Stigma, Digamma kai Koppa;

[Ptahhotep]

I have been reading a few websites lately which mention three Greek letters that disappeared completely by classical Greek; Digamma, Koppa, and Stigma. Were there more letters that went out of use by the classical era? I have one source which says that there were more letters which are no longer in use today. I am curious about this. Also, I'd like to know what they looked like, particularly the Stigma, and what order they came in the alphabet.<br /><br />Thanks!

[mingshey]

You could grasp some idea comparing related alphabets, i.e. phoenician, greek, old italic, etruscan, etc.<br /><br />http://www.omniglot.com/writing/atoz.htm<br /><br />And somebody I found from the web says:<br /><br />http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-greek/2002-November/023319.html<br /><br />And another guy says:<br /><br />http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-greek/2002-November/023320.html<br /><br />Yuo might want to read all the posts on this subject:<br /><br />http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-greek/2002-November/subject.html#23313

[Keesa]

Whew! Talk about comprehensive research! <br /><br />Neat sites, mingshey.

[Lex]

If you have the SPIonic font installed:<br /><br />[face=SPIonic]V[/face]<br />[face=SPIonic]v[/face]<br />[face=SPIonic]J[/face]<br />[face=SPIonic]`[/face]<br />

[Ptahhotep]

Yes, I think see now. Thanks for the help. Don't forget to look at this page about Ancient Greek numerals:<br />http://mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu/grk202/vocabulary/greek_numerals.html.