Attic style is a greek style also known as acrophonic or herodianic numerals.
Attic or herodianic numerals.
Or as acrophonic numerals from acrophony because the basic symbols derive from the first letters of the ancient greek words that the symbols represented.
9 the acrophonic principle was used to represent numerals in the attic notation see table 1 3.
Attic numerals were used by the ancient greeks possibly from the 7th century bc.
Attic or herodianic numerals the ancient greek numeral system known as attic or herodianic numerals was fully developed by about 450 bce and in regular use possibly as early as the 7th century bce.
By the hellenistic period the greeks had presided over one of the most dramatic and important revolutions in mathematical thought of all time.
Attic numerals were used by the ancient greeks possibly from the 7th century bc.
One five ten hundred thousand and ten thousand.
These include in particular greek attic or herodianic notation phoenician or punic and aramaic elephantine notation cyrenaic notation and certainly roman numerals.
Except for the symbol for the number one the letter symbols are the first letter of the name of the value for example for δέκα deka meaning ten the letter delta.
The ancient greek numeral system known as attic or herodianic numerals was fully developed by about 450 bce and in regular use possibly as early as the 7th century bce.
They were also known as herodianic numerals because they were first described in a 2nd century manuscript by herodian.
Attic refers to the greek territory of attica while herodianic refers to aelius herodianus a grammarian of the 2ndcentury a d who.
Used as early as 500 bce and as late as the end of the 3rd century bce in classical times these numerals were written in upper case.
By the hellenistic period the greeks had presided over one of the most dramatic and important revolutions in mathematical thought of all time.
Ancient greek numerals herodianic greek numerals.
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.
They were also known as herodianic numerals because they were first described in a 2nd century manuscript by herodian.
