A sleepy run-through of the Greek Alphabet, for reasons. Α α – Άλφα / Alpha. Sounds like the A in Apolo and Athena. Β β – Βήτα / Veeta. Sounds like the V in Veronica and Valerie. Greek doesn’t have “B” as in “book” as a letter. The “B” sound is formed using a combination of the Greek “Μ μ / M m” and “Π π / P p”. ΜΠ / μπ = B. Γ γ – Γάμα / Wama. Sounds like the W in William and Walter. Δ δ – Δέλτα / Thelta. Sounds like the TH in THe and THere. Greek doesn’t have “D” as a letter. The “D” sound is formed using a combination of the Greek “N ν / Ν n” and “T τ / T t”. ΝΤ / ντ = D. Ε ε – Έψιλον / Epsilon. Sounds like the E in Erika or Emily. Ζ ζ – Ζήτα / Zeeta. Sounds like the Z in Zoey and Zackary. It’s just Z. Η η – Ήττα / Eeta. Sounds like the I in Isabella and Irma. It is the first of the three “I”s of the Greek language. All three sound the same on their own. They are used differently in orthography. Eeta is the most trustworthy one, as it never sounds as anything other than “ee”, regardless of what other letters its paired with. Θ θ – Θήτα / Theeta. Sounds like the TH in Theseus and Thorax. Ι ι – Ιώτα / Yota. Sounds like the I in Isabella and Irma. It is the second of the three “I”s of the Greek language. All three sound the same on their own. They are used differently in orthography. Κ κ – Κάππα / Kappa. Sounds like the C in Calypso and Casper. Λ λ – Λάμδα / Lambda. Sounds like the L in Leonardo and Luke. It’s just L. Μ μ – Μι / Me. Sounds like M in Morpheus and Mary. It’s just M. Ν ν – Νι / Nee. Sounds like N in Nathaniel and Nancy. It’s just N. Ξ ξ – Ξι / Xee. It sounds like the X in boX and aXolotl. Ο ο – Όμικρον / Omicron. Sounds like the O in Orpheus and Orion. It’s just O. Π π – Πι / Pee. Sounds like the P in Penelope and Patroclus. It’s just P. Ρ ρ – Ρο / Ro. Sounds like R in Romeo and Roger. It’s just R. Σ σ ς – Σίγμα / Sigma. Sounds like the S in Socrates and Shakespeare. It’s just S. Lowercase σ is written as ς if it’s at the end of a word. In capital letters it remains as Σ. Τ τ – Ταφ / Tough. Sounds like the T in Telemachus and Tiresias. It’s just T. Υ υ – Ύψιλον / Eepsilon. Sounds like the I in Isabella and Irma. It is the third of the three “I”s of the Greek language. All three sound the same on their own. They are used differently in orthography. Φ φ – Φι / Phee. Sounds like the PH in Phoebe or the F in Felix. It’s basically just F. Χ χ – Χι / He. Sounds like the H in Hercules and Hephaestus. Ψ ψ – Ψι / Psy. I can’t actually think of any English words with that sound, since most words with a strong Ψ are turned to Psy in English, like Psychology or Psychotic… Maybe the pspsps for cats. Might come back to this one if I come up with an appropriate equivalent. Ω ω – Ωμέγα / Omega. Sounds like the O in Orpheus and Orion too. It’s just O, just used differently than Omicron in orthography. 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝑒𝓍𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓈: The vowel combinations that can get confusing but are also standard in their sound: ΑΙ / αι when together are read the same as the epsilon in Erika or Emily 𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 there is a ton on the alpha (‘ΑΙ / άι), or a separating indicator on the I (ΑΪ / αΪ) where they are read as individual letters. ΕΙ / ει and ΟΙ / οι when combined both sound like the I in Isabella and Irma. I lied, there are even more “I”s of the Greek language. Much like the one above, 𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 there is a ton on the epsilon or the omicron (ΈΙ / έι, ΌΙ / όι), or a separating indicator on the I (ΕΪ / εϊ , ΟΪ / οϊ ) where they are read as individual letters. ΟΥ / ου when together form the sound “OO” like the U in Ursula and the OO in book. 𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 there is a ton on the omicron (ΌΥ / όυ ), or a separating indicator on the Eepsilon (ΟΫ / οϋ) where they are read as individual letters. Greek is pretty straight-forward. What you see is what you get. So these pronunciations are standard. There are very few cases of read/read or tomato/tomato in Greek where you just have to know the word to guess how it’s supposed to be pronounced. Actually, the only suspects are: ΑY/αυ and ΕΥ/Ευ. That can be read as “av” as in Ava or “af” as in Afton and “ev” as in Evolution or “ef” as in Effort but you just kinda have to know. But these are pretty much the only exceptions. Finally, wherever you see a ton on top of a vowel, that’s where the word is emphasized. For example: Telemachus: ΤΗΛΈΜΑΧΟΣ / Τηλέμαχος – tee- LE- machos. It is emphasized on the LE. When words are all in capital letters it is pretty common for them to not have tons at all, don't let that confuse you.
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The initial concept art for Open Arms from months ago. The designs changed a widdle bit while I worked on the animatic ❤️🩵 (The reason Odysseus's sheath ended up on his back is because I forgot to animate it at the first scenes).
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A sleepy run-through of the Greek Alphabet, for reasons.
Α α – Άλφα / Alpha. Sounds like the A in Apolo and Athena.
Β β – Βήτα / Veeta. Sounds like the V in Veronica and Valerie. Greek doesn’t have “B” as in “book” as a letter. The “B” sound is formed using a combination of the Greek “Μ μ / M m” and “Π π / P p”. ΜΠ / μπ = B.
Γ γ – Γάμα / Wama. Sounds like the W in William and Walter.
Δ δ – Δέλτα / Thelta. Sounds like the TH in THe and THere. Greek doesn’t have “D” as a letter. The “D” sound is formed using a combination of the Greek “N ν / Ν n” and “T τ / T t”. ΝΤ / ντ = D.
Ε ε – Έψιλον / Epsilon. Sounds like the E in Erika or Emily.
Ζ ζ – Ζήτα / Zeeta. Sounds like the Z in Zoey and Zackary. It’s just Z.
Η η – Ήττα / Eeta. Sounds like the I in Isabella and Irma. It is the first of the three “I”s of the Greek language. All three sound the same on their own. They are used differently in orthography. Eeta is the most trustworthy one, as it never sounds as anything other than “ee”, regardless of what other letters its paired with.
Θ θ – Θήτα / Theeta. Sounds like the TH in Theseus and Thorax.
Ι ι – Ιώτα / Yota. Sounds like the I in Isabella and Irma. It is the second of the three “I”s of the Greek language. All three sound the same on their own. They are used differently in orthography.
Κ κ – Κάππα / Kappa. Sounds like the C in Calypso and Casper.
Λ λ – Λάμδα / Lambda. Sounds like the L in Leonardo and Luke. It’s just L.
Μ μ – Μι / Me. Sounds like M in Morpheus and Mary. It’s just M.
Ν ν – Νι / Nee. Sounds like N in Nathaniel and Nancy. It’s just N.
Ξ ξ – Ξι / Xee. It sounds like the X in boX and aXolotl.
Ο ο – Όμικρον / Omicron. Sounds like the O in Orpheus and Orion. It’s just O.
Π π – Πι / Pee. Sounds like the P in Penelope and Patroclus. It’s just P.
Ρ ρ – Ρο / Ro. Sounds like R in Romeo and Roger. It’s just R.
Σ σ ς – Σίγμα / Sigma. Sounds like the S in Socrates and Shakespeare. It’s just S. Lowercase σ is written as ς if it’s at the end of a word. In capital letters it remains as Σ.
Τ τ – Ταφ / Tough. Sounds like the T in Telemachus and Tiresias. It’s just T.
Υ υ – Ύψιλον / Eepsilon. Sounds like the I in Isabella and Irma. It is the third of the three “I”s of the Greek language. All three sound the same on their own. They are used differently in orthography.
Φ φ – Φι / Phee. Sounds like the PH in Phoebe or the F in Felix. It’s basically just F.
Χ χ – Χι / He. Sounds like the H in Hercules and Hephaestus.
Ψ ψ – Ψι / Psy. I can’t actually think of any English words with that sound, since most words with a strong Ψ are turned to Psy in English, like Psychology or Psychotic… Maybe the pspsps for cats. Might come back to this one if I come up with an appropriate equivalent.
Ω ω – Ωμέγα / Omega. Sounds like the O in Orpheus and Orion too. It’s just O, just used differently than Omicron in orthography.
𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝑒𝓍𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓈:
The vowel combinations that can get confusing but are also standard in their sound:
ΑΙ / αι when together are read the same as the epsilon in Erika or Emily 𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 there is a ton on the alpha (‘ΑΙ / άι), or a separating indicator on the I (ΑΪ / αΪ) where they are read as individual letters.
ΕΙ / ει and ΟΙ / οι when combined both sound like the I in Isabella and Irma. I lied, there are even more “I”s of the Greek language. Much like the one above, 𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 there is a ton on the epsilon or the omicron (ΈΙ / έι, ΌΙ / όι), or a separating indicator on the I (ΕΪ / εϊ , ΟΪ / οϊ ) where they are read as individual letters.
ΟΥ / ου when together form the sound “OO” like the U in Ursula and the OO in book. 𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 there is a ton on the omicron (ΌΥ / όυ ), or a separating indicator on the Eepsilon (ΟΫ / οϋ) where they are read as individual letters.
Greek is pretty straight-forward. What you see is what you get. So these pronunciations are standard.
There are very few cases of read/read or tomato/tomato in Greek where you just have to know the word to guess how it’s supposed to be pronounced. Actually, the only suspects are: ΑY/αυ and ΕΥ/Ευ. That can be read as “av” as in Ava or “af” as in Afton and “ev” as in Evolution or “ef” as in Effort but you just kinda have to know. But these are pretty much the only exceptions.
Finally, wherever you see a ton on top of a vowel, that’s where the word is emphasized. For example:
Telemachus: ΤΗΛΈΜΑΧΟΣ / Τηλέμαχος – tee- LE- machos. It is emphasized on the LE.
When words are all in capital letters it is pretty common for them to not have tons at all, don't let that confuse you.
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The initial concept art for Open Arms from months ago. The designs changed a widdle bit while I worked on the animatic ❤️🩵
(The reason Odysseus's sheath ended up on his back is because I forgot to animate it at the first scenes).
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