[Facts] Re: Greek Mythology Names proper pronunciation
It depends which dialect and which period. In Classical Greek, these are all wrong, in post Classical and modern Greek, you're closer. Classical Greek "a" is always the |a| in "art" (in BtN's guide "Ah"), not "air", and eta in Ianthe and Xanthe had the sound in "air" (Eh in BtN). In post-classical (koine or biblical Greek) and modern Greek, it was iotacised, and is pronounced the same as a long iota, i.e. as in "fee". This is why BtN gives both the Classical pronunciation Eh-aws (Eh as in "air") and Ee-aws for Eos. Sigma is not voiced to Z (Zeta) except before certain other consonants.So, Classical Ah-reh-thow-suh (the Greek spelling is Arethousa, indicating a diphthong as in "row"), Roman A-ree-thoo-suh (A as in Barry, as a result of umlaut before the iotacised eta - this umlaut affects Ianthe and Xanthe as well - and a shift in emphasis from the |o| to the |u|).
Classical EE-ahn-theh, Roman EE-yan-thee (this character appears in the Roman Ovid's works and may have had a completely different name in the original Greek-Cypriot version)
Classical Ksahn-theh, Roman/Koine Ksan-thee
Classical Eh-aws, Roman/Koine Ee-aws (rhymes with hoarse/horse)

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Greek Mythology Names proper pronunciation  ·  greekgirl1999  ·  11/15/2019, 8:39 PM
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Re: Greek Mythology Names proper pronunciation  ·  greekgirl1999  ·  11/16/2019, 2:02 PM
Re: Greek Mythology Names proper pronunciation  ·  thegriffon  ·  11/17/2019, 11:46 PM