“ | Stethi, O harma diaboles! | ” |
–Annabeth, saying "Stop, Chariot of Damnation!" in Ancient Greek, during The Sea of Monsters |
Ancient Greek is the language that was spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Greece, along with its surrounding areas, during the period of civilization known as "Ancient Greece", from the 9th Century BCE to the 6th Century CE. Ancient Greek is also the language of Greek demigods. Dyslexia is common among Greek demigods because their brains are "hard-wired" for Ancient Greek, whereas Roman Demigods understand Latin, as opposed to Ancient Greek. Ancient Greek can be broken into four main dialects and many sub-dialects, and is slightly different from Modern Greek.
Dialects[]
- West Group
- Aeolic Group
- Northwest Greek Attic Greek
- Aegean/Asiatic Aeolic
- Thessalian
- Boeotian
- Ionic-Attic Group
- Attica
- Euboea and colonies in Italy
- Cyclades
- Asiatic Ionia
- Arcadocypriot Greek
- Arcadian
- Cypriot
Ancient Greek letters[]
(All dialects)
Greek alphabet in Unicode | |||||||||||
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Letter | Name | Sound | Value | Number | |||||||
Phoenician origin | Greek casing | Greek name | Ancient Latin name | Modern Latin name | Ancient Greek pronunciation | Modern Greek pronunciation | Ancient Greek sound | Modern Greek sound | Ancient Latin value | Modern Latin value | Amount |
Aleph | Α α | Αλφα | Alpha | Alfa | /alpha/ | /alfa/ | /a/ | /a/ | a | a | 1 |
Beth | Β β | Βετα | Beta | Vita | /beta/ | /vita/ | /b/ | /v/ | b | v | 2 |
Gimel | Γ γ | Γαμμα | Gamma | Gama | /gamma/ | /gama/ | /g/ | /g/ | g | g | 3 |
Daleth | Δ δ | Δελτα | Delta | Delta | /delta/ | /delta/ | /d/ | /d/ | d | d | 4 |
He | Ε ε | Εψιλον | Epsilon | Epsilon | /epsilon/ | /epsilon/ | /e/ | /e/ | e | e | 5 |
Waw | Ϝ ϝ Ͷ ͷ |
Ϝιγαμμα | Digamma | /digamma/ | /d/ | d | 6 | ||||
Waw | Ϛ ϛ | Ϛιγμα | Stigma | /stigma/ | /st/ | st | 6 | ||||
Zayin | Ζ ζ | Ζετα | Zeta | Zita | /zeta/ | /zita/ | /z/ | /z/ | z | z | 7 |
Heth | Ͱ ͱ | Ͱετα | Heta | /heta/ | /h/ | h | 8 | ||||
Heth | Η η | Ητα | Eta | Ita | /eta/ | /ita/ | /e/ | /i/ | e | i | 8 |
Teth | Θ θ | Θετα | Theta | Thita | /theta/ | /thita/ | /th/ | /th/ | th | th | 9 |
Yodh | Ι ι ℩ |
Ιοτα | Iota | Iota | /iota/ | /iota/ | /i/ | /i/ | i | i | 10 |
Yodh | Ϳ ϳ | Ϳοτ | Yot=IJot | /jot/ | /j/ | j | 10 | ||||
Kaph | Κ κ | Καππα | Kappa | Kapa | /kappa/ | /kapa/ | /k/ | /k/ | k | k | 20 |
Lamedh | Λ λ | Λαμβδα | Lambda | Lamda | /lambda/ | /lamda/ | /l/ | /l/ | l | l | 30 |
Mem | Μ μ | Μυ | Mu | Mi | /mu/ | /mi/ | /m/ | /m/ | m | m | 40 |
Nun | Ν ν | Νυ | Nu | Ni | /nu/ | /ni/ | /n/ | /n/ | n | n | 50 |
Samekh | Ξ ξ | Ξι | Xi | Xi | /ksi/ | /ksi/ | /ks/ | /ks/ | ks | ks | 60 |
Ayin | Ο ο | Ομικρον | Omicron | Omikron | /omikron/ | /omikron/ | /o/ | /o/ | o | o | 70 |
Pe | Π π | Πι | Pi | Pi | /pi/ | /pi/ | /p/ | /p/ | p | p | 80 |
Sade | Ϻ ϻ | Ϻαν | San | /san/ | /s/ | s | 90 | ||||
Qoph | Ϙ ϙ Ϟ ϟ |
Ϙοππα | Koppa | /koppa/ | /k/ | k | 90 | ||||
Res | Ρ ρ | Ρο | Rho | Ro | /rho/ | /ro/ | /rh/ | /r/ | rh | r | 100 |
Sin | Σ σ ς |
Σιγμα | Sigma | Sigma | /sigma/ | /sigma/ | /s/ | /s/ | s | s | 200 |
Taw | Τ τ | Ταυ | Tau | Taf | /tau/ | /taf/ | /t/ | /t/ | t | t | 300 |
Waw | Υ υ | Υψιλον | Upsilon | Ipsilon | /upsilon/ | /ipsilon/ | /u/ | /i/ | u | i | 400 |
Qoph | Φ φ | Φι | Phi | Fi | /phi/ | /fi/ | /ph/ | /f/ | ph | f | 500 |
Samekh | Χ χ | Χι | Chi | Chi | /khi/ | /khi/ | /kh/ | /kh/ | kh | kh | 600 |
Qoph | Ψ ψ | Ψι | Psi | Psi | /psi/ | /psi/ | /ps/ | /ps/ | ps | ps | 700 |
Ayin | Ω ω | Ωμεγα | Omega | Omega | /omega/ | /omega/ | /o/ | /o/ | o | o | 800 |
Sade | Ͳ ͳ Ϡ ϡ |
Ͳαμπι | Sampi | /sampi/ | /s/ | s | 900 | ||||
Sade | Ϸ ϸ | Ϸο | Sho | /šo/ | /š/ | š | 900 |
Tips[]
- You only use "℩" where sound shifts from /i/ to /j/ if it's not the case you would use "ι".
- You only use "ς" at the end of a word. If it's in the middle of a word, you would use "σ".
See Also[]
External links[]
- Antinoou official Unicode font, required for uniformity
References[]
- allkeys.txt - ancient Greek
- Greco Moderno - modern Greek