How do you say "Hello" in ancient Greek?

The previous contributor has given you Γειά σου (Geia sou) - but that is modern Greek.

I studied ancient Greek a long time ago when I was at university but I don't have any of my books to hand. They're in my office. I'll try and find out for you as soon as I can.

Updated:

I've checked the internet and found a weblink with some useful ancient Greek phrases (they, however, don't use the Greek characters of the alphabet but that shouldn't be a problem):

http://www.cs.utk.edu/~Mclennan/BA/UAGP.html

As you can see:

Hello is

Ou'le! (when talking to one person)

Ou'lete!(when talking to more than one person)

or

Khai're! (when talking to one person)

Khai'rete! (when talking to more than one person)

or even

Me'ga khai're! (when talking to one person)

Me'ga khai'rete (when talking to more than one person)

Hello In Ancient Greek

How do you say "Hello" in ancient Greek?

I'm trying to write a book, and the part I'm currently writing takes place just before the time of the Odyssey in Ithaca. One of my characters calls to another. So I need something that roughly translates to "Hey!" or even "hello." Just a quick phrase that would get someone's attention.

Any ideas? Even a just a site for reference would be helpful! Thanks!

I would say that the Greeks had what we would call religious beliefs, it's just that they didn't consider them to be that. To them the fact that the Gods existed was not up for debate - sure they chose their own favourite gods and worshipped them in different ways but at no point did they turn around and say 'because I choose not to worship your God he does not exist' Gods were Gods and their existence was never in question. If something is a fact of life you don't necessarily need words for it as it's very presence is taken for granted. I suppose it's like we don't really have a word for 'absence of fear' it's just 'normal' - how we live our lives most of the time.

That's a really good idea about your story!

To say hello in ancient Greek would be : Γειά σου (Geia sou)

The link is some of the things in English translated to Greek. Just look at - "Table of greetings in European languages"...Hope it helps.

Good Luck with your story!

most likely the same as modern day

it's pronounced 'yey-sue'