Alpha to Omega

by Humez, Alexander

• ISBN13: 9781567921014
• ISBN10: 1567921019
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: David R Godine Pub

Summary

In the first offering of this beloved duo, the Humez brothers take on the twenty-four letters of the Greek alphabet (plus those elusive "dead letters"), and through the device of the abecedarium bring the Greek culture and thought to life. From acoustics to zygote, they provide not only an engaging romp through the Greek language but also a series of glimpses into the world and man's place in it. The historical, philosophical, mathematical, cosmological, and political (all Greek words) approaches we take toward life, its description, elucidation, and evaluation, are all mainly derived from several thousand years of Greek culture. The vocabulary of language is a mirror of the minds of its speakers, and in this book we see the first reflections of the modern world.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. ix
Alpha	p. 2
Beta	p. 9
Gamma	p. 15
Delta	p. 23
Epsilon	p. 33
Zeta	p. 37
Eta	p. 45
Theta	p. 53
Iota	p. 61
Kappa	p. 67
Lambda	p. 75
Mu	p. 83
Nu	p. 91
K S I	p. 101
Omicron	p. 109
¿	p. 117
Rho	p. 125
Sigma	p. 133
Tau	p. 141
Upsilon	p. 149
Phi	p. 157
Chi	p. 165
Psi	p. 171
Omega	p. 179
Dead Letters or Digamma Doesn't Live Here Anymore	p. 185
Bibliophilia	p. 189
Index	p. 195
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