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Re: Pronunciation of Arsinoë
by Kirke (guest)
8/20/2009, 8:16 AM
in reply to a message by Murasaki
That pronunciation is for the form used in the play, Arsinoé.In English Arsinoe would be similar to Zoe and Chloe, ahr-SEE-noh-ee.
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- Murasaki (lady murasaki)   +1
8/20/2009, 10:55 AM
True, but what about the original Greek pron.?(I think this is what the OP wanted to know?). I suppose the "e" is an eta originally, which would be pronounced in the French way in ancient Greek and more like a "ee" sound in modern Greek.
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- Pavlos
8/24/2009, 1:17 AM
The Greek pronounciation is arsi-NO-ee.
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