Dr Tom Kerns
North Seattle Community College

 

Pronunciation of some Greek names

Name Pronunciations



 Name

 Pronunciation

 Notes

 Aristophanes   ER iss TOFF un eez  
 Critias  CRY tee us  
 Crito   KRITE oh  
  Euthyphro  YOU thi froh 

  th as in "bath"
hear it here

 Phaedo   FEED oh  or FADE oh
 Phaedrus   FEED russ or FADE russ 
 Plato   PLAY toe  
 Socrates   SOCK ruh teez  
 Xenophon ZEN uh fawn  
Xanthippe ZAN thih pee