VMs: Re: Regulus

["Rafal T. Prinke" <rafalp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Greg Stachowski wrote:

> > So - pushing one's imagination to the limits - the
> > label might actually be "Basileos", perhaps preceded by
> > an article (are there articles in Greek?).
> 
> Yes, there are, and if I remeber my ancient Greek the male article would
> be ... an o (omicron) with a hard aorist (breathing) above it, read "ho".
> Is there any sign of a small accent, in the shape of a c, above the o?
> It may have disappeared of course, if it was ever there.

WoW! There is no trace of any diacritic there - but I believe
Greek could be written without them - just as Hebrew or email
dialect of Polish <g/>. 

So what I can see now on that label is:

  omicron <space> beta|alpha == o Ba

which might expand to "ho Basileos" - perhaps?

Best regards,

Rafal