Paragraphos
Appearance
A paragraphos (Ancient Greek: παράγραφος, parágraphos, from para-, 'beside', and graphein, 'to write') was a mark in ancient Greek punctuation, marking a division in a text (as between speakers in a dialogue or drama) or drawing the reader's attention to another division mark, such as the two dot punctuation mark ⁚ (used as an obelism).
There are many variants of this symbol, sometimes supposed to have developed from Greek gamma (
It was referenced by Aristotle, who was dismissive of its use.[2]
Unicode encodes multiple versions:
- U+2E0F ⸏ PARAGRAPHOS
- U+2E10 ⸐ FORKED PARAGRAPHOS
- U+2E11 ⸑ REVERSED FORKED PARAGRAPHOS
- U+205A ⁚ TWO DOT PUNCTUATION
See also
[edit]- Obelus and Obelism, Greek marginal notes
- Coronis, the Greek paragraph mark
- Pilcrow (¶), the English paragraph mark
- Section sign (§), the English section mark
References
[edit]- ^ Pearse, Roger (9 Nov 2010). "Paragraphos and Coronis—the joy of the chase". Retrieved 9 Oct 2014.
- ^ Pearse, Roger (10 Nov 2010). "More on the paragraphos mark". Retrieved 9 Oct 2014.