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Originally Posted By: zmjezhd(There are some who believe that Latin was pronounced as is modern Italian, as there are more than a few who believe that Classical Greek was pronounced as Modern Greek is, but I do not find their arguments convincing.)
I don't know about Latin but I agree about the Greek. It is highly unlikely modern Greek pronunciation is very like ancient Greek. Among other things it was heavily influenced by several centuries of Turkish rule. Before that by Latin. The modern pronunciation of upsilon as 'f' (or perhaps 'v') in the diphthong 'eu' for example probably comes from the Turkish period. In ancient times it was probably pronounced as a true dipthong, something like 'you'. And there are many other changes that have occurred.
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