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Greek Small Alpha

Greek Small Alpha

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greek-alphabet

Construction note

A geometric impression of a lowercase (minuscule) Greek letter.

About this symbol

Meaning
The minuscule letter Alpha (sound “a”).
Culture / origin
Byzantine Greece (minuscule hand)
Era
Greek minuscule from c. 9th century CE
Historical context
Lowercase Greek developed from cursive minuscule writing in the Byzantine period and is the everyday Greek book hand today.

Public-domain historical script.

Tags

greekalphabetlowercaseclassical

SVG source

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