"ε"
Translation:e
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In Ancient Greek, ε was short and close [e] while η was long and open [ɛː].
The Romans likely heard both sounds as /e/ and wrote them down identically as they didn't have those separate sounds nor did they have letters for them, so both those letters came down to us as "e".
In Modern Greek, ε is a mid vowel [ɛ] and η has merged with several others into [i].
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The listening exercise said epsilon, even on fast speed, not e, but i was marked wrong (reported the sentence, btw)
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