Episode 217: Calligraphy
Your Greek Word On A Sunday
English - June 11, 2023 09:00 - 49 seconds - 634 KB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSociety & Culture greek english language words myths history learning education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Κάλλος (kallos) in ancient Greek, and in some cases in modern too, meant 'beauty'. Γραφή (graphe) is the act of writing. The combined word referred to an artform that started in Egypt and spread around the world. . In English it came through Latin (with a changed spelling as Greeks don't have the letter 'c') in the early 1600's. In modern Greek the word has the additional meaning of,' just a beautiful hand writing'. ΚΑΛΛΙΓΡΑΦΙΑ/CALLIGRAPHY
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