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Headword:
Grammata
Adler number: gamma,416
Translated headword: letters, alphabet
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The Phoenicians were the first to invent the alphabet. Hence [the letters] were called Phoenician.[1] And they say that Cadmus first brought [them] into Greece;[2] but Apis the Egyptian brought medicine,[3] and Asclepius advanced the art.[4]
See also under "Phoenician letters."[5]
Greek Original:Grammata: hoti ta grammata Phoinikes epheuron prôtoi. enthen kai Phoinikeia eklêthêsan. kai ton Kadmon phasi prôton es tên Hellada komisai: iatrikên de ho Apis ho Aiguptios: ho de Asklêpios êuxêse tên technên. kai zêtei en tôi Phoinikêïa grammata.
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Keywords: aetiology; biography; Christianity; chronology; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; historiography; medicine; mythology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 13 February 2002@13:54:59.
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