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Greek Dish

A dish with Ancient Greek on it.

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[]

Ancient Greek letters[]

(All dialects)

Greek alphabet in Unicode
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[]

Abilities
Demigod Abilities: ADHD | Ancient Greek | Aphrodite's Blessing | Ares' Blessing | Artemis' Blessing | Clear Sight | Dreams | Dyslexia | Latin
Object Manipulation: Air | Anatomy | Atmosphere | Bones | Darkness | Dead | Diseases | Earth | Electricity | Fears | Fire | Healing | Ice | Illusions | Light | Locks | Love | Luck | Machines | Magic | Memories | Metals | Objects | Peace | Portals | Plants | Poison | Sleep | Sound | Temperature | Time | War | Water | Wealth | Weapons | Youth
Egyptian Magic: Animal Charming | Binding Magic | Combat Magic | Death Magic | Divine Words | Duat Travel | Duat Usage | Divination | Elemental Magic | Healing Magic | Necromancy | Path of the Gods | Statuary Magic | Storm Magic | Surveillance Magic | Sympathetic Magic
Other Abilities: Alf Seidr | Charmspeak | Curse of Achilles | Death Trance | Empathy Link | Immunity | Mist Control | Monster Sense | Prophecy | Rune Magic | Satyr's Sanctuary | Seasons Alteration | Shadow Travel | Shapeshifting | Teleportation | Vocal Mimicry | Zoolingualism
Skills: Alf Sign Language | Archery | Axemanship | Greek Training | Horsemanship | Knifemanship | Legion Training | Morse Code | Multilingualism | Musical Aptitude | Old Norse | Polearmsmanship | Swordsmanship | Weaving


External links[]

  • Antinoou official Unicode font, required for uniformity

References[]

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