Re: Pronunciation of Arsinoë
in reply to a message by Kirke
True, but what about the original Greek pron.?(I think this is what the OP wanted to know?). I suppose the "e" is an eta originally, which would be pronounced in the French way in ancient Greek and more like a "ee" sound in modern Greek.
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My lovely !!! are Mehitabel, Hypatia and Zohar.
"A tuo ammaestramento. Sai tu qual sia, in questa nera valle, la risultanza di ogni sforzo e sacrifizio umano? Calci, nel deretano."
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The Greek pronounciation is arsi-NO-ee.