出版社：Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS)
摘要：Song can be an effective tool in the teaching of ancient Greek at any level. Several of the melodies preserved in Egert Pöhlmann and M.L. West's Documents of Ancient Greek Music are sufficiently accessible that instructors can teach students to sing them. These songs bring the joy of singing to the classroom, and they provide a direct connection with ancient Greek experience. They also prove useful in the teaching of pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary; and they encourage discussion of both ancient music and other aspects of Greek culture, including the transmission of texts, theater, epigraphy, attitudes to death, and history. Another way of bringing song to the Greek classroom is through the singing of ancient verse with melodies made up by the instructor or students. Because of the close correspondence between meter and rhythm in Greece, singing Greek verses with long syllables as quarter notes and short syllables as eighth notes captures something of the way much verse was performed in ancient times; and singing of verses provides both valuable mnemonic help and an enjoyable way to introduce discussion of literary history and other elements of culture
关键词：Ancient Greek language; song; ancient melodies; meter; pedagogy; music; ancient Greek poetry
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