Question #5735: Resources for to learn ancient languages and some questions

[AskSatanOperator]

Where can I find good resources for to learn Ancient Greek, Classical Latin and Sanskrit?

What is the most precise pronunciation of Latin, at least the most similar one?

I would appreciate your answers.

 

[Isisd]

Hello. I study classical languages (ancient greek and latin) and cultures at University, so I can give you a few recommendations.
You will need: Two grammars (one for Latin, one for ancient greek)
and two lexicons for each language.
I would firstly recommend you to buy a good ancient greek grammar and latin grammar (I'm Italian so I can recommend you good italian grammars, but 5 mins of research will do to find two good grammars). I would suggest grammars that contain exercises (i.e versions and phrases to translate) but separate workbooks with exercises are also good.
Regarding the lexicons, the best ancient greek-english lexicon is the Liddel and Scott IMO. For Latin, I'd suggest the Oxford Latin dictionary.
The most correct pronounce for Latin is the scholastic pronounce, basically how you would read the words in Italian. Italian - latin pronunciation of words is almost the same, exept for "ph" that is read "f" and "ti" = "tee" that is read "zi"= "zee" . For greek, it isn't so simple to explain here, i would need a whole article. Regarding sanskrit, I don't study it so I can't really help you... blessed be!

 

[Helledunkelheit (Travis)]

For Sanskrit:

Learn Sanskrit Online

A simple and complete guide to Sanskrit. Includes useful tools and resources for all levels.

www.learnsanskrit.org

The Sanskrit Channel

Ancient Sanskrit Treasures made Accessible, Fun, & Easy to Learn for All! - 1000+ videos of 'authentic' Sanskrit exploration - Widest range of topics from Vyakarana to Vedas - Original Sanskrit References to Shastras, avoiding fake 'scientific' claims. - Support Our Mission by becoming a...

youtube.com

Samskrita Bharati

Samskrita Bharati (SB) is an NGO for the continuing protection, development and propagation of the Sanskrit language as well as the literature, tradition and the knowledge systems embedded in it. Volunteers of SB take Samskrit to all sections of society irrespective of race, gender, region...

samskritabharati.in

 

[AFODO]

There are youtube channels like polymathy, and found in antiquity.

For learning ancient Greek:

The Ranieri-Roberts Approach to Ancient Greek

docs.google.com

It starts with readers, comprehensible input, than only later you'll learn grammar.

For a similar approach to latin, Lingua latina per se illustrata, and the Cambridge latin course is great. For more: https://foundinantiquity.com/2023/0...-hard-how-to-learn-latin-by-yourself-in-2023/

You can download everything from libgen.is

There is a lot to it.

 

[AFODO]

Also this is one of the greatest methood of learning a language:

Although there aren't much reasources for this approach, for ancient Greek and Latin.