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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's not Koine Greek, it's Attic Greek - some 500 years older. But yes, you are of course absolutely right in saying that the pronunciation of the language has changed (eg the letter "beta" is pronounced "v", not "b", in modern Greek).
The fundamental point I was making, though, is that the "i" in the name "Darius" is a long vowel, not a short one.
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True, in the case of Darius, anyway.
That doesn't go for the pronunciation of Aphrodite though, or does it? In particular the "di" syllable there? I've got the impression this isn't pronounced like the English "die" sound in any other language, rather more like the English "dee" sound (and same with the "mi" in Hermione, i.e. it's more like "me" than "my").