I need advice and counseling

Greek Learning Greek
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Hello friends of the forum!

After a long time studying Latin (LLPSI), I decided not to wait any longer and to get into the study of Greek… I won’t overwhelm you with all my journey and decision making. The point is this:

After searching and searching for options to study Greek, I decided that starting with Athenaze was the most correct, especially as a start… the Italian edition, of course, I am a Spanish speaker and I am good at Italian. But as there are always stones that appear on the road, by chance I came across LOGOS by Santiago Carbonell. When I started Athenaze I understood the obvious, it would be a slow and painful learning process…but when I started with LOGOS, even though I know that Greek is complex and complicated, it seemed to me that it was the most correct way to start, with only the images and the names that are very well known I easily understood the text…who is god, who is human, who is man, who is young…etc…like the beginning of LLPSI…

The problem is, and that is why I am writing these lines, in the pronunciation…The audio available for LOGOS uses a pronunciation that I had no idea about, the Historical one…for me it is a very easy pronunciation, quite simplified, it would be one less problem in the study of Greek. The question and advice I have for the expert Greek friends on the forum is: Should I continue with that pronunciation, or use the more complicated pronunciation path used in Athenaze and JACT Greek?

Here is a link to the audio of part of the first chapter of LOGOS (ivoox):

https://sites.google.com/educarex.es/logos/capítulos/1-θεοι-ανθρωποι-και-θηρια?authuser=0

Thanks in advance to everyone!

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I’d say that for a Spanish speaker LOGOS seems a decent choice, and I imagine you’ll be able to move through it at a good pace after LLPSI, though I would strongly recommend doing the exercises. You’ll quickly see what Latin and Greek have in common, as well as what they don’t.
The Greek pronunciation seems consistent and readily intelligible, and easily reconciled with other pronunciations (more so than modern Greek).
Good luck!