Attic Greek Numbers

Like the attic and egyptian systems it was also decimal.

Attic greek numbers.

The attic or herodianic system of numerals was the first numeral system used in ancient greece. The attics are a number system used by the early greek. All greeks and all barbarians alike count up to ten and having reached ten revert again to the unity. ι 1 π 5 δ 10 πδ 50 η 100 πη 500 χ 1000 πχ 5000 μ 10000 and πμ 50000.

This is the system we discuss. Five ten hundred thousand and ten thousand. The arithmetic operation in attic numbers seems to be difficult but the division is calculated as we calculate today. Attic numeration was used by the ancient greeks probably starting in the 7th century b c.

A sharp accent is placed at the end of the group to distinguish numbers from letters. The earliest alphabet related system of numerals used with the greek letters was a set of the acrophonic attic numerals operating much like roman numerals which derived from this scheme with the following formula. By the alexandrian age the greek attic system of enumeration was being replaced by the ionian or alphabetic numerals. By the alexandrian age the greek attic system of enumeration was being replaced by the ionian or alphabetic numerals.

This was used to refer to two of. This is the system we discuss. This section mentions only some of the attic peculiarities. Or as acrophonic numerals from acrophony because the basic symbols derive from the first letters of the ancient greek words that the symbols represented.

The word attic refers to the place attica which is the main city of athens. The ionian greek system of enumeration was a little more sophisticated than the egyptian though it was non positional. To each figure of a unit 1 9 a letter is assigned to each ten 10 90 another letter and to each hundred 100 900 another letter. Attic refers to the greek territory of attica while herodianic refers to aelius herodianus a grammarian of the 2 nd century a d.

And again pythagoras maintains the power of the number 10 lies in the number 4 the tetrad. The attic numerals are a symbolic number notation used by the ancient greeks they were also known as herodianic numerals because they were first described in a 2nd century manuscript by herodian. In addition to singular and plural numbers attic greek had the dual number. The ionian greek system of enumeration was a little more sophis ticated than the egyptian though it was non positional.

If one starts at the unit 1 and adds the successive number up to 4 one will make up the number 10 1 2 3 4 10. Attic numerals were used by the ancient greeks possibly from the 7th century bc they were also known as herodianic numerals because they were first described in a 2nd century manuscript by herodian they are also known as acrophonic numerals because the symbols derive from the first letters of the words that the symbols represent. Attic greek grammar is to a large extent ancient greek grammar or at least when the latter topic is presented it is with the peculiarities of the attic dialect. Who described the system in his writings.

Like the attic and egyptian systems it was also decimal.