GreekAlphabet 2006-02-11 14:59:23 2007-06-11 05:37:03 Topic % this is the default PlanetMath preamble. as your knowledge % of TeX increases, you will probably want to edit this, but % it should be fine as is for beginners. % almost certainly you want these \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsfonts} % used for TeXing text within eps files %\usepackage{psfrag} % need this for including graphics (\includegraphics) %\usepackage{graphicx} % for neatly defining theorems and propositions %\usepackage{amsthm} % making logically defined graphics %\usepackage{xypic} % there are many more packages, add them here as you need them % define commands here The modern Greek \PMlinkescapetext{alphabet contains} 24 letters. Ancient Greeks only used the capital letters; the lower case letters were not invented until the time of Alexander the Great. The Greek letters digamma and qoppa were incorporated into the Roman \PMlinkescapetext{alphabet} as F and Q, respectively, but are not part of the modern Greek \PMlinkescapetext{alphabet}. Following is a \PMlinkescapetext{chart} of letters in the modern Greek \PMlinkescapetext{alphabet} in alphabetical \PMlinkescapetext{order}: \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline lower case & capital & name & comments \\ \hline $\alpha$ & $\hbox{A}$ & alpha & \\ \hline $\beta$ & $\hbox{B}$ & beta & bita in modern Greek \\ \hline $\gamma$ & $\Gamma$ & gamma & \\ \hline $\delta$ & $\Delta$ & delta & \\ \hline $\epsilon$ or $\varepsilon$ & $\hbox{E}$ & epsilon & \\ \hline $\zeta$ & $\hbox{Z}$ & zeta & zita in modern Greek \\ \hline $\eta$ & $\hbox{H}$ & eta & ita in modern Greek \\ \hline $\theta$ or $\vartheta$ & $\Theta$ & theta & thita in modern Greek \\ \hline $\iota$ & $\hbox{I}$ & iota & \\ \hline $\kappa$ or $\varkappa$ & $\hbox{K}$ & kappa & \\ \hline $\lambda$ & $\Lambda$ & lambda & \\ \hline $\mu$ & $\hbox{M}$ & mu & mi in modern Greek \\ \hline $\nu$ & $\hbox{N}$ & nu & ni in modern Greek \\ \hline $\xi$ & $\Xi$ & xi & \\ \hline $\hbox{o}$ & $\hbox{O}$ & omicron & \PMlinkescapetext{means} o-small in modern Greek \\ \hline $\pi$ or $\varpi$ & $\Pi$ & pi & \\ \hline $\rho$ or $\varrho$ & $\hbox{P}$ & rho & \\ \hline $\sigma$ or $\varsigma$ & $\Sigma$ & sigma & $\varsigma $ is used only at the end of Greek \PMlinkescapetext{words} \\ \hline $\tau$ & $\hbox{T}$ & tau & \\ \hline $\upsilon$ & $\Upsilon$ & upsilon & ipsilon in modern Greek \\ \hline $\phi$ or $\varphi$ & $\Phi$ & phi & \\ \hline $\chi$ & $\hbox{X}$ & chi & \\ \hline $\psi$ & $\Psi$ & psi & \\ \hline $\omega$ & $\Omega$ & omega & \PMlinkescapetext{means} o-big in modern Greek \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{center}