Reading Greek with Luke, An Ephesian Tale 1.1 (Patreon)

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2024-10-13 01:51:00

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2024-10

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Hi everyone! Next week I will make this video public, but I wanted to share it with you now if you'd like to see it right away.

Let's read An Ephesian Tale! one of the earliest surviving Ancient Greek novels, by Xenophon of Ephesus who lived in the 1st or 2nd century AD. This novel involves romance, action, and adventure, and is thought to have been an inspiration to Shakespeare among others.

How you might use this video lesson:

1. Click or tap on the part of the reading in the timeline (labeled μέρος α’ (part 1), μέρος β’ (part 2), μέρος γ’ (part 3), etc.) and listen to the recitation without looking at the text. Before I start asking questions about the reading, go back to the beginning of that part of the reading, and listen once again without seeing the text.

2. Listen to that part of the reading a third time, but now do so while reading along with the text.

3. Pause the video and recite the text aloud on your own.

4. Listen to my questions, and attempt to answer them aloud in Ancient Greek by finding the answer in the text. (You may pause the video if you need more time to answer.)

You may add or skip steps as is appropriate for your level. The reason not to look at the text, but only listen two times in a row, is to help your brain isolate key words. For people not used to hearing Ancient Greek spoken to them without immediate reference to the written word, this will be challenging! But that's the idea: it challenges your brain to understand exclusively through auditory input. Then, when you hear the same part of the text a second time, you'll get much more. It'll surprise you! By the end of the video, you'll understand what you're hearing far better than when you started.

No matter what your current level in Ancient Greek, this will likely present some challenge: not only do you have to get used to receiving auditory-only input (which is rare for anyone who works with an ancient language), but you will have to get used to the story, my manner of reading, and also the Classical Attic Pronunciation (discussed here: https://youtu.be/dQBpwKWnZAo ).

The result of this exercise will be much improved reading comprehension in Ancient Greek that you can utilize with any text you encounter. You may even learn to speak a little too!

The printed book I am using may be found on Amazon here (purchasing via this affiliated link brings a very small commision to support the channel): https://amzn.to/4f0QA1b

This edition by C. T. Hadavas is exceptional because it has every new word calqued in English on the same page as the main text (I don't show you those parts of the pages).

However, the original text that you see in the video, written by Xenophon of Ephesus, is available for free and can be found online, such as at Perseus: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0649

My inspiration for this video series comes in part from my colleague Adrian Hundhausen, author of the Pharos Thematic Guide to Ancient Greek Vocabulary ( https://amzn.to/3A5iVV5 ) who teaches Ancient Greek in this fashion. See our interview here: https://youtu.be/RjaPw7K_JJs

The other source of my inspiration for this series is from my colleagues at the Ancient Language Institute who have taught me so much about Second Language Acquisition and paedogogy in general.

I discuss how you can accomplish this technique solo with any text in this video: https://youtu.be/wpxfXiWqnlg

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Reading Greek with Luke, An Ephesian Tale 1.1

Welcome to Reading Greek with Luke, in which I read to you in Ancient Greek, and ask you questions about the reading, much as a teacher in a classroom. This video will help train your listening and reading comprehension, as well as your speaking proficiency. Let's read An Ephesian Tale! one of the earliest surviving Ancient Greek novels, by Xenophon of Ephesus who lived in the 1st or 2nd century AD. This novel involves romance, action, and adventure, and is thought to have been an inspiration to Shakespeare among others. *How you might use this video lesson:* 1. Click or tap on the part of the reading in the timeline (labeled μέρος α’ (part 1), μέρος β’ (part 2), μέρος γ’ (part 3), etc.) and listen to the recitation *without* looking at the text. Before I start asking questions about the reading, go back to the beginning of that part of the reading, and listen once again without seeing the text. 2. Listen to that part of the reading a third time, but now do so while reading along with the text. 3. Pause the video and recite the text aloud on your own. 4. Listen to my questions, and attempt to answer them aloud in Ancient Greek by finding the answer in the text. (You may pause the video if you need more time to answer.) You may add or skip steps as is appropriate for your level. The reason not to look at the text, but only listen two times in a row, is to help your brain isolate key words. For people not used to hearing Ancient Greek spoken to them without immediate reference to the written word, this will be challenging! But that's the idea: it challenges your brain to understand exclusively through auditory input. Then, when you hear the same part of the text a second time, you'll get much more. It'll surprise you! By the end of the video, you'll understand what you're hearing far better than when you started. No matter what your current level in Ancient Greek, this will likely present some challenge: not only do you have to get used to receiving auditory-only input (which is rare for anyone who works with an ancient language), but you will have to get used to the story, my manner of reading, and also the Classical Attic Pronunciation (discussed here: https://youtu.be/dQBpwKWnZAo ). The result of this exercise will be much improved reading comprehension in Ancient Greek that you can utilize with any text you encounter. You may even learn to speak a little too! The printed book I am using may be found on Amazon here (purchasing via this affiliated link brings a very small commision to support the channel): https://amzn.to/4f0QA1b This edition by C. T. Hadavas is exceptional because it has every new word calqued in English on the same page as the main text (I don't show you those parts of the pages). However, the original text that you see in the video, written by Xenophon of Ephesus, is available for free and can be found online, such as at Perseus: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0649 My inspiration for this video series comes in part from my colleague Adrian Hundhausen, author of the Pharos Thematic Guide to Ancient Greek Vocabulary ( https://amzn.to/3A5iVV5 ) who teaches Ancient Greek in this fashion. See our interview here: https://youtu.be/RjaPw7K_JJs The other source of my inspiration for this series is from my colleagues at the Ancient Language Institute who have taught me so much about Second Language Acquisition and paedogogy in general. I discuss how you can accomplish this techinque solo with any text in this video: https://youtu.be/wpxfXiWqnlg 🦂 Support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LukeRanieri 📚 Luke Ranieri Audiobooks: https://luke-ranieri.myshopify.com 🤠 Take my course LATIN UNCOVERED on StoryLearning, including my original Latin adventure novella "Vir Petasātus" https://learn.storylearning.com/lu-promo?affiliate_id=3932873 🦂 Sign up for my Latin Pronunciation & Conversation series on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/54058196 🏛 Ancient Greek in Action · Free Greek Lessons: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU1WuLg45SixsonRdfNNv-CPNq8xUwgam 👨‍🏫 My Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata playlist · Free Latin Lessons: https://youtu.be/j7hd799IznU ☕️ Support my work with PayPal: https://paypal.me/lukeranieri 📚 Luke Ranieri Audiobooks: https://luke-ranieri.myshopify.com Join the channel to support it: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRllohBcHec7YUgW6HfltLA/join 🌅 ScorpioMartianus apud Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukeranieri/ 🦁 Legio XIII Latin Language Podcast: https://youtube.com/LegioXIII 🎙 Hundres of hours of Latin & Greek audio: https://lukeranieri.com/audio 👕 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/scorpiomartianus 🦂 https://www.ScorpioMartianus.com 🦅 https://www.LukeRanieri.com 0:00 Τὰ Ἐφεσικά 0:37 μέρος α’ 3:00 μέρος β’ 6:04 μέρος γ’