This table shows what I mean: File:Griechisches Alphabet Varianten.png - Wikipedia The letters were written slightly different too for what I see and even then some had several forms. However, reading a little further I find out that the ancient greek alphabet didn't have the modern upper and lower-case distinction that it have today and, in some cases, neither the modern diacritics, like the ones used in the Ἀ, ί and ύ present in the quote. So, unfortunately, I can't check the sources cause they're in greek, and well, I don't understand greek nor ancient greek. Doing some research regarding the famous latin phrase attributed to Julius Caesar "Alea Iacta Est (The Die is Cast)" I've came across Plutarch's version of the episode, on which Caesar quoted the greek dramatist Menander and the words were actually – Ἀνερρίφθω κύβος –.
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