Hear Alexander the Great's Legendary Speech in Ancient Greek!

[@EpichistoryTv]

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]

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]

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]

@@crnicrni7515 You need to stop narcotics...

[@Georged811]

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]

@@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.

[@SealTeamSekc]

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

[@183_widyaakbarsuharyanto5]

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

[@diegogatti7397]

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

[@b4tgiUS]

Facts

[@danieltriantafyllis3011]

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

[@johnpaulabocad6941]

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

[@YiannissB.]

Χαχαχαχα

[@SHI死-s8n]

Lol he speak ancient greek the video show you british

[@christosnitsos9957]

And why are you using the Erasmian pronunciation?

[@extremeusace4189]

@@SHI死-s8n wow as if no one realized

[@DarkenMapper03]

Now upload the entire Alexander the Great series in Ancient Greek

[@jewelrule]

Y ea

[@ComradeHellas]

It's in Ancient Greek

[@mehrheitler]

And the History of Russia in Russian…

[@dariusiiiemperoroftheachae1818]

Comrade Hellas not the entire series.

[@dariusiiiemperoroftheachae1818]

Иван Рогожин Old Slavic*

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

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

[@EpichistoryTv]

Turn on the captions?

[@jeffwalters8552]

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

[@Ellinon_Vasileus]

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

[@EpichistoryTv]

​@@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]

@@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.

[@hellascommentor]

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

[@ComradeHellas]

They did a good job

[@ΛεωνάνδροςΠεργαμενός]

@@ComradeHellas he did a terrible job.

[@roy6672]

@@ΛεωνάνδροςΠεργαμενός I think so too, I could read the subtitles but the audio felt very off

[@wankawanka3053]

@@ΛεωνάνδροςΠεργαμενός well it's still appreciated non the less

[@Gyneco-Phobia]

@@ΛεωνάνδροςΠεργαμενός 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.

[@revertrevertz5438]

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!

[@Stratigoz]

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

[@aleksandarkaradakoski3258]

Me too bro:)

[@Stratigoz]

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

[@hellenicfighter8796]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@EndymionClashofClans]

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]

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]

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

[@roy6672]

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]

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

[@therealbs2000]

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

[@KafkaesqueRider]

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

[@afonsoferreira2652]

sic est hahahah concordo

[@DimitrisKokkos]

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]

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

[@afonsoferreira2652]

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

[@scotto.2113]

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*.

[@DavideMontingelliOfficial]

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

[@michaellavan5802]

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

[@araknas3981]

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

[@MuddieRain]

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

[@grieftex803]

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

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

?

[@raulpetrascu2696]

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

[@grieftex803]

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

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Yup

[@paranoidandroid6095]

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

[@AncientAccounts]

The title should've been in Ancient Greek smh

[@Macinatorecazzaro]

@Prometheus Titan in german or italian..

[@armaholic5949]

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

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

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

[@Ghaztoir]

How would english speakers recognize it?

[@donaldjohnson7777]

There's one in English, but im sure you've seen it already.

[@Johnskarman]

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]

σιγά ρε....

[@theodorospadelidis6537]

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

[@intergalactic.transmitter9911]

@@swolag that was quite the stupid comment.

[@zedsian]

Who told you that this reconstructed accent is correct.?

[@nancygates4037]

Z, 5 t. 7j tw

[@GeoLumen]

​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.]

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

[@intergalactic.transmitter9911]

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?

[@ghl19]

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

[@EpichistoryTv]

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 : kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5iqYXx7d9yWi6s 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]

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

[@EpichistoryTv]

​@@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]

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

[@EpichistoryTv]

@@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]

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.

[@SandRhomanHistory]

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]

Exactly this - fantastic.

[@ninetailedredfox5041]

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

[@1glogo]

Haha exactly my thoughts, worth the try though!

[@commandro]

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

[@MultiSciGeek]

That's an understatement

[@abalosdin6568]

noticeable HAHAHH ρε φίλε το σκότωσε

[@efi8229]

@@abalosdin6568 οι τόνοι με σκότωσαν

[@Schmidty1]

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

[@ChrisDyn1]

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

[@Schmidty1]

@@ChrisDyn1 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.

[@fourlamb1]

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

[@frankandree62]

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

[@thegreat8153]

@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.

[@stevens1041]

May the light of Greek civilization shine bright forever.

[@alejandrosakai1744]

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!

[@bill884]

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]

It is in Erasmic pronunciation also... 😉

[@Cincinnatus358]

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]

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

[@bill884]

@@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]

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

[@HoH]

Very cool collaboration. Ancient Greek sounds impressive!

[@imperfectcell7081]

If only the pronounciation was correct.

[@hellenicfighter8796]

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

[@VforValenti]

@@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]

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

[@VforValenti]

@@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.

[@liriobolaffio3255]

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.

[@greecevsengland2606]

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

[@ghostofathens6600]

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

[@ghostofathens6600]

And now still live

[@cvet0246]

One can’t be the other my brother.

[@ghostofathens6600]

Slender Man no dude they are bulgars

[@ghostofathens6600]

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

[@sulaimarnwisit1445]

Watch out Turk

[@zeus756]

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]

🇨🇾🇬🇷🇬🇷👊

[@mihalismkickyourass2432]

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

[@Fiaw1]

"A bit" lol

[@ozzy-uo1gh]

it is how it was pronounced back then

[@zedsian]

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

[@ΑνίκητοςΓιαννούδης]

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

[@laylobinson5839]

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.

[@baris90inan]

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.

[@V-q8is]

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

[@Stratigoz]

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]

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]

@@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!

[@khanasparukh2132]

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

[@aniellord7088]

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

[@abhaytripathi12345]

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

[@harrypjotr4075]

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

[@obabas80]

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

[@sendawulakajubi2991]

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.

[@TakedownO44]

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]

Alex > Julio 👍

[@thesoulofthehero468]

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

[@JudgeCorser]

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

[@chriskalogrias926]

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

[@dejabu24]

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

[@arandomwalk]

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

[@dannyalex5866]

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

[@ComradeHellas]

What do you mean buster, the video is great?

[@dannyalex5866]

@@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]

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]

​​@@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!

[@christmill8596]

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

[@Alex-gn1ws]

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

[@j.m.r.8961]

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

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

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

[@arthurwellesleydukeofwelli5505]

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

[@Ealdorman_of_Mercia]

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

[@MPHJackson7]

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

[@edwardjennings6021]

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

[@kissmyathsma9816]

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

[@smokey5225]

Thank you for posting this I was there so it brought back memories

[@00Infinitysahirul_alam]

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

[@FranciscoSV81]

Alexander the Great speaking with English accent

[@Annihilatr_]

this speech says that how fearless was Alexander!

[@ChrisLee-ws7gr]

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

[@tryphonkorm]

Great oral rendering of the original text. Well done!

[@marianc.7502]

oreal*

[@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347]

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]

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]

@@gantengdanpemberani238 Charismatic = Χαρισματικός

[@Basil-HD]

I think the British version had more passion

[@ihihihihi.heheh.]

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.]

@@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.

[@spartangenix2131]

Wow this is very interesting another great video guys👍🔥

[@lbrry0290]

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

[@pantelispantelis1820]

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

[@Lilsauron44]

Thanks from this magnificent video, from Makedonia, Hellas 🙏

[@L0TISH]

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!

[@scarecrow2097]

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]

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]

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

[@LiterallyWho1917]

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

[@TKR001]

Got goosebumps. That was amazing.

[@abhaytripathi12345]

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.

[@germanoe.maquart3930]

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

[@marcus1992000]

Amazing , this is the right direction for the channel

[@phedonbilek3322]

From a Greek, ευχαριστώ!

[@snowcrow599]

Amazing, would be nice to have English subtitles though

[@EpichistoryTv]

Turn on the captions! CC cymbol at bottom left of screen.

[@hellenicfighter8796]

Man that Erasmian Western accent is KILLING it!

[@ComradeHellas]

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

[@hellenicfighter8796]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@ComradeHellas]

@@hellenicfighter8796 Lmao how old are you?

[@theolschoolblues]

This was incredible!

[@karolos2024]

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

[@HebaruSan]

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

[@melihism]

When you realize that Bulgarians think that they are Macedonians!

[@todorkrasimirov8304]

Hahah who the hell did you hear this from phahaha

[@samarkand1585]

When you realize that Macedonians think they are Macedonians

[@ΒασιληςΠαναγιωτιδης-ξ7π]

🇬🇷❤🇹🇷

[@scintillam_dei]

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

[@ΒασιληςΠαναγιωτιδης-ξ7π]

@@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

[@davebowman9000]

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

[@O_LoboIberico]

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]

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

[@matthew-jy5jp]

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

[@megaskir]

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

[@davidkardos2794]

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

[@deniaridley]

great idea!

[@issavisisland9870]

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

[@gzpo]

Language: what a concept! I don't know Greek or any other language but excellent work! Thank you all. I want more, and in other languages, too!

[@didndido3638]

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!

[@V750.]

Hahahahah dude your ancient Hellenic killed me XD but atleast you tried

[@Ealdorman_of_Mercia]

He probably had the misthios Alexios the eagle bearer doing much of the work :)

[@JanSanono]

Ancient Greek best language 10/10

[@lakonaslakonikos8432]

@@historyalbλευτεριά στην βόρεια Ήπειρο τιγανοκεφαλε

[@mr.m1178]

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!😄

[@napoleonbonaparte1429]

Thanks for this video.

[@paranoidandroid6095]

Alexander: bla-bla-bla Soldier: yeah, he's done so much to us Alexander: ...and crossed the desert of Gedrosia Soldier: *angry face* p.s: im still sure that Alexander was poisoned. I mean it was said that he start feeling pain in chest when was drinking wine. And his commanders had reasons to do it. He was too ambitious, too arrogant. In the video he was talking like cmon leave me under protection those who you conquered, but surrounded himself with persian advisers, turned to their customs and after the desert of Gedrosia wanted to conquer Aravia... Like India is too much, stop, but 2 deserts is ok. And killing Parmenion definitely wasnt forgot. (And persian wifes, that commanders divorced with shortly aftet his death)

[@Kaiser.Julius]

They were tensions between him and Antipater. If he did not died, a civil war between them would have errupted. Its possible that Antipater and Cassander had something to do with his death, or maybe more generals were involved

[@Hadrexus]

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

[@tuatarian6591]

I feel bad for you guys, such an amazing video and such terrible comments. Keep up the good work

[@Agruuss]

the whole story about how Ancient Greek sounded like is very controversial, its definetely a fact that Ancient Greek didnt sound the same as Modern Greek...but besides that, i enjoyed this video a lot

[@procrustes7669]

The closest and the continuation of Ancient Greek is medieval koine greek they chant in Greek orthodox church and they ofc do not butchering Diphthongs, tones, letters like THETA etc.. Ingnoring diphthongs is WRONG

[@samrezvani3299]

@@procrustes7669 there is a shift in the mid koine period in prouncing words like γ, δ, θ, β, φ, χ. In Attic and early joine they where pronounced similar too g, d, t, p, k. but in the first century CE, it shifted to gh, dh, th, v, f, and kh.

[@enyalios316]

​@@procrustes7669Our chants are pronounced exactly like modern Greek speech and are therefore anachronistic as well. The closest thing we have are the polytonic diacritics which were introduced to prevent any further changes in pronunciation and the descriptions by the ancient greek Grammarians.

[@theomarley9106]

I love the video! I have to say that the pronunciation is a bit off but it is very very hard to get right, and this comes from a greek. Awesome job keep it going !!!

[@Evzone1821]

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

[@akSeR2010]

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

[@Evzone1821]

Chris Nobody spoke Ancient Greek with an American accent.

[@PatraGR]

Here is a good one with a normal accent. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH_Pq4RsidelabM

[@bill884]

@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]

@@akSeR2010 he pronounced the diphthongs and tones incorrectly

[@flyingterminator357]

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

[@ComradeHellas]

This is how ancient Greeks spoke like.

[@flyingterminator357]

@@ComradeHellas με αγγλική προφορά εννοώ

[@ComradeHellas]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@explorermusic9321]

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]

@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

[@salonez91]

Cant belive how apealing it sounds. This is just amasing, no no it is epic like this channel !

[@pitsinokaki]

You guys have the most amazing channel.