How to Translate the Ancient Greek Alphabet to the English Alphabet
- 1). Do an Internet search for an ancient Greek alphabet translation. Several websites have the translation made in an easy-to-read chart. (See References.)
- 2). Print out the chart that shows the translation and read it carefully. You can also make a copy of the chart on a large poster board to help you remember the translation.
- 3). Discover the meaning of the ancient Greek alphabet. The alphabet in ancient Greek which corresponds to the English alphabet would be Alpha (a), Beta (b), Gamma (g), Delta (d), Epsilon (e), Sigma (s), Digamma (f), Zeta (z), Eta (h), Theta (th), Iota (i), Kappa (k), Lambda (l), Mu (m), Nu (n), Xi (x), Omicron (o), Pi (p), San (m), Koppa (k), Rho (r), Tau (t), Upsilon (u or y), Phi (ph), Chi (ch), Psi (ps), Omega (o), and Sampi (ss) (see Reference 4).
- 4). Check different places to make sure that you have found a reliable and valid source of information. Try going to the library and looking through books by Greek scholars. You can also look through peer review journals to learn how others have translated the ancient Greek alphabet.
- 5). Contact local classical Greek scholars who might have advice about the translation. You can try emailing the Classical History department at a local university. In addition, see if someone in the Classical Languages department can help.