SYMBOLISM OF NUMERALS (3)

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. What is the numeric value of Greek letters?

a) There were twenty-seven (27) letters in the ancient Greek alphabet. Three (3) of the letters with an equivalent value (Digamma, Qoppa, and Sampi - which represents the numbers 6, 90 and 900 respectively) were used only in certain Greek dialects and are now obsolete.

English	Greek	Value		English	Greek	Value		English	Greek	Value
	Letter				Letter				Letter
Alpha	Α   α	1		Iota	Ι   ι	10		Rho	Ρ   ρ	100
Beta	Β   β	2		Kappa	Κ   κ	20		Sigma	Σ   σ	200
Gamma	Γ   γ	3		Lambda	Λ   λ	30		Tau	Τ   τ	300
Delta	Δ   δ	4		Mu	Μ   μ	40		Upsilon	Υ   υ	400
Epsilon	Ε   ε	5		Nu	Ν   ν	50		Phi	Φ   φ	500
Digamma	Ϝ ϝ	6		Xi	Ξ   ξ	60		Chi	Χ   χ	600
Zeta	Ζ   ζ	7		Omicron	Ο   ο	70		Psi	Ψ   ψ	700
Eta	Η   η	8		Pi	Π   π	80		Omega	Ω   ω	800
Theta	Θ   θ	9		Qoppa	Ϙ   ϙ	90		Sampi	Ϡ   ϡ	900

The End ...