1 Greek is written with twenty-four letters, namely: SOUND a in far b g in go d e in met dz German a th in thin i in pique k 1 m n ks, x in wax ο in obey P r s in see t in to French u, Germ, u ph in Philip German ch PS o in no NAME alpha beta gamma delta epsilon zeta eta theta iota kappa lambda mu nu xei, xi omicron pei, pi rho sigma tau upsilon phei, phi chei, chi psei, psi omega FORM Α α Β β Γ γ Δ δ Ε ε Ζ ζ Η η Θ η Ι ι Κ κ Λ λ Μ μ Ν ν Ξ ξ Ο ο Π π Ρ ρ Σ σ, ς Τ τ Υ υ Φ φ Χ χ Ψ ψ Ω ω ἄλφα βῆτα γάμμα δέλτα εἶ, ἒ ψῑλόν ζῆτα ἦτα θῆτα ἰῶτα κάππα λάμβδα μῦ νῦ ξεῖ, ξῖ οὖ, ὂ μῑκρόν πεῖ, πῖ ῥῶ σίγμα ταῦ ὖ, ὖ ψῑλόν φεῖ, φῖ χεῖ, χῖ ψεῖ. ψῖ ὦ, ὦ μέγα

a. The form ς is used only at the end of a word : στάσις. b. Εἶ, ξεῖ, οὖ, πεῖ, ὖ, φεῖ, χεῖ, ψεῖ, ὦ are the classical Attic names for those letters; the other names for them, though now the common ones, came into use in the Middle Ages.