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An depth examination on the nature of accents of the ancient Greco-Roman world... Special thank you to the wonderful voice actors that contributed to this project: Slazac (French) as Cyrus the Great VoidSquid (Scottish) as Epaminondas Ryan Probert (West Country) as Leonidas catty 𐔌˙. (Gay Speech) as Herodotus Steven Rigsby (American Southern/Country) as Alexander dogdoujin.art (Cajun/New Orleans) as Septimius Severus Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:47 How did Romans become British? 05:29 Accents in translation 08:26 How do we know about ancient accents? 10:28 Foreign Accents 11:32 Persian 14:35 Scythian 15:21 Regional Accents 16:00 Attic (Athens) 16:41 Boeotian (Thebes) 17:49 Doric (Sparta) 19:57 Ionic 21:48 Macedonian 25:15 Roman Accents 25:44 Hispanic Latin 26:38 African Romance 28:39 Conclusion Citations: Birley, A. R. (1971). Septimius Severus The African Emperor. Eyre & Spottiswoode. Colvin, S. (1999). Dialect in Aristophanes: And the politics of language in Ancient Greek literature. Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press. Herman, J. (1995). A talent for trouble: The life of Hollywood's most acclaimed director, William Wyler. G.P. Putnam's Sons. How, W. W., & Wells, J. (1912). A commentary on Herodotus. Clarendon Press Liddell, H. G., & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English lexicon (9th ed., H. S. Jones & R. McKenzie, Eds.). Clarendon Press. Romm, J. S. (2022). The sacred band: Three hundred Theban lovers and the last days of Greek freedom. Scribner. Music Licensed from Epidemic Sound