| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 10:45 |
I think I was conflating the fact that an Eta looks like an H with the fact that the H in the Roman transcription has no corresponding full letter in the Greek. Or something. This is what I get for learning these things through osmosis instead of actual study. :) On 10/24/07, R A Brown <ray@...> wrote:> Mark J. Reed wrote: > > The "e" in "Hellas" is an Epsilon? I always thought It was an Eta. > > It's an epsilon. Ἑλλάς > > In "hellenikos" the first "e" is epsilon & the second an "eta", ἑλληνικός > > -- > Ray > ================================== > http://www.carolandray.plus.com > ================================== > Entia non sunt multiplicanda > praeter necessitudinem. >-- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>