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>From: zmacy82@flamingo.doc.ic.ac.uk (D Spinellis)
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Subject: Re: Question For Greek Astronomers
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Date: 4 Sep 89 18:59:19 GMT
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In article <3280004@wdl1.UUCP> gerolima@wdl1.UUCP (Mark K Gerolimatos) writes:
> Do the Greeks call the planets by their Greek god names?
>
> I.e. do they say "Hermes, Aphrodite..." instead of "Mercury, Venus..."
Yes:

Name		Spelling
----		--------
Hermes		Ermhs
Aphrodite	Afrodith
Gea		Gh
Ares		Arhs
Dias		Dias
Kronos		Kronos
Uranos		Oyranos
Poseidon	Poseidvn
Pluton		Ploytn

For the spelling I have used the alphabet as:
abgdezhuiklmnjoprstyfxcv
(alpha, beta, ..., omega)

> -Mark Gerolimatos (I'm as much Chinese as I am Greek),
Diomidis
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