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  2. Delphic Hymns - Wikipedia

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    Ten different notes in all are used in this first verse. The fourth note from the bottom, written Μ (Mu in the Greek alphabet, or the note C in the conventional modern transcription) is the so-called mesē, or central note, to which the music most often returns. [10] Music with this mese was said to be in the (Greek) Phrygian mode (modern ...

  3. Greek alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was derived from the earlier Phoenician alphabet , [ 4 ] and is the earliest known alphabetic script to have developed distinct letters for consonants as well as vowels . [ 5 ]

  4. The ABC Song - Wikipedia

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    Music for the alphabet song including some common variations on the lyrics "The ABC Song" [a] is the best-known song used to recite the English alphabet in alphabetical order. It is commonly used to teach the alphabet to children in English-speaking countries. "The ABC Song" was first copyrighted in 1835 by Boston music

  5. List of Greek letters - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of letters of the Greek alphabet. The definition of a Greek letter for this list is a character encoded in the Unicode standard that a has script property of "Greek" and the general category of "Letter". An overview of the distribution of Greek letters is given in Greek script in Unicode.

  6. Archaic Greek alphabets - Wikipedia

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    The Euboean alphabet was used in the cities of Eretria and Chalcis and in related colonies in southern Italy, notably in Cumae, Pithecusae and Rhegion. It was through this variant that the Greek alphabet was transmitted to Italy, where it gave rise to the Old Italic alphabets, including Etruscan and ultimately the Latin alphabet. Some of the ...

  7. Delta (letter) - Wikipedia

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    Delta (/ ˈ d ɛ l t ə /; [1] uppercase Δ, lowercase δ; Greek: δέλτα, délta, ) [2] is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 4. It was derived from the Phoenician letter dalet 𐤃. [3] Letters that come from delta include Latin D and Cyrillic Д.

  8. Greek alphabet will no longer be used to name hurricanes

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    The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was so active that forecasters resorted to naming storms with letters from the Greek alphabet for only the second time in history. Turns out, it was the final ...

  9. Skolion - Wikipedia

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    A skolion (from Ancient Greek: σκόλιον) (pl. skolia), also scolion (pl. scolia), was a song sung by invited guests at banquets in ancient Greece. Often extolling the virtues of the gods or heroic men, skolia were improvised to suit the occasion and accompanied by a lyre , which was handed about from singer to singer as the time for each ...