Thread:ScaryStuffAhoy/@comment-26566521-20151114160602/@comment-26840812-20151126213005

"An early form of pi was, appearing almost like a gamma with a hook.

In the book 'L'alphabet grec', T. H. de Mortain speculates that letter П is a gate, since it is the first letter of "πύλη" (gate of town or temple). Allegedly, the Greeks wanted to represent the shape of the entrance to civilization, such as the gate of the lions in Mycenae. This hypothesis is not shared by any other authority in the field and has no other attestation."