Now for some reading practice using the Athenaze book.

 

Page ix: Practice your diphthongs
Page ix:  Want to hear the words?
 
Page xi: General Practice in Writing and Pronunciation.

  • 40 words: Listen to my reading

  • The Twelve Olympians: My reading 
    Read them also in uppercase:
       ΖΕΥΣ 
       ΗΡΑ 
       ΑΘΗΝΗ 
       ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ 
       ΑΡΤΕΜΙΣ 
       ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ 
       ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗ 
        ΕΡΜΗΣ 
       ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ 
       ΑΡΗΣ 
       ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΣ 
       ΔΗΜΗΤΗΡ 

  • The Nine Muses: Listen to my reading
    And in uppercase:
       ΚΛΕΙΩ 
       ΕΥΤΕΡΠΗ 
       ΘΑΛΕΙΑ 
       ΜΕΛΠΟΜΕΝΗ 
       ΤΕΡΨΙΧΟΡΑ 
       ΕΡΑΤΩ 
       ΠΟΛΥΜΝΙΑ 
       ΟΥΡΑΝΙΑ 
       ΚΑΛΛΙΟΠΗ 

  • The Three Graces and The Three Fates: Reading

    Notice the diaeresis on the i of Aglaia showing us that it is pronounced
       Αγλα ΐ α and not Αγλ αί α 

    Try reading them in uppercase:
       ΑΓΛΑΙΑ
       ΕΥΦΡΟΣΥΝΗ
       ΘΑΛΕΙΑ 

    the 3 Fates
    Αἱ τρεῖς Μοῖραι

    • ΚΛΟΘΩ Clotho, is present at our birth, combs the wool and spins the thread of life. She decides when, where and how we are born.
    • ΛΑΧΕΣΙΣ Lachesis, weaves the thread into the fabric of our lives. What is our life going to be like?
    • ΑΤΡΟΠΟΣ Atropos, presides at our death, she decides upon the length of the thread and cuts it off when she thinks it's long enough. When, where and how are we going to die?