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The Greek alphabet is a writing system used to write the Greek language, both in ancient times and in modern Greece today. It matters because it's one of the oldest alphabets still in use and has influenced many other writing systems throughout history.
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- Theocritus-Syracusanus-et-al-Lodewijk-Caspar-Valckenaer MG 0683 - detail - Greek text - Theocritus - Idyll 1.jpg
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- Greek alphabet
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- Greek alphabet
- inception
- 0900-00-00
- Unicode range
- U+10140-1018F
- name
- grec
- P13411
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Article · 中文
希臘字母源自腓尼基字母。腓尼基字母只有輔音，從右向左寫。希腊语是首个拥有元音字母的字母系统。因為希臘人的書寫工具是蠟板，有時前一行從右向左寫完後順勢就從左向右寫，變成所謂牛耕式轉行書寫法，後來逐漸演變成全部從左向右寫。字母的方向也顛倒了。羅馬人引進希臘字母，略微改變變為拉丁字母，在世界廣為流行。希臘字母廣泛應用到學術領域，如數學等。
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