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Ὁ Κατάσκοπος (The Spy) by Gerber is a very entertaining novella in Ancient Greek, and I decided to record it for fun. This post is openly available to the public, so feel free to share it anywhere.

You can purchase a paper copy to support the author at this link, but you can also find the PDF at Bibliotheca Uraniae.

In this recording I use the Lucian Pronunciation of Ancient Greek, so you might want to take a look at the linked video to understand why I use this historical pronunciation as a convention for all forms of pre-Mediaeval Greek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt9z5Gvp3MM

Thanks for listening! 🕵️‍♂️

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Klaus Albers

Hi, I might be wrong but it appears to me that the last sentence might be incorrect: Οἱ Κορίνθιοί τε καὶ Λακεδαιμόνιοι νικήσομεν. Why is the 1st person plural used here (νικήσομεν) instead of the 3rd plural? I am not referring to your recording in particular as you are just reading what is written in the original book. Or do I get something wrong here? I have a somewhat similar question referring to the 1st person plural with regards to a sentence on page 10 of the same book: Ἐγὼ δὴ καὶ ἄλλοι τοὺς ἡμετέρτους οἴκους ἀπωλέσαμεν. Is the 1st person plural correct here? Why not 1st person singular (referring to the ἐγώ) or the 3rd person plural (referring to the ἄλλοι)?

Luke Amadeus Ranieri

“We the (alliance of) Corinthians and Spartans were victorious” is how I understand it.

Klaus Albers

Okay thanks, so the other sentence would then be: "I and the others, (we) destroyed our houses." ?

Klaus Albers

Perfect, thank you very much! Your greek recordings are amazing, I use them a lot! And btw I am astonished how you take out lots of mistakes before recording (for example in your recordings of Alexandros The Greek Boy).

Luke Amadeus Ranieri

Thanks for noticing! Yes, I occasionally find mistakes in the texts. They happen. An advantage to reading for a recording at a relatively slow speed, is that I notice a lot more mistakes than even the original authors might notice. It’s one reason I like to make audiobooks of my own writings, as I find a lot of mistakes that I might have missed.