The Greek Alphabet II
by Alexios Ntounas
Title
The Greek Alphabet II
Artist
Alexios Ntounas
Medium
Photograph
Description
The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BCE.It is the earliest known alphabetic script to have distinct letters for vowels as well as consonants. In Archaic and early Classical times, the Greek alphabet existed in many local variants, but by the end of the 4th century BCE, the Euclidean alphabet, with 24 letters, ordered from alpha to omega, had become standard and it is this version that is still used for Greek writing today. Many people consider it difficult to learn it, thus the expression “It’s all Greek to me”!
An interesting fact is that the word Alphabet comes from the two first letters of the Greek Alphabet: Alfa and Beta.
Nowadays many Greek symbols are used as symbols in mathematics, physics and other sciences.
In this photo you can see the uppercase and lowercase letters of the Greek Alphabet along with their names.
You may contact me if you’d like a custom background color or color for the letters.
Uploaded
April 18th, 2022
Embed
Share
Similar Images
Comments
There are no comments for The Greek Alphabet II. Click here to post the first comment.
Recently Viewed
