SBS

An ancient alphabet having a modern moment

It's an ancient alphabet having a modern moment. From Alpha to Omicron - SBS takes a look at why the World Health Organisation is using the Greek alphabet to name COVID-19 variants. The Greek alphabet ...
Psychology Today

The Strange Second Life of the Greek Alphabet

In 1947, the Swiss zoologist Rudolf Schenkel published a paper titled “Expression Studies on Wolves.” Based on an eight-year ...
SBS

From Alpha to Omicron...Why do we use ancient Greek alphabet to name Covid-19 variants? And SBS Omicron latest in Australia and around the world (English)

From Alpha to Omicron...Why do we use ancient Greek alphabet to name Covid-19 variants? And SBS Omicron latest in Australia and around the world (English) It's an ancient alphabet having a modern ...
Slate

Why Does English Use “Iambic Pentameter” and Other Greek Poetic Terms?

If you paid any attention at all in high school English, you probably remember iambic pentameter, most likely from reading Shakespeare, and perhaps even other meters like trochaic tetrameter (the ...
The Irish Times

First English dictionary of ancient Greek since Victorian era ‘spares no blushes’

Victorian attempts to veil the meanings of crude ancient Greek words are set to be brushed away by a new dictionary 23 years in the making. It is the first to take a fresh look at the language in ...