Offended by modern phonology in Ancient Greek classroom

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Not that I have much to add to the wonderful points already made, but in defence of Greeks using modern Greek pronuciation, as Michael mentions, Ancient Greek is a language that is only really going to be read, and so for a modern Greek it would be a bit of a wasted effort to learn the ancient pronunciation.

Not entirely true. For those who want to speak Ancient Greek as a living language, there are two opportunities this summer:

ΣΥΝΟΔΟΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ July 14–20, 2019 at the University of Kentucky, Lexington

Hellenikon Idyllion: “Speak and Philosophize Today in Ancient Greek”… for our 27th year! 22 July– 04 August 2019