Talk:Avaris

Pronunciation

Both Wiktionary and Wikipedia currently have Avaris stressed on the first syllable. This is in stark contrast to every Egyptologist I have ever heard, both in English in German, where it is stressed on the second syllable. I cannot find any source (other than videos of Egyptologists, lol) for either pronunciation, though. Steindorff has a paper where he mentions in passing that it should "probably" be Αυᾶρις, but Greek accents rarely match the English ones, so that doesn't help. So - I removed it. If you have a good written source, pls put that in - in the meantime, let's have people pronounce it how they will, but prescribing a pronunciation other than what is commonly used in the field feels - wrong Hakseng (talk) 04:23, 19 August 2024 (UTC)