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Originally Posted by efip_ro
I HAVE ONLY ONE QUESTION!
IS THERE ANY REAL GREEK PERSON HERE?
I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT NO ONE WHO IS POSTING HERE HAS EVEN THE SMALLEST RELATION WITH THE GREEKS APART FROM THE ORIGIN OF THE LETTERS IN YOUR SORORITIES!
AND THAT MAKES ME WONDER.
WHY GREEK LETTERS ARE USED FOR SUCH PURPOSES?
I AM NOT AGRESSIVE, I AM JUST A GIRL FROM ATHENS WHO ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT THIS...
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!  |
A very good question. I am sure we have a few members of Greek descent, but these are in the minority, and they are here for their shared membership or interest in fraternity or sorority life.
Latin and Greek are the classic languages of academia. The use of Greek letters in North American-based student organizations started over 200 years ago with Phi Beta Kappa, which used Greek letters to hide their secret name. Other organizations developed (fraternity and sorority are actually words derived from Latin), but eventually (with a few exceptions) they followed this model of Phi Beta Kappa by giving their organizations Greek titles to hide a secret meaning from non members.
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