This one involves the letter rho, which always has the value RH at the beginning of words (which is an easy way to spot Greek words in English.RHinoceros, RHythm, etc.) but just R in other places, except after another R and in cases where two words have been put together into one word (a compound word). Poseidwn = pi- omicron- sigma- epsilon- iota- delta- ômega- nu = Poseidôn.ĭionusoV = delta- iota- omicron- nu- upsilon- sigma- omicron- sigma = Dionysos.Īrtemis and Dionysos show two of only four issues in this system-and they aren't all that difficult. Easy.ĪrtemiV = alpha- rho- tau- epsilon- mu- iota- sigma = Artemis. In basic transliteration, therefore, ZeuV is Zeus. So if we take the Greek name ZeuV, we see it's written zeta- epsilon- upsilon- sigma. So the first letter is Alpha (= a in basic transliteration), the second Beta (= b), the third Gamma (= g) and so on all the way down to Chi (= ch), Psi (= ps) and Omega (= ô). Those values are shown above as the black characters in the letter names. Once you know the names of the letters, this system is incredibly easy since the names of each letter begin with the letter(s) we use to transliterate. "Basic" (or "direct") transliteration is a simple system to convert the Greek alphabet into our own. "Transliteration" is the conversion of words written in one writing system into another writing system. You can quiz yourself on the names of the Greek letters here. If yours doesn't, why not? Join the unwashed masses! There's nothing like glorious conformity. About 95% of the computers in the world have it.
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The Greek Alphabet For People Who Don't Know Greek