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Greek letters haven't changed in about 2800 years Tom Send a noteboard - 09/03/2013 09:05:30 PM

Unless you go back to the end of the Bronze Age and Linear B, a Greek letter is just a Greek letter. They are the same today as thousands of years ago (though sound values have changed). Koine is just a stage of the Greek language. Asking if the letters are Koine is like asking if Latin letters are Middle English.

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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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Paul David Hewson, 1 April, Pope Bono I Joel - 07/03/2013 09:54:50 PM 891 Views
Take your fake answer elsewhere if you're not going to play seriously. *NM* Tom - 07/03/2013 11:48:57 PM 540 Views
*is chastened* That was the only remotely possible answer I could come up with w/o research. *MN* Joel - 08/03/2013 04:13:44 AM 940 Views
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Demotic is a Greek term, so capitalizing it or not really doesn't change anything. Tom - 09/03/2013 03:13:17 PM 935 Views
Ah, I did not realize the Greek term was reserved for modern Greek; thanks. Joel - 09/03/2013 07:11:16 PM 1022 Views
Greek letters haven't changed in about 2800 years Tom - 09/03/2013 09:05:30 PM 935 Views
So we do not know WTF numbers the die represents, if it does indeed represent numbers? Joel - 09/03/2013 10:15:59 PM 874 Views
There is a simple way to figure out if they represent numbers. Tom - 10/03/2013 03:33:10 AM 936 Views
That probably answers the positional notation aspect we'd been discussing on the other board Isaac - 10/03/2013 04:12:32 AM 927 Views
Based on the photo shot, I can't see how the die would be used in a percentile fashion. Tom - 10/03/2013 03:18:43 PM 889 Views
Thanks, it still leaves the purpose rather uncertain but random number generator seems ruled out Isaac - 10/03/2013 05:10:05 PM 1257 Views
Those are just the first 20 letters (of 24) of the Greek alphabet. Tom - 10/03/2013 06:57:46 PM 812 Views
One would THINK so, yes.... Joel - 11/03/2013 04:54:05 PM 1107 Views
First vertical row: Ε Α Β. Second: Z Η Θ Ι Κ. Third: Ρ Σ. Tom - 12/03/2013 12:27:15 AM 819 Views
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Re: It's the Zany Popetastic Sede Vacante Supergame! Danu - 08/03/2013 03:17:22 PM 814 Views
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He was acting under pressure, you can't hold it against him! *NM* jh - 09/03/2013 08:27:12 AM 492 Views
True, and the deal just kept getting worse all the time *NM* Isaac - 09/03/2013 03:08:03 PM 537 Views
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I wondered what you would think about him, given his strong rejection of liberation theology. *NM* Ghavrel - 15/03/2013 06:59:17 AM 481 Views
Outside of what I noted above, I have some optimism Larry - 16/03/2013 07:30:03 AM 972 Views
if i had known this pope was almost the last pope, it may have influenced my decision.... moondog - 14/03/2013 02:29:09 PM 786 Views
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I love that you guessed after it happened and still got it wrong Sareitha Sedai - 14/03/2013 02:18:53 PM 869 Views
so sue me! Praziquantel - 16/03/2013 06:31:40 PM 991 Views
I had the feeling it was going to be one of the Latin Americans Danu - 14/03/2013 06:16:10 PM 834 Views
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