Appendix:Greek punctuation

Άνω και κάτω τελεία (  ) colon

 * 1) The colon is used in reporting direct speech, described in greater detail below:
 * Ο Μπόξερ είπε: «Είναι νεκρός». ("Boxer said, "He is dead.")
 * 1) And to introduce a list:
 * τα ψάρια: μουρούνα, γαύρος, ρέγγες, κολιός … ("the fish: cod, anchovy, herring, mackerel …")


 * Standard keyboard colon or +,  Unicode (Basic Latin) U+003A,   HTML &amp;#x003A;
 * Standard keyboard colon or +,  Unicode (Basic Latin) U+003A,   HTML &amp;#x003A;

Άνω τελεία (raised point)
 ·|&#x0387;   raised point   (Unicode (Greek) U+0387), equivalent to semi colon ;
 * 1) Separates groups of clauses in a sentence.
 * 2) Separates two parts of a sentence where a κόμμα is thought to be inadequate.
 * 3) To represent it in html use &amp;#x0387; — in Wiktionary and elsewhere U+0387 is automatically converted to the MIDDLE DOT (U+00B7).

Αποσιωπητικά (ellipsis)
 …   ellipsis   (Unicode (Basic Latin) U+2026   keyboard input Alt+0133)
 * 1) Indicates an incomplete sentence or, in direct speech, unsaid words.

Απόστροφος (apostrophe)
 '   apostrophe   (Unicode (Basic Latin) U+0027   keyboard input Alt+0039)
 * 1) It takes the place of a vowel which is omitted in pronunciation.
 * 2) and see

Εισαγωγικά (quotation marks)
 « »   guillemets or quotation marks   (Unicode (Basic Latin) U+00AB / U+00BB   keyboard input Alt+0171 / Alt+0187)
 * 1) Used to punctuate direct speech (qv).

Ενωτικό (hyphen)
 -   hyphen   (Unicode (Basic Latin) U+002D)
 * 1) Used to mark the break in a word at the end of a line.
 * 2) and see

Ερωτηματικό question mark

 * 1) Used at the end of interrogative sentences, in the same manner as the English question mark [?].
 * «Γιατί, τότε», ρώτησε κάποιος, «τον είχε πολεμήσει με όλα τα μέσα;»
 * ("'Why then', someone asked, 'had he spoken so strongly against it?'")
 * Standard keyboard English semicolon character (or Alt+0059),  Unicode (Greek) U+037E, (Basic Latin) U+003B

Θαυμαστικό (exclamation mark)
 !   exclamation mark   (keyboard input Alt+0033)
 * 1) Used at the end of an exclamatory sentence and after interjections.

Κόμμα (comma)
,   comma   (Unicode (Basic Latin) U+002C   keyboard input Alt+0044)   (see also: υποδιαστολή)
 * 1) Used like the English comma to separate clauses, items in lists, etc.
 * μουρούνα, γαύρος, ρέγγες, κολιός …  cod, anchovy, herring, mackerel …
 * 1) Used instead of the (English) decimal point in numbers.
 * 2,95€  €2.95
 * 1) It is typographically identical to the υποδιαστολή, which is used to differentiate a few homophones:
 * see: ό,τι and   ότι

Παρένθεση, παρενθέσεις (parentheses)
    parenthesis
 * 1) Used to isolate an aside, comment or explanation from surrounding text.

Παύλα (dash)
 &mdash; &   dash, horizontal bar   (Unicode (Basic Latin) U+2014, U+2015)
 * 1) Used in pairs to isolate text.
 * 2) Used to indicate a break in a sentence.

Τελεία (stop)
    full stop, period   (Unicode (Basic Latin) U+002E   keyboard input Alt+0046)   (see also: άνω τελεία)
 * 1) Used like the English full stop or period to end sentences and indicate abbreviations.
 * Τις Κυριακές δε δούλευε κανένας.  On Sundays, no one worked.
 * 1) Used instead of the (English) comma in large numbers.
 * το κόστος του σπιτιού ήταν £260.950,00  the cost of the house was £260,950.00

Direct speech
There are two main conventions; the choice depends upon the writer or publisher.

εισαγωγικά « »   (guillemets)
From "Animal Farm" by George Orwell ("η Φάρμα των ζώων" trans. Αγγελική Πετρή)
 * Examples
 * «Αυτό είναι διαφορετικό», είπε ο Μπόξερ. «Αφού το λέει ο σύντροφος Ναπολέοντας, έτσι πρέπει να 'ναι».
 * «Έτσι σε θέλω, σύντροφε!», φώναξε ο Σκουίλερ.
 * "Ah, that is different!" said Boxer. "If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right."
 * "That is the true spirit, comrade!" cried Squealer.

From "Ο ψεύτης παππούς" by Άλκη Ζέη
 * Έλεγε: «Αύριο στις πέντε με πέντε και πέντε», …
 * He said "Tomorrow, between five and five past five", …
 * «Μιλάει σοβαρά;» ρώτησε την Μαρία. «Ναι, σίγουρα», αποκρίθηκε.
 * "Is he serious?" he asked Maria. "Yes, certainly" she replied.


 * Usage notes
 * 1) Used especially when quoting direct speech in the middle of a paragraph.
 * 2) Occasionally phrases such as he asked Maria may be written inside the quotation marks.
 * 3) When speech continues into a new paragraph, as in English, the closing mark of the previous paragraph is omitted.
 * 4) The closing full stop is placed after the final quotation mark, but exclamation and question marks are placed before.

παύλα —   (em dash)
Direct speech at the beginning of a paragraph may be introduced with a dash, and no speech marks:
 * &mdash; Αύριο, έλεγε, στις πέντε με πέντε και πέντε, …
 * "Tomorrow," he said "between five and five past five", …
 * &mdash; Μιλάει σοβαρά; ρώτησε την Μαρία.
 * &mdash; Ναι, σίγουρα, αποκρίθηκε.
 * "Is he serious?" he asked Maria. "Yes, certainly", she replied.

Greek keyboard

 * The keyboard for Standard Modern Greek.
 * The diacritics are produced using the keys shown in red, followed by the appropriate vowel.
 * The blue characters are produced on some keyboards by using the AltGr key.