The Greek Alphabet: How Letters Shaped a Civilization

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the revolutionary adoption of the Greek alphabet from the Phoenician script around the 8th century BCE. They discuss how the addition of vowels made writing accessible beyond scribes, enabling the recording of Homer's epics, the rise of philosophy, and the spread of literacy across the Mediterranean. The conversation covers key terms like 'Phoinikeia grammata,' the roles of Kadmos and the Euboian alphabet, the importance of the 'sampi' and 'digamma,' and the very human story of how a practical tool transformed Greek culture and laid the foundation for Western literature and science. #GreekAlphabet #PhoenicianScript #Homer #Kadmos #Euboia #Vowels #Literacy #Alphabet #Ionia #NestorCup #DipylonOinochoe #Epigraphy #PhoinikeiaGrammata #Sampi #Digamma #AncientGreece #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo