01-03-2016, 06:41 PM
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Aristophanes of Byzantium invented a basic punctuation system of dots at different levels around the 2nd century BC; before that the Greeks wrote in scriptio continua, with no punctuation or word breaks. Basic info can be found here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristoph..._Byzantium
The Romans used single dots called interpuncts to mark word breaks up until the late Classical period, and then switched to scriptio continua.
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Aristophanes of Byzantium invented a basic punctuation system of dots at different levels around the 2nd century BC; before that the Greeks wrote in scriptio continua, with no punctuation or word breaks. Basic info can be found here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristoph..._Byzantium
The Romans used single dots called interpuncts to mark word breaks up until the late Classical period, and then switched to scriptio continua.
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Aidan.
Teacher of Latin, Ancient Greek and Ancient History. All-round fan of all things Classical, especially Military History. Aspiring/dreaming writer of Historical Fiction.
Teacher of Latin, Ancient Greek and Ancient History. All-round fan of all things Classical, especially Military History. Aspiring/dreaming writer of Historical Fiction.
