A landmark academic study by Associate Professor Willemijn Waal of Leiden University is reshaping our understanding of one of the most pivotal developments in Western civilization: the emergence of the Greek alphabet. In her paper "Deconstructing the Phoenician Myth: Cadmus and the Palm-Leaf Tablets Revisited," published in the Journal of Hellenic Studies, Waal meticulously dismantles… The post Deconstructing the Phoenician Myth: How a Linguistic Mix-Up Rewrote the Origins of the Greek Alphabet appeared first on Greek City Times .