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HISTORY OF GENESIS OF THE GREEK
 ALPHABET

DECIPHERMENT THE GREEK ALPHABET

According to Plato and Aristotle each letter-character have meanings of
«sounds, visuals, human behaviour, and weather conditions»,
and every character have an symbolic meaning.

Α  Β  Γ  Δ  Ε  Ζ  Η  Θ  Ι  Κ  Λ  Μ  Ν  Ξ  Ο  Π  Ρ  Σ  Τ  Υ  Φ  Χ  Ψ  Ω

Archaeological findings of Greek writing in northern Greece have been discovered,
estimating an age of 11.000 years old.

Greek  Archaic similar Ionic Alphabet, long before the Phoenicians claim the originality of the alphabet.
Another proof that the Alphabet is Hellenic.

Evidence for the origins of the Greek Alphabet

Phoenicians sea-going traders, and merchants adopting the Greek Alphabet, and introducing it to the Mediterranean countries, giving the impression that the Alphabet was Phoenician, for this responsible was Greek historian Herodotus, confusing «recent Cadmus (=Κάδμος)»  with the older Cadmus, who appeared the same era with Zeus, as we read in the Greek historian Hesiodus in «Theogony» (lines 937,975,978) and in Homer's  (Odyssey E. 299-333-335).

«» (delta)

Δ: Sound and image creates the character symbol. The Paleolithic Greek hunter and herdsman, is learning from the animals.
ΔΕΣΜΟΣ (=attachment, tie, bond, join) kept tight by the teeth (expression),
ΔΗΜΟΣ (dimos=municipality) ruled over by the ties of law) Δημοκρατία=Democracy=(ruled by the people).
ΔΗΜΟΤΗΣ=CITIZEN   
ΔΕΝΤΡΟ=DENTRO=TREE the shape of a tree =   
ΔΟΝΤΙ=DONTI (=TOOTH) the shape of a tooth,  Δαμάζω (=tame a wild animal)
animals bite on the neck the female for allegiance on a sexual act).


Cutting a straight brunch from a tree to make a weapon for hunting and to fight with, or to cut a tree he used a one side sharp stone tool similar the one that was found in >Σιάτιστα (Siatista Greece) 15cm. in length and 10cm.wide  (museum of Veria northern Greece) and is estimated about 100.000 years old.

The noise it makes a trunk of a cut tree when is rolled down, pulled or dropped is Δούπ Δούπ Δούπ (dοοp dοοp dοοp) emerges the word «Δούπος»  that Δού became the first name of a cut wood

(HOMER-Οδύσ.Ε 162-164): δού-ρατα = Ξύλα (Ξύλα = Wood). In Homer the word «Δένδρο» is «Δρύς» (Δένδρο - dendro=Tree) (Δρύς =trees or drees). «τώ μέν άρα προπάροιθε πυλάων ύψηλλάων έστασαν ώς ότε δρύες ούρεσιν υψικάρηνοι αϊ τ' άνεμον μίμνουσι και υετόν ήματα πάντα ρίζησιν μεγάλησι διηνεκέεσσ ' αραρυίαι».

Also dropping a big rock would give a similar Δούπ - doup noise, and waves of the sea splashing in caves. 
Related words ΔΥΝΑΜΗ (=dynamics), etc

Tips for pronouncing those letters which are pronounced differently from the equivalent English letters

Every European country is using today at least 5.000 ancient Greek words used as seedlings to create other new words, the English are using  8.000 words, plus other European and non European countries. 
Below is some examples in English.

Δαίμων (daemon)=demonic--Δαίς (daes)=diet, dietary, dietics

Δέρμα (derma)=derm, dermatitis, dermatology, dermatosclerosis  

Δεσπόζω (despozo)=despot, despotic--Δελφίς (delfis)=dolphin

Δήμος (dimos)=democracy--Διά (dia..)=diagnosis, diagram, dialogue, diameter

Διδάσκω (didasco)=didactic--Δίσκος (discos)=disk, discus

Δίχα (dicha)=dichotomy--Δόμος (domos)=dome, domestic, dominant

Δόσις (dosis)=dosage, donation--Δράκων (dracon)=dragon, dracula

Δύναμις (dinamis)=dynamics, dynamometry, dynasty 

Δυσ- (dys...)=dyslexia, dysphagia, dysmnesia, etc, etc

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