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If you paid any attention at all in high school English, you probably remember iambic pentameter, most likely from reading Shakespeare, and perhaps even other meters like trochaic tetrameter (the ...

If you live in Cyprus and are taking the first step in learning you will find Greek is useful in the written word, but not so much in a shop or on the street. English being a second language in Cyprus ...

Most three-year-olds can count, some may know the alphabet and the words to their favourite song. But it is a rare occurrence when a three-year-old child knows their times tables, the Greek alphabet ...

Alpha, beta, omicron... These three words bring to mind whiffs of hydroalcoholic gel and the feel of a mask on the face. Indeed, the covid variants were named using Greek letters. Yet this alphabet ...

The Greek alphabet, traditionally believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is now undergoing reevaluation thanks to groundbreaking research at Leiden University. The writing system is ...