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Part of Sir Isaac Newton's Manuscripts Were Written in Greek | Greek Reporter Europe

Part of Sir Isaac Newton's Manuscripts Were Written in Greek | Greek Reporter Europe "The notebooks in which Isaac Newton worked out the theories on which much of classical science is based were partly written in Greek, proving that in...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 29, 2020 9:23 PM

Ancient Greek fonts and keyboards

Ancient Greek typefaces from the Greek Font Society The Greek Font Society offers a collection of freely available digital typefaces that can handle all the combinations of accents and other diacritical marks. My favorite: GFS Porson, the standard for publication...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 28, 2019 8:40 AM

Greek to Me, by Mary Norris | The New Yorker

Greek to Me, by Mary Norris | The New Yorker "On returning to New York, I registered for an elementary class in ancient Greek at Columbia University and blithely submitted the bill to the [New Yorker] magazine's new executive editor,...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 9, 2019 1:39 PM