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Elli Pensa Video / Reading Letter to Menoeceus

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  • June 2, 2023 at 1:00 PM
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    • June 2, 2023 at 1:00 PM
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    I thought we had this posted somewhere but perhaps not, and I am thinking that some might find it interesting to hear the letter Menoeceus read by someone with a modern accent. Thanks to Elli for doing this several years ago. I think I have one of her reading the opening (at least) in Greek, so I will look for that too.

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    • June 2, 2023 at 1:21 PM
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    For those curious: those verses and music at the end after they Epitaph of Seikilos:

    Seikilos epitaph - Wikipedia
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    Here's Luke Ranieri singing it in several historical pronunciations, including modern Greek:

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    • June 2, 2023 at 1:22 PM
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    Here is a version with some of the letter read in Greek.

    I seem to remember that there might be a typo in one of these videos -- apologies for that, but I posted anyway because the audio is the important part.

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    Moved the thread from forum General Discussion to forum The Letter to Menoeceus.

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