Greek alphabet

Greek alphabet is an alphabet used in Greece. In ancient Greece, its letters were also used to represent numbers, called Greek numerals, in analogy with Roman numerals. In modern time, the letters of the Greek alphabet are often used to represent various objects in science - especially those objects that sound mysterious; objects that sound Greek to us. It influenced later Etruscan alphabet, which in turn influendced the Roman alphabet.

Ancient Greek alphabet can be dated to between 1200 BCE and 900 BCE.

The letters are

$A,\alpha$ (alpha)

$B,\beta$ (beta)

$\Gamma ,\gamma$ (gamma)

$\Delta ,\delta$ (delta)

$E,\epsilon$ (epsilon) - also $E,\varepsilon$

$Z,\zeta$ (zeta)

$H,\eta$ (eta)

$\Theta ,\theta$ (theta)

$\mathrm {I} ,\iota$ (iota)

$K,\kappa$ (kappa)

$\Lambda ,\lambda$ (lambda)

$\mathrm {M} ,\mu$ (mu)

$\mathrm {N} ,\nu$ (nu)

$\Xi ,\xi$ (xi)

$O,o$ (omicron)

$\Pi ,\pi$ (pi) - also $\Pi ,\varpi$

$\mathrm {P} ,\rho$ (rho)

$\Sigma ,\sigma$ (sigma)

$\mathrm {T} ,\tau$ (tau)

$\Upsilon ,\upsilon$ (upsilon)

$\Phi ,\phi$ (phi)

$\mathrm {X} ,\chi$ (chi)

$\Psi ,\psi$ (psi)

$\Omega ,\omega$ (omega)

External links

On Greek alphabet