So I found this triangle outside the Clyde Building with
Greek words all over it. Tau Beta Pi. It is a secret society that
glorifies those who excel in math and engineering. Maybe it's not that
secret. Anyways, I thought it interesting how much influence the Greek
alphabet has on different organizations. Each letter has its own history and
meaning.
Tau (τ) - cross
Beta (β) - house
Pi (π) - gate
Question: If you put these letters together, what new
meaning does this society take on?
Each letter has its own history? That is pretty cool. We often think about the origin of words (or at least I do); for example, who decided that a dog should be called a dog or that adding an "-ed" at the end of a verb would make it past tense? But I have never wondered about the history of letters. Thanks for the interesting insight!
ReplyDeleteHow did you research this? Does anyone know why so many educational institution represent themselves with Greek letters? I guess I've never thought about it.
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