killed it with the lute.

[@GiorgosKoukoubagia]

You mean Ionic :P :D

[@pavladavlas]

Me, an Ancient Greek maiden, seducing a random bird because I’m pretty sure it’s just Zeus trying to get it on:

[@CreativeUsernameHere-r1k]

Nah you seduce it cus your past lover left for the 65+ elder who is his teacher...

[@trekk22]

I don’t know, if I was an Ancient Greek maiden I’d stay as far from Zeus as possible. He also doesn’t seem to need much seducing

[@yurisakamaki-binghua]

@@CreativeUsernameHere-r1k actually, "erastes" (the teachers in a pederastic relationship) were usually in their thirties or early 40s. After they reach their 40s, they were expected to get married and stay with women. So old erastes were not that common (though it happened sometimes). In the end, young girls were the main victims since they ended up married to men who were the age of their fathers...

[@CreativeUsernameHere-r1k]

@@yurisakamaki-binghua wow... after the release of this video I have learned more about ancient greek coulture than ever.

[@lawlietway]

@@yurisakamaki-binghua disturbing but now I understand a bit more about The Women's Assembly context

[@casparvoncampenhausen5249]

As someone who can read the greek alphabet, the patron list gave me a stroke

[@stylianstamatis8000]

Same, I had no idea what Π was supposed to mean

[@nejiniisan1265]

Half of my brain read Greek other half read other thing. meltdown.

[@pennyath3650]

as a greek, i usually have one

[@Riotiro]

x2

[@lynnixvarjo9150]

SAME! Holy Shit, I get why people write like that occasionally to look "ancient" but it's HORRIBLE

[@Адамска]

This man of culture certainly knew which pictures to put in the background.

[@simtexa]

The fact that it is a man singing about getting a man to love in Greek is surprisingly fitting.

[@felixhistorygaming8503]

My fav part of the song

[@JPA78]

Greeker than greek!

[@ImagineGarydos]

Note that the speaker refers to himself as female, but you're not wrong!

[@falconeshield]

​@@ImagineGarydosLike Ceaser!

[@ghostboy4115]

According to my latin teacher who was obsessed with Julius Ceaser, Ceaser actually referred to themselves using neutral pronouns and Conjugation. He was so excited that I wanted to use the neutral for myself (i use he/they now but I used to only use they/them in English so I wanted to reflect that) that he went on this long rant about how cool Ceaser was. Dude was from Italy, studied Latin in Rome and spoke latin fluently, if there was anyone I trust to provide accurate information, that guy would be on the list for sure.

[@vladopris1172]

Imagine if the future generations will do the same thing for our current music types.

[@nerobernardino88]

@Csősz Máté Don't doubt the power of some bored monkes.

[@asnierkishcowboy]

"And here comes the classic 2010 dubstep version - ZhhuhuhuuZhuuuuwububbuWoaaaadzhuuuu". "Oh what a lovely kind of classic sound from the dark ages."

[@Super-Shafs]

​@Csősz Máté - Is that a challenge?

[@ludovicus4747]

"Aliens Invasion 54" but in english "Plasma bombs" But in arabic "Spicy lazer" but in spanish "Without glaciers" but in Russian

[@BBQhenry]

@Csősz Máté :O

[@Uhm...123]

Maybe the next one Rasputin by Boney M but in Russian?

[@horrorhistory7342]

That would be amazing!!!

[@velazquezarmouries]

In old russian or golden horde Mongolian

[@tannerharvey]

YES!

[@tbrown5657]

This needs to be a thing :D

[@SenBilbo]

I think it should be in modern Russian like it was in 1917 that the song was being sung. It would be nice if it talked of Rasputin like it was contemporary Russians of the famed monk. Or alternatively it could be performed in Mongolian in Oriental style like it was performed in the domains of the Baron von Ungern-Sternberg.

[@imageez]

Expectation: Given a man after midnight Reality: Kidnapped by a horny eagle

[@head-1_head-2]

Zeus: its me😎

[@ValeBridges]

Zeus: behold, a man

[@spring-breeze9164]

​@@head-1_head-2 Also Zeus : Oh and btw, your job is now to sleep with me and give me drinks. Let's get to work !

[@TantzAerine]

Thoroughly enjoyed this! As a native speaker of modern Greek and still able to understand ancient Greek, I got to say this gets A++! Kudos to all who helped you! One little tip: don't use greek fonts to write out english names straight up, it looks like total gibberish and unreadable at least to Greeks (I'm talking about the patron shout out). If you will do that, write them out phonetically, as would be done in Greek. Would love to see byzantine koine greek and turn of the century archaic modern greek covers from you! Well done!

[@MikhalisBramouell]

From the moment he said νυκτὶ as if it was νουκτὶ my ears started bleeding profusely.

[@pauldellit9007]

@@MikhalisBramouell Well, from what i've gathered, the "ου" pronounciation of "υ" seems to be the standard when Ancient Greek is taught in the US. I was quite caught off guard myself when I first heard that, having learned Ancient Greek in Germany (where "υ" is taught like the German letter "ü" which is at least a bit closet to the reconstructed pronounciation. ) I'd say that it isn't terribly important to argue about pronounciation with ancient languages, as their main focus is enjoying their literary value and I think it's quite rude to state that your eard were metaphorically bleeding. Salutations

[@MikhalisBramouell]

@@pauldellit9007 The word "barbarian" (from ancient Greek βάρβαρος) means "anyone who does not speak Greek, a babbler (from the sound 'var-var-var-var')"

[@pauldellit9007]

@@MikhalisBramouell Your point being???

[@MikhalisBramouell]

@@pauldellit9007 The language in this video is not Greek.

[@toastbot9496]

No one: Me: voguing in an ancient greek temple with the homies

[@anksatreides9226]

That's the dream

[@arnantphongsatha7906]

"homies"

[@quashawnchadwick2334]

This comment is dope

[@floof_hair3857]

@@arnantphongsatha7906 “voguing” 👀😏

[@CheshireCesare]

Partner 1: "They're probably thinking about other people" Partner 2: *Voguing in an ancient Greek temple with the homies*

[@sramtae5820]

Alexander the Great getting ready for the banquet right after another region conquered

[@ZephLodwick]

Actually, he was Macedonian, he would have spoken Greek, but it would have been to Athenian ears like a west country accent or an Appalachian accent is to the ears of a posh man from the south of England. Even if Alex would have covered up his dialect (which is plausible), it would have certainly come out when he was drunk.

[@morganrobinson8042]

@@ZephLodwick So What you're saying is he was into folk or country music.

[@ZephLodwick]

@@morganrobinson8042 Almost Olympos, Makedonia~ Rhodope mountains, Vardar river~

[@Lisa-zi6hb]

@@ZephLodwick he was Greek lmao

[@Veriox22]

@@ZephLodwick so different dialect=different ethnicty? Well, then england and italy are just wrecked.

[@lineevilasio]

legends say that this song was played when achiles first meet patrocius

[@ArwenUndomiel406]

You mean Hannibal and Will

[@Rose-xe4ct]

@El Dimos Karam did you think that would stop the ancient greeks in mythology *cough*heraclesandiolaus*cough*

[@soldavo8518]

@El Dimos Karam Neither Patroclus or Achilles where gods tought...

[@pilarm.a.5976]

@El Dimos Karam wasn't that idea invented recently tho? idk much abt greek mythology but I think that was disproven

[@Rose-xe4ct]

@El Dimos Karam heracles and iolaus weren’t gods. well, heracles was turned into a god later on. but he and iolaus (who was his nephew) were said to be lovers when heracles was mortal and did the tasks. heracles had a whole list of male lovers and three wives during the course of his life, so he was a very busy man.

[@k.a.u.4599]

THIS IS WHAT I, A HOMOSEXUAL HISTORY NERD OBSESSED WITH ABBA, HAVE NEEDED MY WHOLE LIFE

[@empireofengland6039]

Sure. Me either . Wishing for guy near me all night in Greek. So great

[@Bearded_Tattooed_Guy]

I, as a straight history nerd, could not not agree more; you DO need a man after midnight! Happy hunting.

[@JohnAlbertRigali]

Too much information. This is your final warning.

[@MorningLightMtn]

Serious question, Mr. Homosexual History Nerd: What are your opinions/insights on the Domination focus of the Ancient Greeks concerning "acceptability" of homosexual male relationships along with "subservient" relations of a man to a woman? As a modern homosexual and a history nerd, have you formed some interesting theories and epiphanies based on your experiences?

[@SebastianDingleswitch]

​@@JohnAlbertRigali Die mad about it.

[@Θεμις-ξ1μ]

As a greek who has studied ancient greek for five years,this is hillarious.From the pronounciation to the lyrics, everything's just so funny.I love it :)

[@gregorytokas8721]

H προφορα ειναι σωστη ; Θελω πολυ να μαθω.

[@Θεμις-ξ1μ]

@@gregorytokas8721 είναι περίπου “σωστή“. Δεν έχει τον ρυθμό και την μελωδικότητα που θα έπρεπε δηλαδή, ενώ ισχύει πως το οι, αι, ει προφέρονταν όπως τα βλέπουμε γραμμένα και όχι ως η, ε, ι,( το ίδιο ισχύει και σε άλλες περιπτώσεις όπως και στο όμικρον και το ωμέγα) εξακολουθεί να είναι το αποτέλεσμα ενος ξένου που προσπαθεί να προσεγγίσει την ελληνική γλώσσα. Καλή προσπάθεια μεν το βρήκα πολύ δημιουργικό και αστείο

[@Bearded_Tattooed_Guy]

@@Θεμις-ξ1μ Would you mind keeping the comments section in English, please. This is Greek to me... (Sorry, it had to be done.) 😉

[@ilikedinosaurs392]

@@Bearded_Tattooed_Guy oh god someone had to do it

[@lacanian2080]

@@Θεμις-ξ1μ Προσωπικά βρίσκω τις απόπειρες από "ξένους" περισσότερο βοηθητικές έως και αναγκαίες για την προσέγγιση των αρχαίων ως ζωντανή γλώσσα--το γεγονός ότι είμαστε (σύγχρονοι) έλληνες ακριβώς εμποδίζει την εύρεση τέτοιας ζωτικότητας στο βαθμό τα «σωστά» αρχαία έχουν αυτό το παράδοξο του αν-οίκειου για εμάς--οπότε αναπόφευκτα μένουμε με την σύγχρονη προφορά. Αλλά αυτό είναι σοβαρή τρικλοποδιά, γιατί η γλώσσα μένει άλογη και μη εσωτερικεύσιμη. Στη θέση των εμμενών συνθηκών υπό τις οποίες αναπτύχθηκε, εμείς, για να μάθουμε και να διαβάσουμε αρχαία, αντικαθιστούμε ex-post-facto κανονισμούς που συγκρούονται με τη φωνημική και ρυθμική συνοχή της. Δεν ξέρω--όταν κάποιος νεοέλληνας μιλάει παραφουσκωμένος για το μεγαλείο τους ενώ συνεχίζει να ακολουθεί τη νεοελληνική προφορά, μπερδεύει τον Αισχύλο με την Καινή Διαθήκη νομίζω. Τώρα βέβαια, για να μη λέω και μαλακίες, η αλήθεια είναι ότι δεν έχω σπουδάσει φιλολογία--απλώς προσπαθώ να εκφράσω γιατί ο μόνος διαθέσιμος τρόπος για μένα να καταλάβω ή να απολαύσω αρχαία τραγωδία ή φιλοσοφία είναι να τις διαβάσω σε καλή Αγγλική μετάφραση-- ή να έστω να επαφίεμαι σε αγγλόφωνους μελετητές που τουλάχιστον τα έμαθαν σωστά και άρα έχουν λόγο να τα εκτιμήσουν.

[@seanschockaert]

Can't wait for this channel to make its final upload in proto-Indo-European

[@ElizabethAlleman]

Oh, gods, yes please!

[@SomeoneWhoHere]

I'd like Gothic!

[@atzatziki]

*Linguistics wants to know your location*

[@peterknutsen3070]

That sounds like a collabiration with Heilung?

[@SomeoneWhoHere]

@@peterknutsen3070 That'd be AWESOME!

[@stantough]

Really like your creativity here!

[@the_miracle_aligner]

Tyyy so mcuh man 🖤🤣

[@imperatoraurelian8015]

The fact that this video is so overtly homoerotic for this song and this language is beyond funny

[@System-zu7np]

@Marvin Morawski more importantly ancient greece is about as gay as it gets. If this video wasn't the most over the top homoerotic thing I'd be disappointed.

[@redacted5078]

Unrelated but Im in love with your profile Pic

[@Mary-rn4zv]

bc it sounds nothing like ancient or modern greek but i feel too bad to tell him-

[@zoeapostolidou3964]

@@System-zu7np that's not quite true, I'm afraid. Life in ancient Greece wasn't easy for openly gay people. You might be referring to the erastes/eromenos relationship but even that was mainly a mentorship and it existed within strict rules. Openly gay people (and "bottoms" especially faced publish scrutiny with horrible insults, lost their political rights and their property, were exiled and sometimes even died, either by their own hand or the hand of others. It's actually pretty screwed up to erase the troubles and the scrutiny gay people went through back then just to enforce the idea of a utopia (not saying you are doing that, but authors like Oscar Wilde who practically created this idea did).

[@pedrosalvador1146]

@@zoeapostolidou3964 the main issue about openly gay people is that the State didn't recognize gay marriage... Since the objective of marriage was to create a family, a thing that (at the time) two men couldn't do. Besides that, homossexual relationships were pretty normal. There weren't any official gay couples though, since they wouldn't produce a family.

[@Rupert3434]

Artemis: Apollo, what are you listening to? Apollo: Oh, it's this great new song. Admetus and I were dancing to it at the dionysia last night.

[@kevin8712]

Artemis: (slowly backs away after reading the lyrics)

[@LizzieNya]

Nobody Literally nobody Zeus in the middle of the night:

[@rowanbarnfather7776]

It’s Ganymedin’ time!

[@TransSappho]

Really glad to have been able to help out w this! Y’all have no idea how quickly he learns pronunciations for languages he’s never spoken before

[@samovarsa2640]

@@SatanenPerkele eh, it's all Greek to me.

[@josephrohrbach1588]

Out of curiosity - it sounds like he's pronouncing phi as a "f" sound (would get the IPA but cba), rather than an aspirated "p" as I believe was normal in classical Greek. I was under the impression that our standard image of classical Greek was based on Attic (with the exception of the σσ to ττ shift in some verbs), so why is this? Thanks if you take the time to reply! Edit: Or have I misheard? It's not impossible...

[@TransSappho]

@@josephrohrbach1588 Thanks for asking! Aspirated consonants can be a bit hard to learn and I figured it wasn’t a good idea to draw out the process of teaching the pronunciations longer than it needed to be, especially since being in different time zones meant I was mostly teaching asynchronously. That being said I think he nailed the sound of θ as a sort of aspirated τ

[@josephrohrbach1588]

@@TransSappho Yes, I'd agree with that - absolutely nothing on the singer (idk his name oops), his rendition was excellent! Thanks for replying so promptly too :)

[@raloniusmaximus]

@@josephrohrbach1588 the guy that owns the channel is the singer

[@matzavas4995]

As a greek, I can say that my life is complete now

[@ComradeHellas]

Good, go against the wall now.

[@OntologicalCatastrophe]

Hey, just wondering, is this - in the song- modern Greek or the actual ancient greek?

[@ComradeHellas]

@@OntologicalCatastrophe It's Attic Greek. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attic_Greek.

[@matzavas4995]

​@@OntologicalCatastrophe The song is in ancient Greek. If you spoke greek you could tell from the grammatical order and also some words which don't exist in modern Greek or are rarely used anymore.

[@acierinoxydable6287]

@@ComradeHellas πως γινεται να σε βλεπω παντου

[@AugustusGrannetius]

Now this is art

[@jennycalabrano]

Sir, this laurel crown is for you 🌿🌿 🌿 🌿 🌿🌿

[@fanikofidi6247]

as a greek myself that took ancient greek classes in school, man this is amazing. Yeah the pronunciation is a little off, but the music, the beat, the harmony and the fckng translation to ancient greek, damn, this should get an award.

[@joe_ita]

It doesn't get gayer than this. You just synthesized The Gay™.

[@nerobernardino88]

Big guei sucessfully obtained.

[@AlexandruNicolin]

300 Thebans fully agree

[@atlascove1810]

it's even in lyric poetry.

[@shiningarmor2838]

This is what happens when you deal with ancient Athens.

[@localcryptid3492]

We've reached terminal gay

[@TJ_Sauce]

Ah, yes. Yet another version of this song to become completely obsessed with.

[@dawesreads1263]

Gene Who Is French Fries! I haven’t seen that face in about two series

[@maicey_t.]

Gene! The most beloved of all fictional characters! How's the afterlife, buddy?

[@dustonpage1280]

"Haha that won't happen to me" two weeks later and I'm still here,,,

[@Kat-PM]

Gene my beloved...

[@hermespsychopompos8267]

Especially if you're Greek and can sing the song, it gets in your head like mafaker.

[@StuffandThings_]

Don't worry guys - they were just really, *really* good friends...

[@kesorangutan6170]

Just like Saphho and her galpals! Just boys being boys. Nothing to see here.

[@piscis210]

they sure seem to be best friends!!! 😁🥰

[@TarkTheConlanger]

Very close roommates indeed!

[@Thegreatercheese]

- historians before the 21st century

[@ripsnip5336]

actually there was only one bed

[@itsamachineworld]

After listening to this song like 100 times by now, I think I've decided that I'm going to learn ancient Greek. I just love the idea of contemporary things like songs being translated into it, and it really is beautiful when spoken or sung. I've even found places to start, and I am feeling optimistic about it. So thank you for your gorgeous songs and thanks for giving me a new hobby. Also this is the one song of yours that showed up on my recommended videos since your old Smells Like Teen Spirit video, and I had forgotten you existed. Now I'm in love with your work!

[@baconaxolotl]

Patroclus and Achilles bopping down to this rn

[@Daniilshifeband]

Achilles and patroclus: *Are gay* Historians: BFF'S!

[@Keznen]

@Daniilshifeband Achilles was not gay, he was bi. He had several female lovers.

[@bruceluiz]

I can truly imagine this being sung during a festival for Dionysus.

[@milanluxferos]

Or Apollo

[@robertcorbell1006]

@@milanluxferos Apollo if going for the gay angle like this version, Aphrodite if going for the straight one like the original song and the musical Mamma Mia.

[@dantemaquiavelli9039]

​@@robertcorbell1006 I mean, Aphrodite was the goddess of love regardless of gender, and Apollo had both women and men die and turn into trees after rejecting him, so I imagine they would just to a super mash-up of both songs and see chaos ensue.

[@NishiColour]

So this is what they listen to at the gymnasium

[@ZephLodwick]

YMPA (Young Man's Pagan Association) PS: Yes, I'm aware that Pagan is a later term that was applied by the Christians and was a slur meaning 'hillbilly', but there's no word for their religion like Christians had for theirs.

[@robertcorbell1006]

@@ZephLodwick YMAA (Young Men's Apolline Association) or YMHA (Young Men's Hermes Association) as Apollo and Hermes were the most associated with sports and guy-on-guy.

[@theofano_galani]

I live in Greece and I wish that was the case lol

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

gymnos = naked UwU OwO Ahhhh

[@sugarcoatedpieceofblood6836]

@@amadeosendiulo2137 I meeeeeean, we call midle school gymnasio soooo...

[@Bobslime]

"Now that you're my apprentice, your first task is to get naked" "What does this have to do with acting?" "Everything"

[@kornaros96]

You don't know how fitting this comment is currently...

[@Bobslime]

If only I could say I wasn't aware

[@manuekhuntyk2563]

Oh come on, stop making my sexual fantasies public!

[@lofthestars2088]

Why did I read this comment with palpatines voice and why does it make it ten times better?

[@ThingsStuffington]

"Acting?"

[@Prof_Granpuff]

There are so much easier ways to come out as gay. But this is one of the best ways. Thank you so much for blessing the world with this.

[@christiannachel2710]

I'm Greek and I am shooked by this. Amazing job to whoever came up with the lyrics 👏 🙌

[@georgesriid4399]

Η προφορα του ειναι λαθος σχεδον σε ολες τις λεξεις και με ενοχλει αφανταστα,μπορουσε να κανει καλυτερη δουλεια...

[@dhv2852]

Conservatives: "I want to live like our ancestors" Our ancestors: 1:12

[@CreativeUsernameHere-r1k]

My ancestors are smiling at me. CAN YOU SAY THE SAME IMPERIAL???

[@KorporalNoobs]

Not enough age and social power difference. 3/10

[@TomorrowWeLive]

@Marvin Morawski no, that's you

[@TomorrowWeLive]

These aren't our ancestors and they didn't live like that. Read some actual history for a change.

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

So now we can all stop fighting LMAO

[@MensHominis]

I love this. Fun fact from a studied classical philologist: I know it's quite hard to pronounce the ancient Attic υ as it was probably quite close to German ü (they used ου for English ‘oo’), but it's totally fine because the dialects around Athens probably pronounced it close to u (‘oo’) anyway. In Modern Greek it's pronounced like i (‘ee’) by the way ... but most vowels are. :D

[@kriss581]

I'm intrigued, how do we know how the pronunciation was given there weren't some phonetics explanations ?

[@MensHominis]

@@kriss581 - in fact, there were. The ancient grammaticians provided useful insights, though I'm not sure to what extent; but you have to remind yourself what kind of language Ancient Greek was: a trade language for the whole of the Eastern Mediterranean-sea area and a must-have for many highly-educated people in the Western parts. Many (Italian) Romans of the nobility went to Greece to study. Other very useful clues are (as in the route from Latin to the Romance Languages) spelling mistakes on walls, inscriptions etc.: using those, classical philologists and byzantinists can say approximately when and maybe even in which order all those vowels and diphthongs which in Modern Greek are pronounced [i] (like Engl. "ee") (so ι/η/υ/ει/οι) 'fell together'.

[@kriss581]

@@MensHominis It's really interesting ! Thank you for the explanation

[@Vjeimy]

@@kriss581 what he said is not entirely true. The hard truth is that this type of reconstructed accent was created by a dutch scholar to make it easier for Europeans to read ancient Greek since the principle is you read what you see, just like German. It makes everything sound downright unpleasant, it doesn't fit with ancient poems and lyrical works, where rhythm and rhyme are important and from what I've heard no one sticks to the principles of this reconstructed pronunciation 100%. Ancient Greek was probably a lot closer to medieval and modern Greek than german scholars would have you believe.

[@Vjeimy]

@Prasanth Thomas Don't they? It's honestly hard to tell when a German or a Brit for example are using the erasmian accent or when they are simply making it up as they go. What's easy to tell however is that Erasmus was indeed wrong when it came to his conjectures about proper pronounciation of the ancient Greek language. If you study both ancient and modern Greek it becomes immediately apparent.

[@CodyosVladimiros]

Now I kind of want to hear you do "Constantinople" by Al Stewart in Greek Byzantine Chant.

[@briangarrow448]

Nostrodomis in Old French?

[@imperatoraurelian8015]

A Byzantine Chant is a type of hymn, Koine Greek is the liturgical language associated with it.

[@CodyosVladimiros]

@@imperatoraurelian8015 true. But I was more referring to "in this style" rather than the language I guess. I should stop commenting before coffee has kicked in.

[@CodyosVladimiros]

@@briangarrow448 oooh, this would be great too!

[@samx36]

Yeeeeesss

[@that1niceguy246]

it's interesting how i have an easier time finding a cover of this in attic greek than in swedish It's also a major bop, thank you for doing this

[@that1niceguy246]

or modern Dimotiki

[@蜘丏陌]

i know how you feel. i've ever heard like three ABBA covers in Swedish, of which one was sung by Maryl Streep....

[@SuperMrMuster]

Little known fact, Abba's song is actually based on the lines of the background chorus from Aristophanes' work "Lysistrata".

[@argyrendehringterimksaccu174]

@German Morawski wait disco and discordo is diff or it's just "-sk-" of PIE found in monosyllabic English to ask?

[@ilikedinosaurs392]

@@argyrendehringterimksaccu174 huh?

[@JamieDNGN]

​@@argyrendehringterimksaccu174 disco and discors come from two different lines of etymology! disco ultimately derives from δίσκος (diskos) - discus, disc (this plus θήκη (theke, both e's long) - box, chest gave us the french discotheque, which then in english was shortened into disco) Discordo, or more accurately, discors (discordis) comes from latin cor, cordis (heart). It literally means "apart-heart" as opposed to concors, concordis - together-heart. as an additonal note - Discourse is not connected to discors either - discourse ultimately derives from latin discurro, discurrere ("to run about, to roam, to wander") which comes from the same dis- as in discors, and curro, currere - to run (which is where we get the word courier - the one who runs!)

[@alexhouseman5820]

This is absolutely amazing! the only thing that got me was the greek letter abuse in the instrumental lol

[@kgaumont]

good ol' Grssk tacky as all hell

[@Zestyclose-Big3127]

@@kgaumont "Grssk" I, too had to try to resist the urge to read that as sum

[@jeythecount6546]

Why of course it's about gay love.

[@ferrusmanus4013]

You are WEAK

[@madpig7120]

@@ferrusmanus4013 samoeone with white hair who pretend to be you brother want to talk to you

[@lineevilasio]

what in ancient greece isnt about gay love?

[@rayanderson5797]

@@lineevilasio Zeus, sometimes.

[@ThingsStuffington]

@@rayanderson5797 *Glances at Ganymede* Sometimes-...

[@ricemango7502]

I didn't even know the ancient Greeks had attics!

[@kala_asi]

The english word "attic" apparently got its name "from the practice of decorating the top storey of building façades in the Attic architectural style", Attic being the word for all things belonging to the area around Athens

[@LavenderLinguist]

As a very gay linguist who loves a bit of ABBA, this genuinely lights up every pleasure centre in my brain

[@FreddieHg37]

As none of that, this does it for me too, somehow…

[@Dreron]

As a straight IT guy who doesn't have a particular inkling for Abba, it does light a fair bit of pleasure centers on my brain... The difference may be just one ...

[@蜘丏陌]

same here, i'm going to infest the life of my collegue with whom i'm staying by looping this masterpiece. it's just everything i ever hoped ancient greek hymns to be

[@zakuro8532]

supergay

[@a2e5]

@@Dreronthere used to be a gimme gimme gimme Easter egg in GNU’s man-db program!

[@christolios1040]

I am from Greece and the lesson of Ancient Greek is my favourite. This song has been a welcome addition to my life. May Zeus be with you

[@OrlindeEarfalas]

Someone give a laurel crown to this poet !

[@dorigenfranklin2029]

I'm so blown away by how far you've come.

[@miguelpestana314]

Last time I was this early people still understood the lyrics without problem. Also: Sappho called she wants to be a part of this

[@petertaylor4980]

For some reason, I don't believe that Sappho wants a man after midnight.

[@SwedishSinologyNerd]

“Gimme gimme gimme a lifelong platonic same-sex roomate and best friends no-seriously-you-guys I have a husband his name is Dick from Man island... after midnight” -- Sappho, recently rediscovered fragment.

[@robertcorbell1006]

@@petertaylor4980 Find a good K.D. Lang cover for her.

[@jman5949]

Give her a Woman after midnight?

[@seneca983]

@@petertaylor4980 But you're mistaken. Based on her poetry, Sappho would definitely want a man (or sometimes a woman) after midnight.

[@mariaioannadritsa2206]

I am Greek living in Greece and i have to say if even once in a month we were tought ancient greek like that, we modern greeks would love them and speak fluently. Amazing job hahaha

[@alexfarkas3881]

I'm gay, I love ABBA, I love Greek mythology. This manages to hit all my buttons at the same time. Thank you!

[@abelstropicalfruit8647]

That instrumental gave me goosebumps.

[@Saltheartfreak]

As a swed, I thought abba was gay enough as it is. But this... this took it to a whole new level. I don't know what to call this. An unicorn???

[@KingBobXVI]

"I don't know what to call this." Fabulous?

[@alexei9122]

The Ultimate Gay

[@Rose-xe4ct]

hejsan fellow swede :)

[@Saltheartfreak]

@@Rose-xe4ct Hej hej! :)

[@kaanlenny]

@@amadeosendiulo2137 Helloooo just wanted to say that we use "an" when the word's *pronunciation* begins with a vowel, words like "university" and "unicorn" gets an "a"

[@alan_4766]

I like the Jumps from Koine pronunciation back to the reconstructed old attic and once a while a slight pinch of new greek in the chorus. Still a huge banger

[@matyastaller159]

I can't really explain it... the language. A week ago, right here, was the first time I actually heard old Greek and... I have to keep coming back again and again. It resonates somehow. I am very happy. Thank you.

[@simonmandel2621]

I started listening to this religiously while on holiday in Greece this month. It’s so beautiful. The instruments, the voice, the artwork… transports me to another time and place

[@nonsysthematic9064]

This is an anthem for every fandom up all night shipping their favorites after the show.

[@ΆνναΣιδηροπούλου-ξ1π]

As a greek girl I can't appreciate the amount of work you put in this!!! It's honestly SO GOOD! Aside from some pronunciation issues (which is MORE THAN UNDERSTANDABLE, BELIEVE ME) , i enjoyed this very very very very much!!! Once again your work is magical and it really took me to ancient Greece

[@michaliskoufos6911]

Amazing! Εξαιρετικό! Great fun! Greetings from modern Greece!

[@FreddieHg37]

I love the fact that you had to clarify this was from modern Greece 😆

[@michaliskoufos6911]

@@FreddieHg37 Well, societies do evolve, don't they? At least they are supposed to... I liked you other comment so I will give you the gift of laughter. Search the phrase: ''Furby is the Antichrist'' and you will see how some people have not evolved for at least a millennia.

[@FreddieHg37]

@@michaliskoufos6911 Hahahaha… I mean, your comment is so funny on so many levels… Hahaha… Thanks dude and greetings to Greece from México!

[@michaliskoufos6911]

@@FreddieHg37 I salute the land of the Olmecs, the Mayans and the great civilization of Teotihuacan! And you personally of course...

[@FreddieHg37]

@@michaliskoufos6911 Thanks for all the compliments! And I salute the land of Philosophy, Academy, Cradle of modern civilization and Democracy!

[@goodbro7961]

I love you that you actually got the actual pronunciation they had in ancient Greece

[@adastra3147]

As an Italian and therefore a Roman I am so happy and grateful for this.

[@sarahgray430]

In Greek this becomes an ode to the love that in some other cultures dare not speak its name....well, that makes sense.

[@ceaselesswatcher3707]

Oh my god, this is just what a I needed at 3 in the morning!

[@debesgod1403]

I gotta agree to a lot of poeple here: your channel is outstanding in the "bardcore scene" because of all the effort and research. A real gem!

[@stefania.innovative]

I'm Greek. This video was definitely the highlight of my day! Thank you for making this! This is gold right there! Absolutely brilliant!

[@schmendrake]

I don't think I have ever laughed so hard in my life. You have a gift. My thanks to everyone who helps put these together. You guys are all awesome.

[@ferdinandocastaldi86]

Village people: our songs are the greatest pop gay icon AphaBeta: Hold my oinochòe

[@drartemisa21]

Could it be AlphaBetaBetaAlpha?

[@internationalamnesty]

.. I must say, the first time I saw one of your songs in my recommendations (The medieval style pumped up kicks, without the old english) I was amazed, but this.. This is amazing. You're a very illuminated and talented person and I hope you keep going, yours is an immense talent and should be recognized. Also, if you would, there is a recommendation I would like to make two suggestions. One would be any song in old spanish language and the other would be Deutschland by Rammstein (My favorite song) but in old german language. I would love both of them.

[@scottlypuff]

This is so amazing. Thank you for making this. ABBA is truly perfect and timeless.

Awesome cover, with vocals! And also a great work on translation and the cherry on the top it's on Spotify! Truly this man deserve a really big cookie

[@N0th1ng-4g41n]

Achilles and Patroclus are really dropping a beat huh

[@funkyfiss]

I had no idea I needed this in my life... until now.

[@shigginsshiggins2954]

1:51 is a perfect summary of the whole song

[@016adyan]

Please upload this to Spotify! I can't get enough of it.

[@math_plant]

I'm crying this is the best thing I have ever seen

[@chrisidk3992]

Your vids are so amazing even i don't know a single thing about the song or language and that the reson why I subed

[@CoClo72]

As a greek I didn't expect to have ancient Greek lyrics 😂 But it's a lit version, apollo would be proud!!

[@saracrewe6006]

this is truly why i took two years of ancient greek. to recognize a handful of words and torture myself trying to decipher the list of patrons without pausing or slowing the playback speed.

[@eyeofthebeholder643]

I'd like to thank the KZbin gods for this blessing at 3:30am, it's exactly what I needed.

[@NS-wj3pn]

How have I only just found this!? Too good for words

[@WwarpfirewW]

Loving it, since you reealesed it i watched this like milion times in a row :D

[@georgep.5818]

If we work on that pronunciation is gonna be pure gold

[@StrawberryLegacy]

The fact that it's gay makes it 1000x better

[@hatsalittle8189]

That era where women didnt exist in greece for 200 hundred years all men were doing was just trying to find a man lol

[@StrawberryLegacy]

@@hatsalittle8189 They existed, but they were seen as so far beneath men that even loving them was considered a weakness

[@arnantphongsatha7906]

@@StrawberryLegacy When you realize homoeroticism is the logical extreme of misogyny.

[@sztallone415]

@@StrawberryLegacy not all, certain courtesans were thriving on the fact that they were educated and allowed into the gatherings of men

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

And so cute UwU

[@clytemnestra]

glad this video made my 2 years of studying ancient greek a little more worth it

[@donnywynne3105]

You truly have created your own art form with this recent effort. Well done and keep it up.

[@user-cq9hb1pg3u]

The melody is so addictive 😂

[@Cairo40000]

another day of asking miracle to do a cover of Never gonna give you up in old high german (pls do it)

[@fiedelmina]

why?

[@Cairo40000]

@@fiedelmina Why not?

[@eliyahushvartz2167]

He liked this, I really hope he makes this 😂

[@epingchris]

You're gonna get Rīcohardrolled!

[@robertcorbell1006]

I think that language would better suit 99 Luftbalons.

[@Vernand1]

This is what Achilles was playing on the lyre to Patroclus.

[@ImagineGarydos]

This is damned impressive. As a classicist, I applaud you.

[@isabellegardner3604]

this is the coolest thing ever, i instantly subscribed. keep up the good work!!

[@BetMaa]

**Alexander the great and Hephaestion have entered the chat**

[@frogisis]

Thank you for creating this, I have a feeling I'll be posting it in a lot of threads about history... ...Also I mean it's just a great cover of the song, fantastic job. Finally I wanna propose "I Need A Hero" in Sumerian.

[@robertcorbell1006]

Underrated comment.

[@SidDARKtha]

Your work is awesome man! Can you do something by Blue Oyster Cult?

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

I’m still waiting for the old norse cover of Swedish Pagans

[@horrorhistory7342]

Do you mean Swedish pagans by sabaton??? If so that’s awesome!!!

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

@@horrorhistory7342 Swedish Pagans by Sabaton

[@ryanricke2247]

Like don’t fear the reaper in old Mongolian?

[@estebanrolon5022]

don't fear the reaper plague of justinian style

[@helgathegreat]

I am a native Greek and seriously I never expected to find something like that.Well done!You made my day by making me both laugh and be proud of you!💗💗

[@vicwunder3062]

Look at you, delivering another absolute banger!

[@Zebramskiy]

Great video ! P.S. Sometimes i think, than cyrillic alphabet was a joke of two Greeks, who said "Haha we can give to Slavs some of our letters and, in future, they will be suffer when they will try to read Greek language"

[@DomesticatedGoth]

I did a very little bit of ancient Greek when I was doing Classics at school, but enough to be familiar with the alphabet. Now I am learning Russian and thus Cyrillic and I feel this, just from the opposite direction 🤣

[@marineroussel7398]

Actually, if I remember accurately, the cyrillic alphabet WAS created after the Greek one, by a monk. Which itself came from a twisted version of some hieroglyphs

[@vayermenoviko0linixD]

@@marineroussel7398 it was two of them, Cyril (Cyrillus I guess would be more accurate?) and Methodius, they were brothers, but the Cyrillic alphabet was credited to Cyril. Since they worked closely together all these years though, it's more than possible that the other brother had a role in it too. The name comes from Cyril though, obviously.

[@marineroussel7398]

@@vayermenoviko0linixD thanks for the info, I didn't know that!

[@jegorhrhyk9062]

As a native Russian speaker at some point of my life I took a closer look at the Greek alphabet and suddenly found out that many letters are the same (expecially capital ones). So it took just a little trainig to be able to read Greek and even understand some words borrowed from Greek into Russian