Greek-letters Sentence Examples

It thus appears that a highly developed system of writing existed in Minoan Crete some two thousand years earlier than the first introduction under Phoenician influence of Greek letters.

He became famous as a teacher of Greek letters and the Platonic philosophy; in 1463 he was made professor at Padua, and in 1479 he was summoned by Lorenzo de' Medici to Florence to fill the professorship vacated by John Argyropoulos.

In Greek letters his chief works are Constantini Porphyrogeniti libri II.

The " new invention in Denmark " to which Anthony Wood refers as having given the hint to Napier was probably the method of calculation called prosthaphaeresis (often written in Greek letters irpooOa4aipeats), which had its origin in the solution of spherical triangles.

John Chrysoloras, a relative of the above (variously described as his nephew, brother or son), who, like him, had studied and taught at Constantinople, and had then gone to Italy, shared Manuel's reputation as one of those who spread the influence of Greek letters in the West.

Early in the 2nd century AD., pagan Egyptians, or perhaps foreigners settled in Egypt, essayed, as yet unskilfully, to write the native language in Greek letters.

The pope bitterly felt this catastrophe as a double blow to Christendom and to Greek letters.

Fraternities and sororities are commonly referred to as the Greek system because the vast majority of their names contain Greek letters.

The oval pendant can be engraved with as many as three Greek letters.

Unlike traditional grades or ages on textbooks, this curriculum uses Greek letters to identify the next level of learning in the program.

Big sisters, if you want to give your little sister a gift, you may want to try this idea, or go for loose pajama pants with iron-on Greek letters on the back (or smaller ones on the front pocket).