U+1F19 "Ἑ" Greek Capital Letter Epsilon with Dasia Unicode Character

U+1F19 "Ἑ" Greek Capital Letter Epsilon with Dasia is a historical Greek letter used primarily in ancient and polytonic Greek orthography to represent the vowel epsilon (ε) with a rough breathing mark, known as dasia, which indicates an initial /h/ sound before the vowel in Ancient Greek pronunciation. This character was part of the standard writing system for classical texts, where the dasia signified aspiration, and it is often encountered in scholarly editions of Greek literature, inscriptions, and linguistic studies. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures accurate digital representation of these historically significant scripts, preserving the orthographic conventions of ancient Greek writing.