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There are regional (epichoric) and temporal variations of the Greek alphabet, <strong>with</strong> varying numbers of<br />

letters and forms. Early Greek was written right-to left, evolved into boustrophedon, βουστροφηδόν, “oxturning”<br />

or every other line changing direction, changing to left-to right by the 5 th century. The letter<br />

orientation changed <strong>with</strong> the direction of writing, <strong>with</strong> the non-symmetrical letters appearing as if in a mirror<br />

when written from right to left. There are some examples of false-boustrophedon, where the writer wrote right<br />

to left, turned the shard upside down, wrote the next line right to left, turned the shard up side down again, and<br />

so on.<br />

Variations in Ancient Greek letters:<br />

from http://www.codex99.com/typography/13.html.<br />

The Athenian government decreed in 402 BC the eastern Ionic alphabet would be the standard in all Greece.<br />

Around 200 BC, diacritics and accents were added, resulting in the modern 24 letter Greek alphabet.

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