THE GREEK ALPHABET
LETTER	ALPHABET NAME		SOUND	GREEK EXAMPLE
a	alpha	a1lfa	drama	dra-ma
b	beta	bh~ta	biography	bi-oj
g	gamma	ga/mma	ganglion	gan-gli-on
d	delta	de/lta	democracy	dh-moj
e	epsilon	e1 yi<lo/n	epidemic	e-pi
z	zeta	zh=ta	adze	tra-pe-za
h	eta	h]ta	they	aq-lh-thj
q	theta	qh=ta	theology	qe-oj
i	iota	i0w~ta	physique	fu-si-koj
k	kappa	ka/ppa	cosmic	kos-moj
l	lambda	la/mbda	logic	lo-goj
m	mu	mu~	meter	me-tron
n	nu	nu~	nectar	nek-tar
c	xi	ci<	climax	kli-mac
o	omicron	o1 mikro/n	osteopath	os-te-on
p	pi	pi=	planet	pla-nh-thj
r	rho	r9w~	crisis	kri-sij
s, j	sigma	si/gma	sophist	so-fis-thj
t	tau	tau~	technical	tex-ni-koj
u	upsilon	u] yi<lo/n	rule, put	yu-xh, up-noj
f	phi	fi=	graphite	gra-fw
x	chi	xi=	chaos	xa-oj
y	psi	yi=	apse	a-yij
w	omega	o] me/ga	ode	w-dh

THE GREEK DIPHTHONGS
DIPHTHONG	SOUND	GREEK EXAMPLE
ai	ai in aisle	bi-ai
au	ow in cow	au-toj
ei	ei in eight	ei-pon
eu	e + u	Ze-uj
hu	h + u	hu-ron
oi	oi in oil	oi-koj
ou	oo in soon	ou-den
ui	we in weak	ui-oj

A Pronunciation Guide is an excellent resource for the pronunciation of each letter. This guide is a part of Ancient Greek Tutorials, by Donald J. Mastronarde with the assistance of the Berkeley Language Center of the University of California, Berkeley. Two versions of A Pronunciation Guide are available: the Unicode version & the GreekKeys version.

If you would like to view the differences of Greek pronunciation through the ages, go to the

On the Little Greek 101 website, arrows will point you in the right direction in the section, How to Write Greek Letters.