7 The pronunciation above described ([1-6](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-006.html)) is recommended as
the nearest approach practicable, for our schools, to that of
Αthens about 400 B.C. To ε, θ, φ, χ are given the sounds
now current in Greece, because the ancient sounds for these
letters ([27 a](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-027.html),
[38 b](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-038.html)) would increase the difficulties of pupils too
much. Οtherwise (except for ι subscript) the sounds described
are nearly those of the Athenians at the time named.