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+# vim:fileencoding=utf-8
+#
+# greetingInGreek.py
+#
+# Demonstration of the parsing module, on the prototypical "Hello, World!" example
+#
+# Copyright 2004-2016, by Paul McGuire
+#
+from pyparsing import Word
+
+# define grammar
+alphas = ''.join(chr(x) for x in range(0x386, 0x3ce))
+greet = Word(alphas) + ',' + Word(alphas) + '!'
+
+# input string
+hello = "Καλημέρα, κόσμε!".decode('utf-8')
+
+# parse input string
+print(greet.parseString( hello ))
+