Message: "Pronuciations" - Behind the Name

[Facts] Pronuciations

by Mimi (guest)

3/29/2005, 12:46 PM

How do you pronounce Prometheus?

- Miranda (Randee15)

3/29/2005, 3:00 PM

pro-MEE-thee-us.

Miranda
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- Pavlos (guest)

3/29/2005, 2:22 PM

A purist would accent the last syllable:

pro-mee-THEFS

(THEFS is pronounced like "thefts" but without the final t)

- Silversliver

3/29/2005, 2:07 PM

I've always heard it pronounced proh-meeth-ee-us, or proh-mee-thee-us, which is the same. But I might be wrong.

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- Miss Claire

3/29/2005, 1:13 PM

proh-meh-teh-oos

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