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An Ancient Alphabet Song

Posted: August 6th, 2011, 9:10 am
by Louis L Sorenson
Athenaeus Soph., Deipnosophistae
Book 10, Kaibel paragraph 79, line 9

ἄλφα, βῆτα, γάμμα, δέλτα, θεοῦ γὰρ εἶ,
ζῆτ', ἦτα, θῆτ', ἰῶτα, κάππα, λάβδα, μῦ,
νῦ, ξεῖ, τὸ οὖ, πεῖ, ῥῶ, τὸ σίγμα, ταῦ, <τὸ> ὖ,
παρὸν φεῖ χεῖ τε τῷ ψεῖ εἰς τὸ ὦ.

Re: An Ancient Alphabet Song

Posted: August 6th, 2011, 11:09 pm
by David Lim
Louis L Sorenson wrote:Athenaeus Soph., Deipnosophistae
Book 10, Kaibel paragraph 79, line 9

ἄλφα, βῆτα, γάμμα, δέλτα, θεοῦ γὰρ εἶ,
ζῆτ', ἦτα, θῆτ', ἰῶτα, κάππα, λάβδα, μῦ,
νῦ, ξεῖ, τὸ οὖ, πεῖ, ῥῶ, τὸ σίγμα, ταῦ, <τὸ> ὖ,
παρὸν φεῖ χεῖ τε τῷ ψεῖ εἰς τὸ ὦ.
Is there a tune to sing with it? :)