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The Greek alphabet The invention of the alphabet Letters and sounds The earliest examples of writing in Greek date from about 1300 BC. Lower Upper Greek name English Ancient Around 1000 BC, the Greek world experienced great change and the skill case case letter pronunciation of writing was lost. In the middle of the 700s BC, writing in Greek α Α alpha a cat appeared again. The Greeks had borrowed the alphabet of the β Β beta (beeta) b big Phoenicians, wealthy traders who lived in the region of modern Lebanon. γ Γ gamma g got δ Δ delta d dim Here are the first four letters of the ε Ε epsilon e wet Phoenician and Greek alphabets. ζ Ζ zeta z wisdom The Greeks made changes to the η Η eta e fair Phoenician alphabet to suit their θ Θ theta th think language. You can see the ι Ι iota i sit, police similarities between the letters κ Κ kappa k keep and their names in Greek and λ Λ lambda l lot Phoenician. μ Μ mu (mew) m moon ν Ν nu n noon The ancient Greeks ξ Ξ xi (ksie as in pie) x tax used their alphabet ο Ο omicron o hot to write on many π Π pi p pin different materials ρ Ρ rho (slow) r rob including papyrus, σ or ς Σ sigma s send stone and pottery. τ Τ tau (cow) t tale They often wrote υ Υ upsilon u or y few just in upper case. φ Φ phi ph graph Here are some χ Χ chi ch loch examples of names ψ Ψ psi ps lapse of people and gods in ancient Greek writing. ω Ω omega o coat
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