Graecofile experience

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Two weeks ago I started on learning classical Greek for R&D

I am curious, are there people here fluent in classical (old) Greek, and/or any experience in the ancient dialects?

I wish. I've been trying to find time to learn some too and there just aren't enough hours in the day.

I can somewhat read small bits of the old Greek manuscripts and I am pretty familiar with the alphabet and the Greek scribal abbreviations, but I have to look up almost every word (except the really common ones like kai, ton, and peri, and names, which aren't too hard to read because we still use them). It's slow going.

Good luck with it.