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The Forgotten Letters of the Greek Alphabet
Perhaps the most well-known of the lost Greek letters is Digamma. Shaped like an F or a modern-day gamma with an extra stem, Digamma represented the “w” sound. Its use was widespread in early dialects ...
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Etyma, an introduction to vocabulary-building from Latin & Greek
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Greek Reporter6d
The Suda, The Greek Encyclopedia Written in the Year 1100
The Suda, the massive tome written by a Byzantine scholar around the year 1100, was one of the world's first encyclopedias ...
Ask Dr. Universe: Scientists use dead languages to name organisms
The scientific name for house flies has stayed the same since Linnaeus described them in 1758. Fun fact: If an insect is an actual fly, “fly” is written as a separate word. Like house fly or drone fly ...
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How Linguists Decoded the Sound of Etruscan—A Language Without Descendants
The Etruscan language remains one of the most intriguing and mysterious tongues of the ancient world. Although much about the Etruscan civilization has been uncovered, their language is only partially ...
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The book of Wisdom; the Greek text, the Latin Vulgate, and the Authorised English version;
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Brock University14d
Hispanic and Latin American Studies (Spanish and Portuguese)
The Hispanic and Latin American Studies (HLAS ... With their rich literary, cultural, historical, linguistic heritage and their global reach, these languages play a key role in the world’s ...
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Equality, diversity and inclusion
Welcome to the UCL Greek and Latin's equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) page. The department of Greek and Latin is committed to an inclusive and supportive culture for all members, as recognised ...
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Jo Balmer event
This event will feature acclaimed poet and translator Josephine Balmer in conversation with Theo Hermans (UCL Dutch), Phiroze Vasunia (UCL Greek and Latin) and Maria Wyke (UCL Greek and Latin), ...
Mental Floss21d
11 Classy Insults With Classical Greek and Latin Roots
Do you ever go on such an epic internet rant you just feel you’ve run out of words with which to hammer your enemies? Do you want to up your game without resorting to the tired tropes of ...
Neos Kosmos25d
New strategy launched to revive Modern Greek language education in NSW schools
A strategic plan aimed at revitalising Modern Greek language education in New South Wales was launched on Thursday evening at NSW Parliament House by Pharos Alliance NSW, in collaboration with the ...
Greek Reporter26d
The Greek Language Is the Light of History and Civilization
The Greek language blossomed during the reign of Alexander the Great, it was accepted and embraced by the Roman civilization which adopted the Greek script in the form of the Latin alphabet… it was ...