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.
Attic greek numbers.
This section mentions only some of the attic peculiarities.
The attic or herodianic system of numerals was the first numeral system used in ancient greece.
This is the system we discuss.
The ionian greek system of enumeration was a little more sophis ticated than the egyptian though it was non positional.
Or so used only six symbols.
Attic refers to the greek territory of attica while herodianic refers to aelius herodianus a grammarian of the 2 nd century a d.
The ionian greek system of enumeration was a little more sophisticated than the egyptian though it was non positional.
Like the attic and egyptian systems it was also decimal.
Five ten hundred thousand and ten thousand.
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.
The word attic refers to the place attica which is the main city of athens.
The attics are a number system used by the early greek.
The arithmetic operation in attic numbers seems to be difficult but the division is calculated as we calculate today.
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.
This system which arose around 500 b c.
In addition to singular and plural numbers attic greek had the dual number.
Thousands were often indicated by placing a bar at the left of the corresponding numeral.
Or as acrophonic numerals from acrophony because the basic symbols derive from the first letters of the ancient greek words that the symbols represented.
Who described the system in his writings.
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.