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[Facts] Athene
How do you pronounce Athene? Is it Uh-theen, Uh-theen-ay, Uh-theen-uh, or something completely different?___________________________________________________________
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ah-THEE-nee
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Right only out of Greecein Greece is Athena ah-thee-NA (as the female name) and a-THEE-na (as the capital)

This message was edited 12/16/2008, 7:33 AM

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it is Athena, only spelled differently. in roman mythology, it is spelled Athena, but in greek mythology it is spelled Athene.
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Yes thisAt least in Modern Greek.
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I think it is Uh-theen-ee or uh-theen-ay, since an 'e' at the end of a name tends to be pronounced as 'ee' or even 'ay'. It is more likely for it to be pronounced uh-theen-ee, since most of the time the 'e' is pronounced as 'ee' at the end of most Greek names. (Persephone, Phoebe, Xene, Aoide, and others all have the 'e' at the end pronounced as 'ee' and Agape has the 'e' pronounced as 'ay'.)
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