“The Secret Code and Meanings of the Greek Alphabet: Letters-Words-Symbolism”

The Greeks were the first Europeans to learn to write by means of an alphabet and from them alphabetic writing spread to the rest of Europe, eventually leading down to all modern European alphabets. However, the Greeks tried writing once between 1500 and 1200 BC, when the Mycenaeans adapted the Minoan syllable system, called Linear A, as Linear B to write an early form of Greek.

According to researchers the formation of the Greek language follows patterns and functions attributed to the formation of nature and the cosmos. The key to decipher these patterns is the Greek Alphabet. Its letters bear a univocal meaning-interpretation and their shape is also connected to their meaning and inner symbolism. This univocal meaning is apparent in every single Greek word despite changes the Greek language was subject to since it was first created.

The presentation will be based on the study and explanation of a code so as to de-code the Greek Alphabet and reveal the hidden symbolism in Greek words people use today either as native speakers or in many different languages worldwide.

Maya Fourioti is a Greek freelancer living permanently in Greece. She first studied English-French Translation in the Department of Foreign Applied Languages of LYON 2-Louis Pasteur University, France and specialized in Semiology. She also studied History of Art in the same University and specialized in National Heritage Conservation and Museum Organization.

Back in Greece in 1982, she worked as an English language teacher in both the public and private sector and as a translator with local companies. In 2003 she started her own freelance business in Corinth, Greece and uniquely shifted to translation. She also speaks Italian. Apart from translation she is a Cambridge ESOL oral examiner for all levels of EFL.

Maya is a keen mountaineer and the Secretary General of the Hellenic Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing since 2000. She loves travelling, dogs and bogging. She is a social and civil rights activist and a volunteer in pressure groups.