What Greek work to record next?

Greek Learning Greek
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Hi,

Since the recording of Sprechen Sie Attisch? is coming to completion, I’d welcome comments and suggestions for a new recording. I am not a purist, but I try to find texts striking a balance between easiness, usefulness for learning “spoken Ancient Greek” (whatever that may mean :unamused:), projected popularity, absence of previous recordings in a pronunciation similar to mine (more or less Erasmian), and personal interest.
Presently I lean towards Aesop’s fables, but I’m open to suggestions.

Other works I thought of in no particular order:

Δ ι ο ν υ σ ί ο υ τ ο ῦ Θ ρ α ι κ ὸ ς τ έ χ ν η γ ρ α μ μ α τ ι κ ή
Progymnasmata of Aphthonius
Farnell, Tales from Herodotus with attic dialectical forms selected for easy Greek reading
Selections Illustrative of Greek Life: From the Minor Works of Xenophon
Blackie, Greek primer, colloquial & constructive
Klimax tēs hellēnikēs glōssēs
“The Library” of Apollodoros
Orbis Pictus Graeco-Latinus
Hermeneumata Stephani, Colloq. I, Colloq. II
De variis latinis graecisque colloquendi formulis
Phrynichi Eclogae
First Greek Course by Rouse
Selections adapted from Xenophon: Scenes from Greek history from Arginusae …By Xenophon, James Surtees Phillpotts

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χαῖρε ὦ φίλε,

ἐπεὶ αἱροῦμαι τὸ < Blackie, Greek primer, colloquial & constructive >, ὁρῶ πίνακα μεθ᾿ ὁδῶν.
ἐγὼ οῦν ἐνόμιζόν σε ἐθελήσειν γνῶναι.

Hello friend,

When I select “Blackie, Greek primer, colloquial & constructive”, I see a map with roads.
Therefore, I was thinking that you would want to know.

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Νὴ τόν Δία. Οἱ γὰρ λῃσταὶ ἴσασιν ὅπου οἰκῶ. :smiley: Χάριν οὖν ἔχω σοι. Νῦν δὲ διωρθωμένον ἐστίν.

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Aesop’s fables sound good, but before you do that I would like you to do at least a few chapters from the GNT. We do have lots of audio for that, but I am so used to your profora that I would find these very useful.

The other thing to consider is Joseph and Aseneth. I really think that is one of the easiest Greek texts to understand.

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From the listed works I would choose the “Klimax tēs hellēnikēs glōssēs”.

However, I realize its not on the list, but perhaps someday “The Library” of Apollodoros could be considered; it is exceptionally easy Greek and it recounts numerous mythological tales.

The other day when I came across it, I was pleasantly surprised at how easily I was able to read it. Either way, you do great work and whatever you choose will be greatly appreciated.