Ancient Greek how worried do I need to be about long and short accents?

1. What are the rules for accents in Ancient Greek?
2. What are long vs short vowels in Greek?
3. What do accents mean in Ancient Greek?

What are the rules for accents in Ancient Greek?

Ancient Greek had a tonal or pitch accent, not a stress accent such as is found in Latin, English, and many European languages. including Modern Greek. The accent of a word or phrase consisted in a raising of the pitch of the voice at the accented syllable.

What are long vs short vowels in Greek?

Vowel lengthEdit

In Ancient Greek, vowels may be long or short. The vowels ε and ο are always short, whereas η and ω are always long. The vowels α, ι, and υ, on the other hand, may be either short or long.

What do accents mean in Ancient Greek?

The three accent marks available in Greek were used originally to indicate variations in pitch. These three marks are called acute (τόν), grave (τὸ), and circumflex (τῶν). By the time of the New Testament, though, these pitch variations had begun to be replaced by simple stress accent.