Pronunciation of Arsinoë
Can anyone give me the correct pronunciation of the Greek name Arsinoë? Thanks!
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This name is used in "Le Misantrope" by the French 16th c.'s playwright Molière. There it's prounounced Ar-see-no-EH, with a narrow "e" sound as in bet. There might be other ponounciations, though.
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.
The Greek pronounciation is arsi-NO-ee.
Roughly in Modern Greek, I am pretty sure that Arsinoe ('Αρσινóη) is pronounced ar-see-NO-ee.
This message was edited 8/20/2009, 11:27 PM