AN

ESSAY

ON THE

ANCIENT AND MODERN GREEK LANGUAGES,

CONTAINING

REMARKS ON THE ACCENTS, PRONUNCIATION AND VERSIFICATION OF
THE GREEK LANGUAGES, WITH HISTORICAL NOTICES, ETC.

TO WHICH IS ADDED

EXTRACTS FROM MODERN GREEK AUTHORS; CHRISTOPOULOS ON VERSI-
FICATION; AN ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE NEW YORK
LEGISLATURE; AND A GUIDE TO ACQUIRE A KNOW-
LEDGE OF THE MODERN GREEK.

PRINTED BY ALLEN, MORRILL AND WARDWELL.
1844.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1844, by
CHRISTOPHOROS PLATO CASTANIS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

་

DEDICATED

TO THE

AMERICAN STUDENTS.

VERY RESPECTFULLY,

THE AUTHOR.