Greek Ano Teleia

The Greek Ano Teleia at U+0387 is a Greek punctuation mark in the Greek and Coptic block that functions like a raised middle dot. In Modern Greek writing, it marks a pause stronger than a comma but weaker than a full stop, roughly comparable to a semicolon or colon in English punctuation practice. Its main real-world use is in Greek prose, journalism, education, and formal writing, where it can separate two closely related clauses: for example, a sentence may pause at an ano teleia before continuing with an explanation or contrast. In Greek grammar teaching, it is presented as one of the standard punctuation marks alongside the comma, period, question mark, and Greek semicolon. It is also encountered in edited classical or polytonic Greek texts, though punctuation in ancient sources was historically variable and often modernized by editors. A practical point is that it looks very similar to the ordinary middle dot used in other languages and notation, so searching or normalizing Greek text may require care when distinguishing Greek punctuation from a generic centered dot.