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Greek Reporter14h
The Lost Letters of the Greek Alphabet
The modern Greek alphabet is missing some of the letters used in ancient times. What are these missing letters, and what ...
Greek Reporter9d
Greeks: The Inventors of the First True Alphabet
The first true alphabet was an invention of the Greek world, revolutionizing writing, literacy, and shaping foundations of ...
CNN4y
The Greek alphabet will never be used again to name tropical storms
The Greek alphabet will be replaced by a supplemental list of names using the same rules as the main Atlantic hurricane season naming list — a list of names A-Z but excluding the letters Q ...
The New York Times4y
The Greek Alphabet Will No Longer Be Used to Name Hurricanes
The Greek alphabet has been retired as a way of identifying tropical storms, the World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday. The decision was made after nine Greek letters were pressed ...
The Washington Post3y
With coronavirus variants, the world is learning the Greek alphabet, one grim letter at a time
The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet had been a fairly innocuous entity for 2,500 years. But in just two weeks, it became notorious. Omicron moved beyond classical philosophy texts, beyond the ...