Faces People, Places, and World Culture for Kids and Children

IT'S GREEK TO ME!

It’s Greek to me” is often said when something is beyond one’s understanding or especially difficult. But nothing could be further from the truth when it comes to the Greek language. The Greek alphabet and language may look and sound exotic and complicated, but they shaped the vocabulary of Western languages, including English.

When early people began to write, they drew pictures that represented what they were writing about.

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