Can Modern Greeks Understand Ancient Greek?

Ancient Greek vs Modern Greek!
In today's video we'll take a look at how well modern Greek speakers understand Ancient Greek. Contrary to what many people think, "Ancient Greek" is not a dead language, just like many other languages, the modern form of the language is not completely separate. Language is a living entity and it changes and evolves over the course of time, and this is precisely the case with the Greek language. It starts with Ancient Greek with its different dialects and continues to Koine Greek. Throughout the 4th century BCE, Alexander spread the Greek culture and language throughout the Mediterranean and the Middle East and Greek became the lingua franca of a vast region. Between the 5th century until the end of the Middle Ages the Greek language evolved into the stage known as the medieval Greek or Byzantine Greek (Eastern Roman empire) that would ultimately develop into what we know today as modern Greek.

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The world owes a huge debt of gratitude to the ancient Greeks for so much that we take for granted. Western civilization would not be what it is today without the Greeks. From the concept of democracy, which gets its name from the Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (demokratía), to the Olympics, “Ὀλυμπικός (Olumpikós)” in Ancient Greek, to the immense contributions to science, math, philosophy, architecture, engineering, biology, astrology, linguistics, medicine, and of course the numerous Greek inventions.

I am very happy to feature the Ancient Greek language in this video! This is a language that has had a massive global impact, and there are various terms which come from Ancient Greek being used in every corner of the world. The Greek alphabet is the basis of the Latin and Cyrillic writing systems used in English and many different languages today, and the Greek letters are utilized in math and science everywhere. Even the terms mathematics “μαθηματικός (mathematikós)”, physics “φυσικός (phusikós)”, pharmacy “φαρμακεία (pharmakeía)”, and many others are derived from Ancient Greek.

Quite simply, we have all benefited from the Ancient Greek language and culture. I hope you enjoy the video.

The statements in the video are from:

- Nicomachean Ethics (Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια) - By Aristotle
- Odyssey (Ὀδύσσεια) - By Homer
- The Apology of Socrates (Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους) - By Plato
- Critias (Κριτίας): An ancient Athenian political figure and author

Greek (ελληνικά) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages with a written record of over 3,000 years, easily making it the oldest documented Indo-European language. The Greek alphabet, originating from the Phoenician script, was the basis of numerous other scripts, such as Latin, Cyrillic, Coptic, Gothic, and Armenian. The Greek language has virtually impacted other languages in every corner of the world, being an important component of Western civilization, the Christian religion, and the language of some of the fundamental texts of science, astronomy, and mathematics. The Greek language today holds official status in Greece and Cyprus, and is recognized as a minority language in Albania, Armenia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, and Ukraine.

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