Greek to Me Quotes

“The alphabet is the greatest invention of humankind, and even has a spark of the divine: it gave us the written word, which gave us the means to communicate with both the past and the future.”
― Mary Norris, Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen

“before a meal (Bless us O Lord and these Thy gifts which we are about to receive from Thy bounty through Christ our Lord Amen).”
― Mary Norris, Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen

“The Etruscans latched on to the Greek alphabet early. Among their contributions was the letter F, repurposing a Greek letter that was pronounced like our W. When the Romans adapted the Etruscan alphabet, they jettisoned several letters because they had no need for them. But during the first century BC the Romans started to use Greek words, so they put back the letters Y and Z, adding the “new” letters to the end.”
― Mary Norris, Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen