Ancient Greek accent

[Mark Janse]

For more information on the nature of the ancient Greek accent check the
following:
 
(1) W. Sidney Allen, Accent and Rhythm (CUP 1973)
(2) A. M. Devine & Laurence D. Stephens, The Prosody of Greek Speech (OUP 1994)
 
In Greek, the levelling of vowel quantities was largely responsible for the
change from a pitch to a stress accent.
 
Mark Janse
Editor Bibliographie Linguistique/Linguistic Bibliography, The Hague
Visiting Professor of Greek Linguistics, University of Ghent