[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
Right only out of Greece
in Greece is Athena ah-thee-NA (as the female name) and a-THEE-na (as the capital)
in 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
Yes this
At least in Modern Greek.
At least in Modern Greek.
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'.)