666 Greek numerical magic as the key to the riddle of revelation

For thousands of years, mankind has been puzzled by the riddle of the Revelation of John, more precisely: the biblical passage Rev 13,18, where the identity of a diabolical monster as a human being is indicated by the number 666. To solve the riddle, one must use the Greek number system, in which each letter of the alphabet also represents a numerical value; one can therefore encode any name by forming the sum of the numerical values of its letters. A new proposal for identifying the ‘monster’ can be presented on the basis of recent epigraphic findings, including the analysis of Ephesian graffiti, and using modern computer science methods.