#rho kappa lambda

[manleycollins]

My 29th Alphaversary. Initiated Beta Delta, Founded Rho Kappa Lambda, and now Mu Lambda

[bonomovesinmysteriousways]

Theogefiro natural bridge above Kalamas River in Epirus, Greece

[cccarolineraynerrr]

Sleeping cat on the streets of Alonnisos, Sporades, Greece

[floreescedora]

Sleeping cat on the streets of Alonnisos, Sporades, Greece

[ereconda]

Sleeping cat on the streets of Alonnisos, Sporades, Greece

[whatsjohnbeensmoking]

Sleeping cat on the streets of Alonnisos, Sporades, Greece

[melabea]

More Dynamic Symbols

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[ids: 12 images; all grey colored lowercase greek letters. in order: chi, delta, epsilon, eta, gamma, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, omnicron, phi, pi, psi, rho, sigma, tau, theta, upsilon, xi, and zeta. /end ids]

Personal Dynamic Symbols.

all symbols are these lowercase greek letters (chi, delta, epsilon, eta, gamma, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, omnicron, phi, pi, psi, rho, sigma, tau, theta, upsilon, xi, & zeta) colored grey & in the font "RocknRoll One".

[realcleverscience]

Wait... WE can read Greek?!

I was reading a wiki article about ancient artifacts when it shared some Greek words that were inscribed on the artifacts:

ΚΡΙΟΣ

ΤΑΥΡΟΣ

ΔΙΔΥΜΟΙ

ΚΑΡΚΙΝΟΣ

ΛΕΩΝ

ΠΑΡΘΕΝΟΣ

ΧΗΛΑΙ

ΣΚΟΡΠΙΟΣ

ΤΟΞΟΤΗΣ

ΑΙΓΟΚΕΡΩΣ

ΥΔΡΟΧΟΟΣ

ΙΧΘΥΕΣ

Of course, my first thought was that I obviously can't read that... but... I kept looking and realized that I could sort of read some of the greek, thanks to knowing certain greek words and letters, mostly from my scientific interests, but other places as well.

For instance, look at the second word: "ΤΑΥΡΟΣ" Spelled out: Tau-Alpha-Upsilon-Rho*-Omicron-Sigma = TAUROS. The bull, which you may recognize from astrology or from the mino-taur (minoan bull) of mythology.

(*There were a few letters that I was less familiar with: e.g. P = Rho. Basically it's an R without the bottom-right leg. Also remember that there are kind of three "O"s: Regular O = Omicron; Ω = Omega; Θ = Theta, which looks like an O but isn't)

Let's try the 4th word: "ΚΑΡΚΙΝΟΣ"

Kappa-Alpha-Rho-Kappa-Iota*-Nu-Omicron-Sigma = Karkinos = Crab.

(*The expression "not one iota" is bc the letter "i" began as one little tiny line or event a dot. e.g. In hebrew, the letter is known as "yud" and is the smallest and simplest letter. It looks like a comma.)

For those familiar with astrology, they may know this is also known as "cancer", and is the origin for the use of the medical condition as well. (You may have heard about certain foods being "carcinogenic" = carcin generating = cancer causing.)

(Why "crab" for "cancer"? - NPR: "...Hippocrates because he was around very early. And some time about 400 B.C., he was examining many cancer patients with what we'd call today end-stage cancer... And he applied the Greek word karkinos, which means crab. A lot of explanations, all of them equally wonderful and all of them equally difficult to prove, but why did he use that? And if you examine a tumor, if you actually feel malignant tumor, you'll note that it's hard as a rock. And so some have explained that it reminded him of the hard shell of a crab. But others have said it.. may have reminded him of the pain that a malignant tumor induces. It's much like the sharp pinch of a crab's claw. And an even better version is that it suggests the tenacity with which, you know, a crab bites you…")

Ok, next is the 5th word: ΛΕΩΝ: Lambda-Epsilon-Omega-Nu = Leon = Lion (I think this one is easy, but perhaps that's bc my name, Ari, means Lion.)

Next: "ΠΑΡΘΕΝΟΣ" Pi - Alpha - Rho - Theta - Epsilon - Nu - Omicron - Sigma = Parthenos = Virgin Again, astrology fans may recognize the word. Zoo fans may recognize the word from stories about lizards in zoos suddenly becoming pregnant on their own, known as "parthenogensis" - virgin birth. (Christians may recognize the word for similar reasons!) Or you may be familiar with the Parthenon, an ancient greek temple to Athena the "virgin/maiden goddess".

Two words later, #8: "ΣΚΟΡΠΙΟΣ" Sigma-Kappa-Omicron-Rho-Pi-Iota-Omicron-Sigma = Skorpios = Scorpion!

Next: "ΤΟΞΟΤΗΣ" - This one's a bit harder Tau-Omicron-Xi*-Omicron-Tau-Eta-Sigma (*That's a hard letter. There's also apparently a similar letter represented by "X")

= Toxotes. I wouldn't have recognized this as the word for "archer" (technically, "bow") but you may recognize the word as the root for "toxic", which I just learned is derived from the word for archer - either bc it harms like an arrow, or bc the arrows were dipped in poison, making them toxic arrows.)

Ok, let's jump to the last one: "ΙΧΘΥΕΣ" Iota-Chi-Theta-Upsilon-Epsilon-Sigma = Ichthyes

People who've played animal crossing, or maybe just love fish or biology, may recognize this as part of the word "ichthyology" - the study of fish.

By now you may have guessed that the ancient object was a calendar of sorts, and was here listing the various months with their astrological signs.

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So it kind of blew my mind to realize that I can sort of read greek.

Clearly this doesn't mean that I can just open up ancient or modern greek texts and start translating - but, I'm a LOT closer to that for greek than for most other languages. And not just me, but all of us. Which is just amazing. If I opened a book in russian or japanese, I'd be totally lost. I can't read the alphabet and I have basically zero familiarity with russian or japanese root words. But as westerns who speak english and use mathematics that both largely evolved from/with greek sources, we are all a lot closer to this ancient language than we probably assumed.

Kinda puts a new perspective on the phrase, "it's all Greek to me".

[torto-isemusings]

You might've addressed this somewhere (or maybe not) but reading your polo lore made me think: are the different versions' polos separated somehow? Like, do they have some sort of singular version house (a building/villa where all Alive polos live in, for example) or are they present in the different geographic units you've shared before? I was wondering if the LM polos lived in something like a sorority house for some reason.

Short answer, yes! Let me explain:

Both The Original and Alpha are condensed into one person each, Scratch and Lead respectively. They lived with their adopted father Kenny until they both moved into the Saint-Étienne School of Music.

Lambda Mu(Little Miss), Sigma Rho(Sunrise), Tau Lambda(The Love), and Kappa Delta(Wekiddy) are all fraternities on SESM campus that live in their own houses on Frat Row. Alive is not a frat, but the campus technology/anime club. The don't have a house of their own, but they do use the house designated for all the campus clubs to use for meetings.

The Brazil Polos live in Brazil of course, specifically the capital of Brasilia. The Beats are a team of soccer players, the Effects are ordinary villagers, the Melodies are revelers celebrating La Fête de la Voix, and the Voices represent the indigenous population.

Jeevan takes place in India, which in Incredibox World is separated into four Kingdoms: Naarangee/Orange ruled by King Lead(northwest), Laal/Red under the rule of Prince String(northeast), Neela/Blue under King Taoung(southwest), and Hara/Green under King Djindr and eventually Queen Jeevan(southeast).

Dystopia is the strangest of them all, as it is its own separate planet from the rest. It was taken over by the Comulur and the rest we know from the bonuses/short film.

Hope that clears things up❤️

[puck-luck]

i’m like obsessed with the cole/Jack Frat universe ha ha ha 

brother you and me BOTH let me copy pasted all the NHL frat names I created last night after this subtle "read more"...

Funnily enough, if we're going by this, I was technically a part of the Seattle Kraken when I was in a sorority in college... shoutout Sigma Kappa.

Btw I might go back and edit those works so the boys are in these frats rather than pike (ugh but i looooove pike)

NHL Name | Frat Name

Anaheim Ducks | Alpha Delta

Boston Bruins | Beta Beta

Buffalo Sabres | Beta Sigma

Calgary Flames | Chi Phi

Carolina Hurricanes | Chi Eta

Chicago Blackhawks | Chi Beta Eta

Colorado Avalanche | Chi Alpha

Columbus Blue Jackets | Chi Beta Iota

Dallas Stars | Delta Sigma

Detroit Red Wings | Delta Rho Psi

Edmonton Oilers | Eta Omicron

Florida Panthers | Phi Pi

Los Angeles Kings | Lambda Alpha Kappa

Minnesota Wild | Mu Psi

Montréal Canadiens | Mu Chi

Nashville Predators | Nu Pi

New Jersey Devils | Nu Iota Delta

New York Islanders | Nu Upsilon Iota

New York Rangers | Nu Upsilon Rho

Ottawa Senators | Omicron Sigma

Philadelphia Flyers | Pi Phi

Pittsburgh Penguins | Pi Pi

San Jose Sharks | Sigma Iota Sigma

Seattle Kraken | Sigma Kappa

St. Louis Blues | Sigma Lambda Beta

Tampa Bay Lightning | Tau Beta Lambda

Toronto Maple Leafs | Tau Mu Lambda

Utah Hockey Club (Utah Yetis?) | Upsilon Eta Chi (Upsilon Upsilon?)

Vancouver Canucks | Xi Chi

Vegas Golden Knights | Xi Gamma Kappa

Washington Capitals | Psi Chi

Winnipeg Jets | Psi Iota

[nowjumpinthewater]

Chapter 1

The greek alphabet:

α - alpha, the letter a

β - beta, the letter b

γ - gamma, g

δ - delta, d

ε - epsilon, short e

ζ - zeta, z

η - eta, long e

θ - theta, th

ι - iota, i

κ - kappa, k

λ - lambda, l

μ - mu, m

ν - nu, n

ξ - xi, x

ο - omicron, short o

π - pi, p

ρ - rho, r

σ - sigma, s

ς - sigma, s (but only at the end of letters)

τ - tau, t

υ - upsilon, u/y

φ - phi, f

χ - chi, ch (like in the word loch)

ψ - psi, ps (like in eclipse)

ω - omega, long o

Greek doesn't have the letter h, so when words start with a vowel, there is an accent to show either smooth breathing or rough breathing.

for example :

ó - rough breathing

ò - smooth breathing

when a word starts with rough breathing, it means it has a h in front of it.

when iota follows a long alpha, eta or omega, then it is written in miniature form underneath. This is called iota subscript

Present tense:

I - ω

you - εις

he/she/it - ει

we - ομεν

you pl - ετε

they - ουσι(ν)

The 3rd person plural form has a moveable nu at the end. This means that when the word after the verb starts with a vowel or if the verb is at the end of the sentence, then it has a nu at the end. If not, the ending is just ουσι.

Declensions

In greek, a nouns ending reflects its role in the sentence, or its case.

There are 4 cases in greek

nominative - the subject

Accusative - the object (also used for expressing time, and certain prepositions)

Genitive - possession and some prepositions

Dative - to or for and also for some prepositions

The (main) endings for first declension are as follows

sg

nom - η

acc - ην

gen - ης

dat -  ῃ

pl

nom - αι

acc -  ας

gen - ων

dat - αις

And the endings for second declension are:

sg

nom - ος (or ον if neuter)

acc - ον

gen - ου

dat -   ῳ

pl

nom - οι (or α if neuter)

acc -  ους (or α if neuter)

gen - ων

dat - οις

Articles

Greek also has the definite article (translated as "the") which must agree to the noun it is describing in case, gender and number.

Here is the definite article in greek:

sg m f n

nom - ό ή το

acc - τον την το

gen - του της του

dat - τῳ τῃ τῳ

pl m f n

nom - όι άι τα

acc - τους τας τα

gen - των των των

dat - τoις ταις τoις

These are extremely similar to the declension endings but with a tau at the beginning

Negatives

Negatives are formed with the word ου, which changes to ουκ before a vowel with smooth breathing and ουχ before a vowel with rough breathing

ooooh thank you!!

this is all very interesting.... the declinations are super cool glad there doesn't seem to be that many!!!

thanks for writing all this out :O

[omegai]

My Dynamic Flags

[pt: my dynamic flags]

Alpha | Beta | Omega

Gamma | Delta | Epsilon | Zeta | Eta | Theta

Iota | Kappa | Lambda | Mu | Nu | Xi

Omicron | Pi | Rho | Sigma | Tau | Upsilon

Phi | Chi | Psi

xenosecondary/dynamic chi

anons phi & tau

[m0nberry]

OMEGAVERSE IS BORING

So I made it more interesting. Here, have an expanded omegaverse with 24 dynamics for each letter of the Greek Alphabet. Just to make it extra fun we gave each dynamic a super power. Feel free to use this to add some zest to your omegaverse content :)

Alpha: super strength

Beta: invisibility

Gamma: pyrokinesis

Delta: clairvoyance

Epsilon: technopathy

Zeta: wind manipulation

Eta: flight

Theta: nullification

Iota: enhanced senses

Kappa: hydrokinesis

Lambda: durability

Mu: animal speech

Nu: probability manipulation

Xi: elasticity

Omicron: hypnosis

Pi: circular force fields

Rho: shape-shifting

Sigma: telepathy

Tau: super speed

Upsilon: fog control

Phi: plant manipulation

Chi: healing

Psi: telekinesis

Omega: empathy

Have fun and diversify your dynamics :)

[psychidion]

Which Greek letters are seen on this kylix?

Image description: Early form of the Greek alphabet on an Attic black-figure bowl

This kylix is part of the collection at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Letters on the top side as far as I can tell:

Alpha Α

Beta Β

Gamma Γ (yes, it looks like a lambda, but that's how they used to write it)

Delta Δ

Epsilon Ε

Digamma Ϝ (super strange to see this- but maybe it's not written in Ionic)

Zeta Ζ (yes, it looks like an iota, again it's how it used to be written)

Eta Η

Theta Θ

Iota Ι

Kappa Κ

Lambda Λ (slightly older form again)

Mu Μ

Nu Ν

Omicron Ο

Pi Π

Rho Ρ (this one threw me off so badly, because why is that an actual R)

Sigma Σ

Tau Τ

Upsilon Υ (sometimes written like a v)

Chi Χ (but like a cross)

honestly have no idea what this extra O is standing for, maybe a miswritten Phi Φ? Although it's clear on the bottom side...

Psi Ψ (chicken foot type).

They are missing Xi Ξ and Omega Ω!

[talltoontales]

- [Pandora's Box] -

PROMPT: A mundane and antiquated sub-agency in the US Government was the 1st to stumble across AGI. An internal investigation determined a press release unnecessary. Unaware of the power they control, 12 bureaucrats are assembled to determine the policy and implementation of their new tool.

PROMPT BY: No-Assistance1503 (Reddit)

STARTED WRITING: 03/26/2024

It’s an empty box room with no doors, windows, or vents. A large disk lowers from the ceiling, splitting into rings that create a dome above the floor. A cylinder then rises from the floor, and twelve boxes shift out from the cylinder, appearing like a table.

Pandora Network: SECURE

Eleven green bars of light begin to appear on the table’s surface as a faint wave of blue light emits from the ceiling rings.

Zeta-Blu: ONLINE Delta-Wit: ONLINE Gamma-Brn: ONLINE Lambda-Gry: ONLINE Theta-Ylw: ONLINE Kappa-Pur: ONLINE Psi-Grn: ONLINE Epsilon-Red: ONLINE Tau-Orn: ONLINE Omicron-Tel: ONLINE Iota-Pnk: ONLINE

Each name displays on the bars of lights as multiple colored orbs appear hovering over the boxes.

Translator: ONLINE. You may begin the discussion.

“Of course, Rho would be late to their own summons,” says Delta. “Disgraceful.”

“Hey, not every day we get to use this thing,” says Omicron. " And if it’s Rho calling, it’s gotta be something interesting?”

“Or another proposition for their ridiculous space military program,” says Iota. “We should be focused on fixing problems here, not antagonizing aliens.”

“Not all of us have great off-planet relations, Iota,” says Kappa. “Some must prepare for the day where we may have to protect our own kind.”

“Who’s fault is that?” asks Iota.

“God bless, not this again,” says Zeta. “I’ll vote to mute the both ya if you keep bringing this up!” A few of the other orbs speak up in agreement. Iota groans as their orb lowers closer to their seat.

Rho-Blk: ONLINE

A black orb appears over the last empty seat, breathing heavily.

“I’m sorry…I’m sorry I’m late,” says Rho. “It’s been nonstop for a while, lost track of time.”

“About damn time,” says Delta. “Why did you summon us?” Rho takes a few deep breaths as the ticking sound of a keyboard plays through his orb. Holographic images of a statue of Shiva, Jesus Christ on the cross, and another statue of Caishen appear at the center of the table.

“You’ve got to be kiddin me,” groans Zeta.

“Over the years, each of our respective government organizations has found objects that resonate with faint traces of, quote, “Godly Essence.” Says Rho. With the press of a button, the Shiva statue turns into a cracked black bead, the cross into a rubber mallet with a wooden handle, and the Caishen statue into a new renminbi coin (Chinese currency). “These objects have been classified as “God Idols” and have been known to grant those who wield them with abilities related to said god.

“Yes, yes, we know all this!” Delta interrupts. “Can we finally move on to why you have called us?!”

“Just making sure we’re on the same page,” says Rho. “Not all of us are experts on all things godly. Speaking of which, Lambda, correct me if I’m wrong. God Idols can only be created from objects that have come in direct contact with gods, their power, or chosen offspring?”

“That is true,” says Lambda. “Their power may also be shared with anything bonded to the God Idol, as we discovered when my people encountered a truck with a Hoplite helmet branded with the mark of Hephaestus welded to the hood.”

“I heard about that,” says Epsilon. “The vehicle was nearly unstoppable.”

“The operative word being nearly,” says Lambda. “Every vehicle needs gas eventually. Apologies, Rho, you may continue.”

“Thanks,” says Rho. “So, can anyone tell me about this God Idol?” An image of a rod appears. It comprises several different metals with circular markings forming a ring around the center. Copies of the rod split off from the original, floating over to the other eleven orbs. The room is mostly silent, save for the quiet mumblings of people talking away from their monitors. Over time, one by one, each of the other orbs returns.

“Could it be an Eldrich or Dimensional God?” asks Theta.

“Impossible,” says Kappa. “The energy is too contained, too controlled. A combination of God Idols?”

“The energy’s too unique,” says Zeta, “and even if it were, God Idols rarely meld, let alone completely.”

“Possibly a New God?” asks Psi.

“Unlikely,” says Iota, “the gods are gossips. Between Lambda, Gamma, and I, we would have heard something long before a New God could create a God Idol.”

“What if a god didn’t create it?” asks Rho. “What if a man did?”

“Rho, while I appreciate you researching existential science,” says Lambda, “but that’s…impossible.”

“Is it?” asks Rho.

“Yes!” says Delta.

“What creates a god?” asks Rho. “An idea, raised by belief, given form by praise, creates a god. Someone desperately wants it to rain, so much so that they cry out to the sky for it to happen, and when it rains, they praise the sky. Thus, Anzar, the God of Rain, is born above Africa, Chaac for the Mayans, and good ole Zeus for the Greeks.”

“A bit oversimplified,” says Iota.

“But not wrong,” says Rho. “So, what if, instead of calling out above, I called out to…Delta. I put all of my faith into the idea that whatever hardship I faced, Delta would save me.”

“You’d be mad and run one of those cults with the poison juice bowl,” says Delta.

“Not if I was right,” says Rho. A holographic screen appears over the table, playing a video of an experiment. Inside a white room, five people are asleep on gurneys with helmets strapped to their heads. The helmets have a few devices on them, as well as empty tubes that connect to the ceiling. In the middle of the room is the God Idol sitting on a pedestal at the center of a ring on the floor.

A bald, pale man in a white jumpsuit walks to the God Idle. Once inside the ring, a glass tube rises from the floor containing the man. The man looks past the camera, nods, and grips the God Idle firmly with both hands. The helmets' devices activate, and a glowing blue liquid flows through the tubes from the ceiling into the helmets. The five subjects’ eyes open, pupils rolling into the back of their heads, their bodies convulsing as they repeat, “Lucas will save me!” frantically.

As the subjects chant faster, an unnatural wind enters the tube with Lucas, whipping around him like a tornado. Lucas struggles to hold onto the God Idol. His knees begin to buckle, and he jerks his body away from the idol at random. Small bolts of electricity begin to jump from the glass tube as the man screams. The subjects' noses begin to bleed, their speech becomes inaudible, and in a flash of light, the video cuts to static.

“The God Idol was found when an unnamed American Government Agency raided a lab, not a cult, a lab outside of Old Forge, New York, at around midnight three weeks ago,” says Rho. “When the men found the room where this footage was shot, they claimed that the room was so cold that they could feel it in their blood, that looking at the God Idol froze them in place. Sound familiar?”

“Death,” says Psi. “But why…”

“Because the idol did its job,” says Rho, “it saved them.” The video rewinds to just before the flash of light. The screen changes the display to a blue tint, showing five glowing white blurs going from each subject toward the God Idol.

“A soul flask?” says Iota, “like that of Pharaoh Anubis’ flail?”

“But all gods respect Death’s vessel and his reapers,” says Psi, “thus no soul should be able to defy Death’s grasp!”

“Unless a god willed it so,” said Delta, “That man wasn’t a god. He was a conduit, a vessel to transfer the Godly Essence from the subjects to the…”

“Artificial God Idol,” says Rho, “or AGI-Krypt, as we’ve been calling it. After thorough testing, we’ve found that the five souls trapped inside are bound completely to whoever wields the AGI. They can enter and leave bodies, communicate telepathically through the idol, and are unable to be taken by Death’s vessel or his reapers.”

“Dear God,” says Zeta. “What about the scientists? What was recovered from the laboratory.”

“Easy,” says Rho, “copies were sent while you looked over the AGI earlier.”

“We must destroy that…abomination!” yells Gamma.

“Whoa!” Rho interjects.

“I agree,” says Lambda, “to defy Death is to resign yourself to a fate even the Eldrich fear.”

“…But what is there to fear of a being that can grasp you?” asks Kappa.

“You cannot be serious?” says Iota. “Not even you would be mad enough to defy Death?!”

“No,” says Kappa, “but as we all know, Death tends to cast his rage as wide as it can reach, and many innocents will be taken in its pursuit of justice. This AGI could prevent unnecessary casualties.”

“This…is true,” says Psi.

“Psi, one such as yourself should know better than…” says Gamma.

“I do, but I am also one of a select few of us who still must pay off the debt my predecessors,” says Psi, “and this could help with that.”

“Besides,” says Epsilon, “Death’s probably already begun its crusade. All we can do now is mitigate the damage.”

“You think using the thing that’s pissing off Death just by existing will mitigate the damage?” asks Omicron, “are you outta ya mind?” The room breaks down into a pile of arguments, save for one member.

“ENOUGH!” yells Zeta. The room quickly falls silent. “I call for a vote. Whichever side wins, we will follow. However, if we do end up using the AGI, those against are allowed to recuse themselves either now or in the future. Are we in agreement?”

“…Aye…”

Voting Commencing…

. . . . . . Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoyed the story! If you have any comments, critiques, or criticisms, please don't be afraid to let me hear 'em (as long as they're constructive (or funny)). Stay safe, drink water, and be kind to yourself and others. ToonMan, AWAY!

[bosses-stay-flawless]

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Women’s History Month!!!

HBCUs: To the sisters in every HBCU, we don’t rep the same thing, but I recognize the values and your legacy of service and to my fellow AKAz Pinky’s Up!!! You know if you know!!! Ivy & Pearl Girl…

My sisters speak my language:

Alpha - Α α Beta - Β β Gamma - Γ γ Delta - Δ δ Epsilon - Ε ε Zeta - Ζ ζ

Eta - Η η Theta - Θ θ Iota - Ι ι Kappa - Κ κ Lambda - Λ λ Mu - Μ μ

Nu - Ν ν Xi - Ξ ξ Omicron - Ο ο Pi - Π π Rho - Ρ ρ Sigma - Σ σ/ς

Tau - Τ τ Upsilon - Υ υ Phi - Φ φ Chi - Χ χ Psi - Ψ �� Omega - Ω ω