Letters: Opening ceremony in Paris was not just an innocent nod to Greek mythology Denver Post readers sound off on immigration and Olympic uniforms ...

However, by the end of the fourth century BC, the Ionic-based Euclidean alphabet, made up of 24 letters from alpha to omega, had become standard throughout the Greek-speaking world. It is a ...

Variations of the alphabet—now known as Phoenician, from the Greek word for the Canaanite region—have been found from Turkey to Spain, and survive until today in the form of the letters used ...

In Archaic and early Classical times, the Greek alphabet existed in many local variants. However, by the end of the fourth century BC, the Ionic-based Euclidean alphabet, made up of 24 letters ...

However, the campy French performance paying homage to Greek mythology and the Olympics' Greek origins was met with swift pushback for those who instead viewed it as a modern-day reenactment of ...