For some time I've been bemused by the word UNIX, the name of a computer operating system, because it can be spelled out from the names of two letters of the Greek alphabet, XI and NU. Additionally, the two letters are simply spelled in order backwards. This set me thinking about ...
Example: (+) OLE (Object Linking and Embedding, ΣύνδεσηκαιΕνσωμάτωσηΑντικειμένων) If the English text contains the spelled-out term, that full text will be translated to Greek and placed next to the acronym in parentheses the first time that ...
οι Some of the letters that look English letters are pronounced much differently, so my existingmnemonic images for English lettersmight not cross over smoothly: Η = i Ρ = r δ = delta is pronounced like “th” in “the”. The English “d” sound is spelled “ΝΤ” in Greek. ν...
183 bce), a series of letters (now lost) written…Read More epitaphs In epitaph Ancient Greek epitaphs are often of considerable literary interest, deep and tender in feeling, rich and varied in expression, and epigrammatic in form. They are usually in elegiac verse, though many of the lat...
The name in the above piece that you spelled Colvocoresses, I believe is actually spelled Calvocoresses. Also, you left out William "Popsie" Randolph as a very famous photographer (born Vasilis Sezenias to Chios born John Sezenias and Mary Psaroudis-Pappas. 8 melissa ⚠ under Hellenic Cul...
missing letters -- all compounded by the fact that no inscription is illustrated. Since full epigraphic references are provided, original publications can be found easily, but this almost defeats the purpose of quoting inscriptions at all, especially when she proposes new readings (e.g. Side ...
If you’re unsure as to what the stroke order of the letters should be, you can check out my video again. I based my stroke order on what I could deduce by looking closely at the letters of the Siniatic Codex and observing the stroke order in some examples of modern Greek calligraphy...
complicated issue with a number of possibilities. In our paper we are using standard transliteration of CG and not a phonemic transcription, essentially making no claims about the pronunciation of the language but instead seeking to simply represent the written forms with Latin letters. We are ...