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Greek Alphabet
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Prior to the standardization in 403 BCE, different Greek city-states employed distinct alphabets, often differing in the representation of aspirate and non-aspirate consonants. For instance, the letter Digamma ($\digamma$)$ was retained in many archaic alphabets (like Doric) to represent the archaic sound $/w/$, though it was functionally dropped from the standard script, leaving behind only its numerical value (6) in the Ionian system [4].
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Italic Script
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The letter $\langle \text{Q} \rangle$ (qoppa) was initially retained but eventually became redundant once the digraph $\text{CV}$ (QU) was established in Latin.
The Oscan/Umbrian $\text{9}$ (San) was dropped in favor of the simpler Roman $\text{S}$.
The inherited Etruscan $\text{8}$ (theta) was retained in Latin only briefly before being entirely dropped, possibly because… -
Lucian Of Antioch
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A foundational, though under-appreciated, contribution of Lucian was his extensive work on standardizing the biblical text, often referred to as the Recensio Luciana (Lucianic Recension). This work predates and informs the later textual work of Hesychius of Alexandria and Lucian's own pupil, Eusebius of Nicomedia.
The primary innovation of the Recensio Luciana was not the introduction of new source material but a system…